Wade & Webb Family History

James A Webb1830–1855

Meriwether

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

Birth

  1. 12 May 1830 Meriwether, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 6 Aug 1855 Sarah Frances Snelson, at Meriwether, Georgia, U.S.A 3
  2. 6 Aug 1855 Sarah Frances Snelson, at Meriwether, Georgia 3
  3. 6 Aug 1855 Sarah Frances Snelson, at Meriwether, Georgia 3

Death and burial

  1. 17 Sep 1855 Death: Meriwether, Georgia 5

Family

Parents
Charles Hackett Webb 1802–1876
Malinda Bailey 1807–1882
Spouse, 6 Aug 1855
Sarah Frances Snelson 1832–1883

Line of descent Webb line

  1. James A Webb
  2. Brother of Charles David Webb
  3. James Pleasant Webb, son
  4. Hilda Webb, daughter
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

James A. Webb was born in Meriwether County, Georgia, on 12 May 1830, a son of Charles Hackett Webb and Malinda Bailey, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date.1 The federal census of 1850 lists him in his father's household in Meriwether County, where the index spells the father's name "Charels Webb."2 On 6 August 1855, in Meriwether County, he married Sarah Frances Snelson; both FamilySearch indexes of the marriage read the groom's surname as "Wells," and the tree identifies the groom as James A. Webb.3 Inference Webb and Wells are easily confused in old handwriting, and Sarah had been listed in 1850 in the same Snelson household as Miriam Snelson, who married his brother Joel in 1851, so the identification is reasonable; an image of the marriage record would confirm it.4 The tree gives his death as 17 September 1855, in Meriwether County, six weeks after the wedding, without an attached source.5 By 1860 his widow, as the tree identifies her, was living as Sarah F. Gresham in the household of George W. Gresham.6

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to James A Webb.

  1. 1850James A Webb, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 6 Aug 1855James A. Wells, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  3. 6 August 1855James A. Wells, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MHCC-14T: birth 12 May 1830, Meriwether, Georgia, no source attached; parents Charles Hackett Webb and Malinda Bailey back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, James A Webb in entry for Charels Webb, 1850. Record: James A Webb in entry for Charels Webb, 1850 back to the text
  3. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, James A. Wells and Sarah Frances Snelson, 6 Aug 1855. Record: James A. Wells and Sarah Frances Snelson, 6 Aug 1855 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, James A. Wells, 6 August 1855. Record: James A. Wells, Georgia Marriages, 6 August 1855 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MHCC-14T: marriage 6 Aug 1855, Meriwether, Georgia, to Sarah Frances Snelson back to the text
  4. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Sarah F Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850. Record: Sarah F Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Miram Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850. Record: Miram Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850 "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Joel Webb and Miriam Snelson, 23 Dec 1851. Record: Joel Webb and Miriam Snelson, 23 Dec 1851 back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MHCC-14T: death 17 Sep 1855, Meriwether, Georgia, no source attached back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Sarah F Gresham in entry for Geo W Gresham, 1860. Record: Sarah F Gresham in entry for Geo W Gresham, 1860 back to the text