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Samuel
M. Webb
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biography
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SAMUEL M. WEBB,
farmer, post-office Mercer, was born March 16, 1863, on the farm where
he now resides. His father, James Webb, was born on the farm now owned
and occupied by B. A. Williams, in East Lackawannock Township. He was a
brother of Mrs. Daniel Nelson, of Mercer. He married Belle McKay, who
died in 1864, leaving one child, Samuel M. After the death of his mother
our subject lived with his aunt, Eliza McLain, of Mercer, until five
years old, and until eight with his father, when he was sent to
Pittsburgh, where he attended school for four years, making his home
with his hunts, Jane and Amelia, sisters of his father. He then joined
his father on the farm, they doing their own housework, until November
24, 1884, when the father died, and our subject was married December 25,
the same year, to Mary Hunter, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth
(Alexander) Hunter. Her mother died when she was six months old, leaving
four children: Ida, George, Mina and Mary. Her father was again married,
to Elizabeth McMillan, and had four children: Mattie, Louis, Bertha and
Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Webb have two children: Nannie and Elva.
Mr. Webb is a Republican, a good farmer, and buys and sells stock.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 994
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