Webb, Jonathan Nelson – Webster, Ezekiel
Webb, Jonathan Nelson
clergyman, was born Jan. 14, 1811, in Brownville, N. Y. For sixty-three years he was actively engaged as a baptist clergyman, and filled pastorates in various states and territories. He received his education at the Madison university of Hamilton, N. Y., the same institution as is now known as the Colgate university. He has been a general missionary and district secretary of the American Baptist Home Missionary society in Nebraska and Southwestern Dakota; and for fifteen years has filled pastorates in the baptist denomination of Missouri.
Webb, Lindley M
lawyer, legislator, was born March 7, 1849, in Windham, Maine. He has filled several important offices in the city government of Portland, Maine, and has served as a member of the Maine house of representatives.
Webb, Nathan
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born May 7, 1825, in Portland, Maine. He was a representative in the Maine state legislature in 1864 and 1865. He was elected county attorney of Cumberland county in 1865; and reelected in 1868. In 1870 he resigned the county attorneyship to accept the appointment of United States district attorney for Maine; and was reappointed in 1874, and again in 1878. In 1882 he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Maine.
Webb, Samuel Blatchley
patriot, soldier, was born Dec. 15, 1753, in Wethersfield, Conn. He held the Bible for Washington when he took his oath as first president of the United States.
He died Dec. 3, 1807, in Claverack, N. Y.
Webb, Thomas Smith
Masonic author, was born Oct. 30, 1771, in Boston, Mass. In 1797 as appears from the copyright he published The Freemason's Monitor, or Illustrations of Masonry, and thus secured for himself fame as a Masonic ritualist and author. He died July 8, 1819, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Webb, William Benning
soldier, lawyer, banker, cabinet officer, was born Sept. 17, 1825, in Washington, D. C. In 1861 he joined a company of volunteers, and was elected captain. In 1861, upon the formation of the metropolitan police force in Washington, he was elected superintendent of the force. In 1885 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the District of Columbia; and in 1886 was elected president of the board of commissioners.
Webb, William Steward
president of the Wagner Palace Car company, was born Jan. 31, 1851, in New York city.
He was doing well at the Stock exchange when, in 1883, at the request of William H. Vanderbilt, his father-in-law, he retired from Wall street to accept the presidency of the Wagner Palace Car company. This corporation needed an energetic head, and he took hold of its affairs with great earnestness, improved its rolling stock, extended its territory, and largely increased its earnings. He is yet its president and maintains the company in a highly prosperous condition. He is also president of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railway company; and built two hundred and thirty-three miles of track in the northern part of this state.
Webb, Willis S
banker, was born Nov. 10, 1819, in Clarke county, Ind. In 1863 he was elected president of the First National bank of Franklin, Ind., being the principal stockholder, and served as such for six years.
Webber, Charles Wilkins
journalist, author, was born May 29, 1819, in Russellville, Ky. He was a journalist and traveler who was killed in Walker's expedition in Nicaragua. He was the author of Hunter-Naturalist; Tales of the Southern Border; Old Hicks the Guide; Gold Mines of the Gila; Shot in the Eye; Adventures with Texas Rifle Rangers; Wild Scenes and Song Birds; History of Mystery; Spiritual Vampirism; Texan Virago; Wild Girl of Nebraska; and Romance of Natural History. He died April 11, 1856, in Central America.
Webber, George W
business man, congressman, was born Nov. 25, 1825, in Newburg, Vt. He removed to Michigan.
He was one of the founders of the Second National bank of Ionia; and for two terms was mayor of that city. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.
Webber, Milton Mathias Napo- Leon
merchant, writer, was born July 27, 1847, in Wells county, Ind. He was drafted into the United States federal army, but was released on account of his age. In 1866 he was government escort at Atchison, Kan., to guard the United States mail through Denver to Fort Benton, a distance of two thousand three hundred miles, and was subsequently engaged in the same capacity on other routes. In 1878 he only lacked a few votes of receiving the democratic nomination for state senator from Allen county, Ind. He is prominently identified with various fraternal orders; and has been a charter member and active in the formation of various societies. He has attained success in mercantile pursuits; has written extensively for the periodical press; and acted as commercial correspondent for the metropolitan press.
Webber, Samuel
educator, college president, author, was born in 1759 in Byfield, Mass. He was an educator of Cambridge, professor of mathematics in Harvard university in 1789-1806, and president of the same in 1806-10. He published a System of Mathematics that was for a long time the only text-book on that subject in use in New England colleges.
He died July 17, 1810, in Cambridge, Mass.
Webber, Samuel
physician, poet, was born Sept. 15, 1797, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a physician of Charlestown, N. H.; and the author of Zogan, an Indian Tale, in Verse; and War, a Poem. He died Dec. 5, 1880, in Charlestown, N. H.
Webber, William Lewis
railroad president, was born July 19, 1825, in Ogden, N. Y. Since 1881 he has been president of the Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron railroad at Saginaw, Mich.
Weber, Charles Marie
pioneer, philanthropist, was born Feb. 16, 1814, in Bavaria. He was the founder of Stockton, Cal., and has done much toward the improvement of that city. He died May 4, 1881, in Stockton, Cal.
Weber, Gustav C. E
physician, surgeon, was born May 26, 1828, in Germany. During 1856-63 he was professor of surgery in the Cleveland Medical college; and in 1861 was surgeon-general of the state. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1870-72 he was assessor of internal revenue of New York; and was then made collector till 1883.
Weber, John B
soldier, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1842, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was deputy postmaster at Buffalo for three years; and in 1873 was elected sheriff of Erie county. In 1884 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Webster, Albert Falvey
journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Boston, Mass. He was a magazinist of New York city, the best of whose short stories are Little Majesty; An Operation in Money; and Miss Eunice's Glove. He died Dec. 27, 1876, at sea.
Webster, Daniel
statesman, was born Jan. 18, 1792, in Salisbury, now He graduated from Franklin, N. H.
Dartmouth college in 1801 with great honor. He then taught school; became a lawyer in 1805; and was elected to congress in 1812. For six years from 1816 he won distinction in his profession. He was re-elected to congress in 1822; was United States senator from 1827 to 1841; and was secretary of state under Harrison. He was United States senator again from 1845 to 1852; and then secretary of state under Fillmore. He was a master of English style, the best of his orations on especial occasions being those delivered at the second Pilgrim centennial in 1820, on the laying of the corner-stone of Bunker Hill monument in 1825, and the eulogy of Adams and Jefferson in 1826. He died Oct. 24, 1852, in Mansfield, Mass.
Webster, Mrs. E. H
poet, was born in 1822. She is the author of a volume of poetry and prose entitled Clover Blossoms.
Webster, Edwin H
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born March 31, 1829, in Hartford county, Md. He was a member of the Maryland senate from 1855 to 1859, serving two years as the president of that body. In 1856 he was chosen a presidential elector. He was a representative from Maryland to the thirtysixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. For a time he rendered the state some service in a military capacity, and was colonel of a Maryland regiment. In 1863 he was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1865 he was appointed collector of customs for the port of Baltimore.
Webster, Ezekiel
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1739 in Kingston, N. H. From 1791 to 1806 he was a judge of the New Hampshire court of common pleas. He died in 1806 in Salisbury, N. H.