Wade & Webb Family History

Harris Palmer Webb1905–1991

Alabama · Birmingham · Jackson

Harris Palmer Webb, called Palmer in his early records, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the household of his father, James Pleasant Webb. By 1940 he and his wife Juanita were living at Jackson, Mississippi, which remained their home, and in 1943 he enlisted in the Army at Camp Shelby. Juanita died in 1988 and he in 1991.

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. 5 Nov 1905 Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Juanita Irwin Burks

Death and burial

  1. 1 Aug 1991 Death: place not recorded 15

Family

Parents
James Pleasant Webb 1869–1965
Lila Walden 1877–1937
Spouse
Juanita Irwin Burks 1907–1988

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Harris Palmer Webb
  2. Brother of Hilda Webb
  3. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Harris Palmer Webb was born in Alabama on 5 November 1905, a son of James Pleasant Webb and his wife Lila Walden; the FamilySearch tree gives the date without an attached source.1 His parents had married in Coosa County, Alabama, on 24 February 1901; his brother Reuben Walden Webb was born in 1903 and his sister Hilda in 1908.2 His father also had four children by his first wife, Elba Lively, who died in 1899.3

Birmingham

He was known in his youth by his middle name.4 The federal census of 1910 listed "Palmer Webb" in the household of James P. Webb in the twelfth ward of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.4 In August 1912 he was one of the three children, "Walden, Palmer and Hilda," who came with their parents from Birmingham to a reunion of the Webb family at the old homestead of his grandparents, Charles David Webb and his wife, near Kellyton in Coosa County.5 The census of 1920 again found him in his father's household in Birmingham, where the FamilySearch index misreads his name as "Darris P Webb."6

Jackson, Mississippi

By 1940 he had settled at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.7 The federal census of that year listed H. Palmer Webb in the second ward of Jackson with Juanita Webb in his household, and recorded that he had been living in the same place in 1935, the year about which the 1940 census asked each person.7 On 16 October 1940 he registered for the draft of the Second World War in Mississippi as Harris Palmer Webb; his registration card names Juanita Burks Webb.8 On 26 August 1943 he enlisted in the United States Army at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, according to the Army's enlistment records.9

The tree records Juanita Irwin Burks, born in Louisiana in 1907, as his wife, though no record of their marriage is attached.10 The census of 7 April 1950 found Harris P. Webb and Juanita B. Webb still at Jackson.11 He also appears in an index of passenger lists of vessels arriving at Miami, Florida, though the entry in hand gives no date.12 The tree records a claim to Social Security on 7 January 1970.13 Juanita died on 26 July 1988.14 Harris Palmer Webb died on 1 August 1991, a date the tree gives without stating the place, and an obituary appeared in the Northside Sun of Jackson on 8 August 1991.15

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. 1910–1920Jefferson
  2. 1940Jackson
  3. 1943Cp Shelby
  4. 1950Jackson

Timeline

  1. 5 Nov 1905BirthAlabama
  2. 1910ResidenceBirmingham Ward 12, Jefferson, Alabama
  3. 1920ResidenceBirmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
  4. 1935ResidenceSame Place
  5. 1940ResidenceWard 2, Jackson, Beat 5, Hinds, Mississippi
  6. 26 Aug 1943Military serviceCp Shelby, Mississippi
  7. 7 Apr 1950ResidenceJackson, Hinds, Mississippi
  8. 7 Jan 1970SocialProgramClaim
  9. 1 Aug 1991Death

