America Joseph Webb
Born: May- 4-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-23-1931 at Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Buried: (unmarked) in Webb (aka Dotson) Cem, .2 mi N of jct Co Rd 18 & 18/1 (on hill W of Goose Crk), Ritchie Co, WV 4,5
Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 30 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Sylvester D. Webb (1822 - )
Mother: Elizabeth A. Nutter (1821 - )
Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Martha M. Webb Also known as: Martha Springston 2 Born: Sep-21-1889 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,2 (see note 2) Died: Jul- -1970 in Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co, OH 7,6 (see note 3) Buried: in Cairo Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: 1920 in Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John Franklin Groah b. Dec- 2-1877 d. Jun-15-1969 Married: Aug-29-1920 in Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Social Security Death Index. (7) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1931 death record as May 4 1842, with age at death 88y 11m 19d. But age 28 in 1880 Census and age 39 in 1891 marriage record would put birth in about 1852, and 1900 Census also states birth date as May 1852. Note (2) Birth date given in SSDI as Sep 21 1889. But 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1888, and date on headstone is also 1888. Note (3) Death date given in SSDI as Jul 15 1970, but Ohio Death Index shows it as Jul 29 1970.