Wade & Webb Family History

Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb1794–1855

Williams Creek · Ray City · County Line Baptist Church Cemetery

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 15 Apr 1794 Williams Creek, Warren, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 20 Oct 1811 Levi J Mercer, at Jasper, Georgia 3

Death and burial

  1. 29 Nov 1855 Death: Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia 2, 5
  2. Dec 1855 Burial: County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington, Newton, Georgia

Family

Parents
Charles C Webb 1767–1849
Sarah Waggoner 1757–1799
Spouse, 20 Oct 1811
Levi J Mercer 1789–1879
Children
Frances A. Mercer 1819–1887
Thomas Jefferson Mercer 1826–1886
Nancy A. Mercer 1834–1880
Mary Webb Mercer 1812–1885
Louisa C Mercer 1823–?
Amanda A Mercer 1836–?
Elizabeth Andrea Mercer 1817–1869
Sara S Mercer 1821–1864
Martha Sue Mercer 1830–?
James M. Mercer 1836–1915
S Julia Mercer 1840–?
William Franklin Mercer 1828–1863
Vashti Franklin Mercer 1815–1895
Harriett F. Mercer 1803–1804

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb
  2. Half-sister of Charles Hackett Webb
  3. Charles David Webb, son
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Half-2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Frances "Fanny" Webb was born on 15 April 1794 at Williams Creek, Warren County, Georgia, according to the FamilySearch tree, which names her parents as Charles C. Webb (1767–1849) and his first wife, Sarah Waggoner (1757–1799).1 Her middle name is uncertain: the tree calls her Frances Phoebe, after a user-contributed tree on MyHeritage, while her Find a Grave memorial names her Frances A. Webb Mercer, and the tree also lists Frances A. and Frances Ann among her names.2 The tree records her marriage to Levi J. Mercer on 20 October 1811 in Jasper County, Georgia, without an attached record.3 It names fourteen children, among them Mary Webb Mercer (1812–1885), Vashti Franklin (1815–1895), Elizabeth Andrea (1817–1869), Frances A. (1819–1887), Thomas Jefferson (1826–1886), William Franklin (1828–1863) and James M. (1836–1915).4 It also lists a Harriett F. Mercer born in 1803 and died in 1804, years before the marriage and when Frances was herself a child, which cannot be right as it stands.4 She died on 29 November 1855.5 The tree places her death at Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia, but the Find a Grave memorial attached to her profile gives Covington, Newton County, Georgia, aged 61, and her burial in the County Line Baptist Church Cemetery there, where her husband was also buried.5 Inference The burial at Covington, close to the family's home in Newton County, makes the memorial's place of death the likelier; Ray City lies at the other end of the state, and nothing attached to her profile supports it.6 Levi married again in 1857 and died in 1879.7

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb.

  1. Death - Frances A. Webb Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067822 - DEATH: 29 Nov 1855 (aged 61) Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA - BURIAL: County Line Baptist Church Cemetery Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA
  2. Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Mercer (born Webb), 'Geni World Family Tree' on MyHeritage
  3. Frances A. Webb Mercer, "Find a Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: birth 15 Apr 1794, Williams Creek, Warren, Georgia; parents Charles C Webb and Sarah Waggoner; nickname Fanny back to the text
  2. Geni World Family Tree MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Mercer (born Webb): Frances Fanny Phoebe Mercer (born Webb), Geni World Family Tree Internet - Frances A. Webb Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067822 Record: Frances A. Webb Mercer, Find A Grave Memorial ID 24067822 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Frances A. Webb Mercer. Record: Frances A. Webb Mercer, Find a Grave Index FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: other names Frances A. Webb, Frances Ann Weeb, Frances Welt back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: marriage 20 Oct 1811, Jasper, Georgia, spouse Levi J Mercer back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: fourteen children with the years given, including Harriett F. Mercer (1803–1804) back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: death 29 Nov 1855, Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia; burial Dec 1855, County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington, Newton, Georgia Internet - Frances A. Webb Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067822 Record: death 29 Nov 1855 (aged 61), Covington, Newton County, Georgia; burial County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington Internet Record: Levi Mercer, burial County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington back to the text
  6. Internet - Frances A. Webb Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067822 Record: death at Covington FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8 (their page): residences 1860 Newton, 1870 District 547, Newton, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C: death place Ray City, Berrien County back to the text
  7. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer and Nancy A. Henderson, 12 May 1857. Record: Levi Mercer and Nancy A. Henderson, Newton, Georgia, 12 May 1857 Internet Record: Levi Mercer, death 16 Jan 1879 back to the text