Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented

Citation: "Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented," The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama), 16 August 1912, p. 1; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by lynncyates, 12 September 2018).

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[WEBB] FAMILY REUNION. [Togeth]er at Old Homestead [Near] Kellyton—Four Generations Represented.
[A]n interesting event of last [Sat]urday was the reunion of [the] Webb family, held at Kel[lyto]n. The many descend[ants] of Mr. and Mrs. Charles [Dav]id Webb gladdened the [hea]rts of their parents by as[sem]bling once more around [the] old homestead. This [cou]ple, who are 73 and 71 [yea]rs of age respectively, [wer]e surrounded by their [son]s, whose ages range from [30] to 51 [?], and their son's children and grandchildren.
[T]he family formerly consist[ed] of eight boys and two [gir]ls. The two daughters, [Mrs]. Linda Davis and Mrs [Ma]ttie Batson, are now dead, [but] all of the boys are now [livi]ng. The members of the [fam]ily now number forty-[eig]ht, including four generations. The sons, all of whom [are] married, are scattered [thr]oughout the State. Although each of them takes [an] active part in the industrial life of the community in [wh]ich he lives, they threw off [bu]siness cares for the time [bei]ng, and joined in the spirit [of] the occasion. All of them [we]re present excepting [Ch]arles William Webb, of [Go]odwater, who was kept [aw]ay by illness. He was represented by his wife and four [chi]ldren.
[T]o each member of the fam[ily] the event was enjoyable. [Mr]. and Mrs. Charles David [We]bb were, of course, glad to [ha]ve their loved ones once [mo]re beneath the paternal [roo]f. Their sons were happy [to] visit again the scenes of [the]ir childhood, and to review [wit]h each other its pleasures. [Th]e grandchildren and great-[gra]ndchildren were all [ple]ased, some because they [un]derstood the meaning of [the] gathering, and others because they are at that age [wh]en any frolic is welcome. [In] addition to the members [of] the family several intimate friends joined in the [reu]nion. Among those were [… Spivey] 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 C. Webb, R. E. Webb and Joel F. Webb.
Only fourteen members of the family were unable to attend. Those present at the reunion were as follows:
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, Ira, 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.; 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 [-in-law] of Mr. 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.