Wade & Webb Family History

Florina H Ward1875–1957

Rockford · Albertville · Hamilton · Pinellas

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Open questions
  4. Searches made
  5. Sources
  6. Notes

Birth

  1. 23 Jun 1875 Rockford, Coosa, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 17 Nov 1893 Mitchell Carlisle Webb, at Russell, Alabama 3

Death and burial

  1. 5 Jun 1957 Death: Houston, Harris, Texas 8

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 17 Nov 1893
Mitchell Carlisle Webb 1874–1960
Children
Nina Laverne Webb 1897–1940
Milton Carlisle William Webb 1892–1922
Annie Clifford Webb 1906–1971
Charles Ward Webb 1898–1983

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Florina H Ward
  2. Wife of Mitchell Carlisle Webb
  3. James Pleasant Webb
  4. Hilda Webb, daughter
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Florina H. Ward, known in almost every later record as Florence, was born at Rockford, Coosa County, Alabama, on 23 June 1875, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date.1 The federal census of 1880 lists Florina H. Ward in the household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) of John A. Ward.2

On 17 November 1893, as Florence Ward, she married M. C. Webb, Mitchell Carlisle Webb, a son of Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle of Coosa County; the tree places the marriage in Russell County, Alabama.3 The tree names four children: Milton Carlisle William (1892–1922), Nina Laverne (1897–1940), Charles Ward (1898–1983) and Annie Clifford (1906–1971).4 The censuses list her in her husband's household in Precinct 3, Socapatoy, Coosa County, in 1900, indexed as "Florace S." Webb; at Albertville, Marshall County, in 1910; at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1920; and in Pinellas County, Florida, in 1940.5 In August 1912 "Mitchell Carlisle Webb and wife and daughter, Annie, Birmingham, Ala." were at the Webb family reunion near Kellyton.6 She is named as the mother, Florence W. Webb, in her son Charles Ward Webb's draft registration of 1917–1918, and as Florence S. Ward in her son Milton's Illinois marriage record of 1920.7 Inference Her middle initial appears as H., S. and W.; the W. may stand for her maiden name, Ward, used as a middle name after her marriage.7

She died at Houston, Harris County, Texas, on 5 June 1957; the Texas death index records her as Florance Ward Webb.8 Her husband died in Pinellas County, Florida, in 1960.9 Searches of the Chronicling America newspaper collection for "Florina Ward", "Florina Webb" and "Mrs Mitchell Webb" found nothing.10

Open questions

  • Nothing under her own name is in Chronicling America. She lived in Albertville (Marshall Co.) in 1910, Chattanooga in 1920, Pinellas County, Florida in 1940 and died in Houston in 1957: try Chattanooga and St. Petersburg papers (not in Chronicling America for those years) and the Houston death index for 1957.
  • "Florina" may have been printed as Florine or Florena; a search for "Florine Webb" could be added to the plan.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina Ward", Texas, 1957–1958no matches
  2. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina Ward", Alabama, 1892–1894no matches
  3. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina Ward", Alabama, 1890–1958no matches
  4. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina H Ward", Alabama, 1890–1958no matches
  5. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "F H Ward", Alabama, 1890–195835968 pages; first: [The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 1907-06-11, p. 02](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1907-06-11/ed-1/?sp=2); [The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), 1913-03-28, p. 05](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1913-03-28/ed-1/?sp=5); [The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 1907-09-18, p. 01](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1907-09-18/ed-1/?sp=1)
  6. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina Ward", Tennessee, 1890–1958no matches
  7. 2026-11-08Assessment: Chronicling America: "F H Ward", Alabama, 1890–1958 (35,968 pages)Not assessed as a whole: with the initials dropped it is a search for "Ward" and the count is uninformative. The three pilot passages that do print "F. H. Ward" are men and not her: Montgomery Advertiser 1907-06-11 p.2, an unidentified body at Mobile supposed to be a J. H. / F. H. Ward from Newton, Miss.; Birmingham Age-Herald 1913-03-28 p.5, "F. H. Ward of Bristol, Tenn." at the Hillman hotel; Montgomery Advertiser 1907-09-18 p.1, an F. H. Ward injured in a motor accident at Manitou (Colorado). Florina was Mrs. M. C. Webb from 1893 and would not appear under her maiden initials. Hits 4–10 are Mississippi farm-paper and front pages with no visible match; the rest were not reviewed.
  8. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Florina Webb", 1893–1958no matches (all states; Florina is rare enough to search without a state)
  9. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Mrs Mitchell Webb", Alabama, 1893–1958no matches
  10. 2026-11-09Chronicling America: "Florina Webb", Texas, 1957–1958no matches
  11. 2026-11-09Chronicling America: "Mrs Mitchell Webb", Texas, 1957–1958no matches
  12. 2026-11-09Chronicling America: "Mrs Mitchell Webb", Florida, 1893–1958no matches
  13. 2026-11-09Chronicling America: "Florina Webb", Florida, 1893–1958no matches

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Florina H Ward.

