Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography: Reuben David Webb (grandson of Charles Hoquet and Malinda Bailey Webb), Joel Franklin Webb and John Osceola Webb

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Page 1739, three of the Webb entries, as printed (the page image; the text layer agrees except where noted):

WEBB, JOEL FRANKLIN, teacher and lawyer, graduate of the Alabama polytechnic institute, with the B. S. degree, 1893, and the M. S. degree, 1894; alumni orator that institution, 1902; superintendent of the public schools of Heflin, 1894-95; principal of the school at Kellyton; admitted to the bar, 1896, and entered upon the practice in 1902. Residence: Birmingham.

WEBB, JOHN OSCEOLA, teacher; graduate of the Alabama polytechnic institute, 1902, with B. S. degree; instructor in a private school in Mobile, 1902-03; instructor in mathematics and science, Pensacola, Fla., classical school, 1903-04; and since 1904 principal of the Birmingham classical school Residence: Birmingham.

WEBB, REUBEN DAVID, teacher, was born August 11, 1876, at Kellyton, Coosa County; son of Charles David and Clara Jane (Carlisle) Webb, the former a native of Meriwether County, Ga., who removed to Kellyton; grandson of Charles Hoquet and Malinda (Bailey) Webb, and of Robin Washington and Clara Mitchell (Owen) Carlisle, of Mt. Olive, Coosa County. He received his early education in his native town and graduated from the Alabama polytechnic institute, 1897, with the degree of B. S., taking the A. M. degree in 1898. He also attended the summer school of the University of Chicago for several summers where he took special work in English. He began teaching immediately upon graduation, holding his first professorship in the State agricultural school at Blountsville, teaching later at Dothan, and at Ashville, 1901-02. He was private secretary to Hon. C. W. Thompson, M. C., during the latter year, and has since been professor of English at the Alabama polytechnic institute, Auburn. He is a Democrat and a Baptist. Married: November 2, 1905, at Auburn, to Mary Emma, daughter of Charles Edward and Maria Charlotte (Felton) Little, of that place. Children: 1. Charles Hubert; 2. Eleanor. Residence: Auburn.

The Google scan's text layer reads "HoQuet"; the image has "Hoquet". There is no full stop before "Residence" in the John Osceola entry, as printed.

Citation: "Webb, Joel Franklin," "Webb, John Osceola" and "Webb, Reuben David," in Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1921), 4:1739; Internet Archive item historyalabamaa03owengoog (Google scan of vol. 4), scan n751, https://archive.org/details/historyalabamaa03owengoog/page/n751/mode/1up?q=Hoquet (transcribed from the page image); the same page is in the Alabama Department of Archives and History's scan, Internet Archive item history-of-alabama-owen-v4.