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-SVD: birth 5 Nov 1905, Alabama, no source attached, parents James Pleasant Webb and Lila Walden back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, J. P. Webb and Lila Walden, 24 Feb 1901. Record: J. P. Webb and Lila Walden, 24 Feb 1901 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-4MS (their page): born 3 Jan 1903 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-QPY (their page): born 29 Oct 1908 back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-7ZS (their page): children of James Pleasant Webb and Elba Lively FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SMX (their page): Elba Lively, 1878–1899 back to the text
  4. "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Palmer Webb in entry for James P Webb, 1910. Record: Palmer Webb in the household of James P Webb, 1910 Year: 1910; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 12, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_19; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1374032 Record: 1910 census, Birmingham Ward 12, roll T624_19, page 9A, enumeration district 79 back to the text
  5. Webb Family Reunion: Together at Old Homestead Near Kellyton—Four Generations Represented, The Alexander City Outlook (Alexander City, Alabama): James Pleasant Webb and wife and their three children, Walden, Palmer and Hilda, Birmingham, Ala. back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Darris P Webb in entry for Jas P Webb, 1920. Record: Darris P Webb in the household of Jas P Webb, 1920 Year: 1920; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_23; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 36 Record: 1920 census, Birmingham, roll T625_23, page 9A, enumeration district 36 back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, H Palmer Webb, 1940. Record: H Palmer Webb, 1940 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Juanita Webb in entry for H Palmer Webb, 1940. Record: Juanita Webb in entry for H Palmer Webb, 1940 Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02026; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 25-34B Record: 1940 census, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, page 6B, enumeration district 25-34B FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SVD: residence 1940, Ward 2, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; residence 1935, Same Place back to the text
  8. "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", FamilySearch, Harris Palmer Webb, 16 Oct 1940. Record: Harris Palmer Webb, Mississippi World War II Draft Registration Cards, 16 Oct 1940 "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", FamilySearch, Juanita Burks Webb in entry for Harris Palmer Webb, 16 Oct 1940. Record: Juanita Burks Webb in entry for Harris Palmer Webb, 16 Oct 1940 back to the text
  9. "United States, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946", FamilySearch, Harris P Webb, 26 Aug 1943. Record: Harris P Webb, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 26 Aug 1943 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SVD: military service 26 Aug 1943, Cp Shelby, Mississippi back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQ2C-CSP (their page): Juanita Irwin Burks, born 23 Dec 1907, Louisiana, spouse Harris Palmer Webb, no marriage event "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", FamilySearch, Juanita Burks Webb in entry for Harris Palmer Webb, 16 Oct 1940. Record: Juanita Burks Webb back to the text
  11. "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Harris P Webb, April 7, 1950. Record: Harris P Webb, April 7, 1950 "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Juanita B Webb in entry for Harris P Webb, April 7, 1950. Record: Juanita B Webb in entry for Harris P Webb, April 7, 1950 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SVD: residence 7 Apr 1950, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi back to the text
  12. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: U.S. Citizen Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Miami, Florida; NAI Number: 2774842; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Record: U.S. Citizen Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Miami, Florida, no date in the citation back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SVD: social program claim 7 Jan 1970 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Record: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index back to the text
  14. "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, Juanita B Webb, 26 Jul 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Record: Juanita B Webb, Social Security Death Index, 26 Jul 1988 back to the text
  15. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-SVD: death 1 Aug 1991, no place The Northside Sun; Publication Date: 8/ Aug/ 1991; Publication Place: Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/238086386/?article=01e667dc-4f79-4d63-86d2-86389294fe07&focus=0.04565163,0.09238159,0.21083628,0.588 Record: Newspapers.com Obituary Index: The Northside Sun, Jackson, Mississippi, 8 Aug 1991 Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Record: U.S., Social Security Death Index back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Harris Palmer Webb (19)
  1. 19101910 United States Federal Census
  2. 1910Palmer Webb in household of James P Webb, "United States Census, 1910"
  3. 19201920 United States Federal Census
  4. 1920Darris P Webb in household of Jas P Webb, "United States Census, 1920"
  5. 19401940 United States Federal Census
  6. 1940H Palmer Webb, "United States, Census, 1940"
  7. 16 Oct 1940Harris Palmer Webb, "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  8. 26 Aug 1943<Unknown>, "United States, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  9. 1950Harris P Webb, "United States, Census, 1950"
  10. Florida, Passenger Lists, 1898-1963
  11. H P Webb, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  12. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
  13. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  14. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
  15. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  16. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  17. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  18. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  19. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946