  1. 1880Florina H. Ward, "United States, Census, 1880"
  2. 1893M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, Marriage, Alabama, 1893
  3. 17 Nov 1893M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, Marriage, Alabama, 1893
  4. 17 Nov 1893M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, Marriage, Alabama, 1893
  5. 1900Florace S Webb in household of Michel Webb, "United States Census, 1900"
  6. 1910Florence Webb in household of Mitchell C Webb, "United States Census, 1910"
  7. from 1917 to 1918Florence W Webb, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  8. 01 Dec 1920Florence S Ward in entry for Milton C Webb and Bessie M Zerwick, Marriage, Illinois, 1920
  9. 1920Florence Webb in household of Mitchell Webb, "United States Census, 1920"
  10. 1940Florence W Webb in household of Mitchell Webb, "United States Census, 1940"
  11. 5 June 1957Florance Ward Webb, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  12. Florence Ward, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  13. 17 Nov 1893M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, Marriage, Alabama, 1893

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-TQN: birth 23 Jun 1875, Rockford, Coosa, Alabama, no source attached back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Florina H. Ward in entry for John A. Ward, 1880. Record: Florina H. Ward in entry for John A. Ward, 1880 back to the text
  3. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, 17 Nov 1893. Record: M. C. Webb and Florence Ward, 17 Nov 1893 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Florence Ward in entry for M. C. Webb, 17 Nov 1893. Record: Florence Ward in entry for M. C. Webb, 17 Nov 1893 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch, Florence Ward in entry for M. C. Webb, 1893. Record FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-TQN: marriage 17 Nov 1893, Russell, Alabama FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-T93 (their page): parents Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-TQN: children Milton Carlisle William Webb (1892–1922), Nina Laverne Webb (1897–1940), Charles Ward Webb (1898–1983), Annie Clifford Webb (1906–1971) back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Florace S Webb in entry for Michel Webb, 1900. Record: Florace S Webb in entry for Michel Webb, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Florence Webb in entry for Mitchell C Webb, 1910. Record: Florence Webb in entry for Mitchell C Webb, 1910 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Florence Webb in entry for Mitchell Webb, 1920. Record: Florence Webb in entry for Mitchell Webb, 1920 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Florence W Webb in entry for Mitchell Webb, 1940. Record: Florence W Webb in entry for Mitchell Webb, 1940 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-TQN: residence 1900 Precinct 3 Socapatoy; 1910 Albertville, Marshall; 1920 Chattanooga Ward 9, Hamilton, Tennessee; 1940 Election Precinct 47, Pinellas, Florida back to the text
  6. 1912-08-16-james-pleasant-webb-hilda-webb-family-gathering: Mitchell Carlisle Webb and wife and daughter, Annie, Birmingham, Ala. back to the text
  7. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Florence W Webb in entry for Charles Ward Webb, from 1917 to 1918. Record: Florence W Webb in entry for Charles Ward Webb, World War I Draft Registration Cards "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940", FamilySearch, Florence S Ward in entry for Milton C Webb and Bessie M Zerwick, 01 Dec 1920. Record: Florence S Ward in the marriage entry for Milton C Webb, 01 Dec 1920 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Florina H. Ward in entry for John A. Ward, 1880. Record: Florina H. Ward back to the text
  8. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Florance Ward Webb, 5 June 1957. Record: Florance Ward Webb, 5 June 1957, Texas, Deaths FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-TQN: death 5 Jun 1957, Houston, Harris, Texas back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MP17-T93 (their page): death 13 Sep 1960, Pinellas, Florida back to the text
  10. Research log, searches made: Chronicling America: Florina Ward (Alabama, Tennessee, Texas), Florina Webb (all states), Mrs Mitchell Webb (Alabama): no matches back to the text