Webb Family Has Reunion at Kellyton on Saturday

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WEBB FAMILY HAS REUNION AT KELLYTON ON SATURDAY

Only Fourteen Members of Family Were Absent.

Special to The Advertiser.

KELLYTON, ALA., Aug. 8.—An interesting event of last Saturday was tne [sic] reunion of the Webb family, held at Kellyton. The many descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Charles David Webb gladdened the hearts of their parents by assembling once more around the old homestead. This couple, who are 73 and 71 years of age, respectively, were surrounded by their sons, whose ages range from 30 to 51, and their sons' children and grandchildren.

This family formerly consisted of eight boys and two girls. The two daughters, Mrs. Linda Davis and Mrs. Mattie Batson, are now dead, but all of the boys are living. The members of the family now number forty-eight, including four generations. The sons, all of whom are married, are scattered throughout the State. Although each of them takes an active part in the industrial life of the community in which he lives, they threw off business cares for the time being, and joined in the spirit of the occasion. All of them were present excepting Charles William Webb of Goodwater, who was kept away by illness. He was represented by his wife and four children.

To each member of the family the event was enjoyable. Mr. and Mrs. Charles David Webb were, of course, glad to have their loved ones once more beneath their paternal roof. Their sons were happy to visit again the scenes of their childhood and to review with each other its pleasures. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren were all pleased, some because they understood the meaning of the gathering, and others because they are at that age when any frolic is welcome.

In addition to the members of the family several intimate friends joined in the reunion. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jenkins of Kellyton, and Miss Bettie Spivey, who was the first teacher of many of the older boys. Rev. D. M. Jenkins made a happy speech of felicitation to the family, congratulating them on the success of the reunion, and wishing them many others equally as pleasant. This was replied to by Prof. R. D. Webb and Messrs. John O. Webb, R. E. Webb and Joel F. Webb.

Only fourteen memers [sic] of the family were unable to attend. Those present at the reunion were:

Thomas Jefferson Webb and wife, Alexander City, Ala.; Robin Edmond Webb and wife and their daughters, Alma and Era, Kellyton, Ala.; Charles William Webb of Goodwater was absent, but his wife and four children, Linnie, Ina, Mary Sue and Harlan, were present; James Pleasant Webb and wife, and their three children, Walden, Palmer and Hilda, Birmingham, Ala.; Joel Franklin Webb and wife and their two children, Ralph and Loraine, Birmingham, Ala.; Mitchell Carlisle Webb and wife and daughter, Annie, Birmingham, Ala.. [sic] Reuben David Webb and wife and their two children, Herbert and Eleanor, Auburn, Ala.; John Osceola Webb and wife and daughter, Marjorie, Waverly, Ala.; Miss Ellen Davis of Bessemer and Miss Esther Davis of Goodwater, granddaughters. Other relatives present were: Mr. and Mrs. William M. Webb, brother and sister of C. D. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. John Bunyan Carlisle, Mt. Olive, Ala., brother and sister of Mrs C. D. Webb, their grandson, James B. Neighbors, and Mrs. Mary Suttle, Rockford, Ala., sister of Mrs. C. D. Webb.

Person	Fact	Document says	Tree says	Assessment
Charles David Webb	Event	Reunion of his descendants "at Kellyton" around "the old homestead," on "last Saturday" in a report dated Kellyton, 8 August 1912 (Saturday 3 August 1912)	—	new (date; see notes)
Charles David Webb	Age	73 in August 1912	Born 1839	agrees
Clarrissa Jane Carlisle	Age	71 in August 1912	Born 13 March 1840 (72 in August 1912)	conflicts slightly (see notes)
Clarrissa Jane Carlisle	Siblings	Brother John Bunyan Carlisle of Mt. Olive; sister Mrs. Mary Suttle of Rockford	Both are children of Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens, as she is	agrees
Charles David Webb	Children	Eight sons, all living and married; two daughters, Mrs. Linda Davis and Mrs. Mattie Batson, both dead by 1912	Eight sons; daughters Milinda B. (1865–1907) and Martha C. (1879–1904)	agrees
Mary Josephine Carlisle	Residence	"Mrs. Mary Suttle, Rockford, Ala.," August 1912	Residence 1910, Rockford; death 1916, Coosa County	agrees
Mary Josephine Carlisle	Sibling	"sister of Mrs. C. D. Webb"	Daughter of Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens, as Clarrissa Jane is	agrees
John Bunyon Carlisle	Name, residence	"John Bunyan Carlisle, Mt. Olive, Ala.," August 1912, with his wife	Residence 1900 and 1910, Mount Olive precincts; death 1914, Mount Olive	agrees (the tree spells Bunyon)
John Bunyon Carlisle	Sibling	"brother … of Mrs C. D. Webb"	Son of Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens	agrees
John Bunyon Carlisle	Grandson	James B. Neighbors, with him and his wife	No Neighbors grandchild recorded	new (see notes)
Nancy Harris Craddock	Residence	"Mrs. John Bunyan Carlisle, Mt. Olive," living August 1912	Death 1918	agrees
Charles William Webb	Event, children	Absent through illness; his wife and four children, Linnie, Ina, Mary Sue and Harlan, present	—	context
James Pleasant Webb	Household	With his wife and children Walden, Palmer and Hilda, of Birmingham	Children Reuben Walden (1903), Harris Palmer (1905), Hilda (1908)	agrees
W. M. Webb	Sibling, living	"William M. Webb, brother … of C. D. Webb," and his wife, living August 1912	W. M. Webb, born 1850 (tree), son of Charles Hackett Webb and Malinda Bailey; no spouse, no death	new (wife, and alive in 1912)
Reuben David Webb	Title, residence	"Prof. R. D. Webb," Auburn; children Herbert and Eleanor	—	context

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