Wade & Webb Family History

Thomas J Webb1862–1932

Alabama · Soccopatoy · Alexander · Alexander City

Probably the eldest of the eight Webb sons of Coosa County, Alabama, Thomas Jefferson Webb grew up at Socapatoy and made his home with his wife Maggie in and around Alexander City. In August 1912 he and his wife were at the family reunion at the old homestead near Kellyton, and he died at Alexander City in December 1932.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 1862 Alabama

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Margaret Mae Vardaman

Death and burial

  1. 26 Dec 1932 Death: Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama 13
  2. 28 Dec 1932 Burial: Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama 13

Family

Parents
Charles David Webb 1839–1923
Spouse
Margaret Mae Vardaman 1871–1952

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Thomas J Webb
  2. Brother of James Pleasant Webb
  3. Hilda Webb, daughter
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Thomas J. Webb was born in Alabama in 1862, a son of Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle; the FamilySearch tree gives the year and state without a source.1 His parents had married in Coosa County, Alabama, on 30 August 1860.2 A newspaper report of 1912 gives his middle name in full as Thomas Jefferson Webb, and his widow's death record of 1952 calls him "T Jeff Webb".3 Inference Since the 1912 report gives the sons' ages as ranging up to 51, a figure that fits only a son born in 1862 or before, he was probably the eldest of the brothers.4

The federal census of 1870 lists him, indexed as "Y J Webb", in the household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) of his father, C. D. Webb, in Alabama.5 In 1880 he was still in his father's household at Soccopatoy, as the census spelled Socapatoy, in Coosa County.6 The family was a large one: an account of 1912 says that it "formerly consisted of eight boys and two girls."7

His wife was Margaret Mae Vardaman, known as Maggie, born at Goodwater in Coosa County in 1871; the date and place of the marriage have not been found, and the tree records none.8 By 1910 Thomas J. Webb was the head of a household in Precinct 2 of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, with Maggie M. Webb in his household, and in 1920 the census, indexing him as "Tomas Webb", found the couple at Alexander City in the same county.9 The tree records no children of the marriage, and the report of the 1912 reunion names none.10

On a Saturday in August 1912 the descendants of Charles David Webb and his wife gathered at the old homestead near Kellyton, in Coosa County, for a family reunion.11 The Alexander City Outlook reported that all the sons were living and all of them married, "scattered throughout the State," and that each took "an active part in the industrial life of the community in which he lives"; its list of those present begins with "Thomas Jefferson Webb and wife, Alexander City, Ala."12

Thomas J. Webb died at Alexander City on 26 December 1932 and was buried there on 28 December.13 His Alabama death record, indexed under "T. J. Webb", names his parents as "Charly Webb" and Clara Carlisle, and Maggie V. Webb appears in the same entry.14 Maggie survived him by nearly twenty years and died at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 6 October 1952.15

Documents

  1. 16 August 1912 Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama) · clipping

Places

  1. 1880Soccopatoy
  2. 1910–1920Tallapoosa
  3. 1932Alexander City

Timeline

  1. 1862BirthAlabama
  2. 1870ResidenceAlabama
  3. 1880ResidenceSoccopatoy, Coosa, Alabama
  4. 1910ResidencePrecinct 2, Tallapoosa, Alabama
  5. 1920ResidenceAlexander, Tallapoosa, Alabama
  6. 26 Dec 1932DeathAlexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama
  7. 28 Dec 1932BurialAlexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree1 document(s) name this person; see Documents above. Conflicts and new facts are in each document record and in research/sources/document-review-2026-11-08.md

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: birth 1862, Alabama, no source attached; parents Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Charles D. Webb and Clarrissa J. Carlisle, 30 Aug 1860. Record: Charles D. Webb and Clarrissa J. Carlisle, 30 Aug 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-JBN (their page): marriage 30 Aug 1860, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  3. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): Thomas Jefferson Webb and wife, Alexander City, Ala. "Louisiana, Orleans, Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954", FamilySearch, T Jeff Webb in entry for Maggie Webb, 6 Oct 1952. Record: T Jeff Webb in entry for Maggie Webb, 6 Oct 1952 back to the text
  4. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): their sons, whose ages range from [30] to 51 [?]; notes: 51 fits Thomas Jefferson Webb (b. 1862) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: birth 1862 back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Y J Webb in entry for C D Webb, 1870. Record: Y J Webb in entry for C D Webb, 1870 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: residence 1870, Alabama back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Thomas J. Webb in entry for Charles D. Webb, 1880. Record: Thomas J. Webb in entry for Charles D. Webb, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: residence 1880, Soccopatoy, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  7. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): The family formerly consisted of eight boys and two girls. back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 93XS-DP4 (their page): birth 1871, Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: spouse Margaret Mae Vardaman, no marriage event "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Maggie M Webb in entry for Thomas J Webb, 1910. Record: Maggie M Webb in entry for Thomas J Webb, 1910 back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Thomas J Webb, 1910. Record: Thomas J Webb, 1910 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Maggie M Webb in entry for Thomas J Webb, 1910. Record: Maggie M Webb in entry for Thomas J Webb, 1910 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Tomas Webb, 1920. Record: Tomas Webb, 1920 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Maggie Webb in entry for Tomas Webb, 1920. Record: Maggie Webb in entry for Tomas Webb, 1920 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: residence 1910 Precinct 2, Tallapoosa; 1920 Alexander, Tallapoosa back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: no children recorded Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): Thomas Jefferson Webb and wife back to the text
  11. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): last [Sat]urday ... the reunion of [the] Webb family, held at Kel[lyto]n ... the old homestead back to the text
  12. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): The sons, all of whom [are] married, are scattered [thr]oughout the State back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-PF2: death 26 Dec 1932, Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama; burial 28 Dec 1932, Alexander City "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, T. J. Webb, 1932. Record: T. J. Webb, 1932 back to the text
  14. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, T. J. Webb, 1932. Record: T. J. Webb, 1932 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Charly Webb in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932. Record: Charly Webb in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Clara Carlisle in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932. Record: Clara Carlisle in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Maggie V Webb in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932. Record: Maggie V Webb in entry for T. J. Webb, 1932 back to the text
  15. "Louisiana, Orleans, Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954", FamilySearch, Maggie Webb, 6 Oct 1952. Record: Maggie Webb, 6 Oct 1952, Louisiana, Orleans, Death Records and Certificates FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 93XS-DP4 (their page): death 6 Oct 1952, Orleans, Louisiana back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Thomas J Webb (6)
  1. 1870Y J Webb in household of C D Webb, "United States Census, 1870"
  2. 1880Thomas J Webb in household of Charles D Webb, "United States Census, 1880"
  3. 1910Thomas J Webb, "United States Census, 1910"
  4. 1920Tomas Webb, "United States Census, 1920"
  5. 1932T. J. Webb, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  6. 6 Oct 1952T Jeff Webb, "Louisiana, Orleans, Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"