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About James Emerson Webb:
James came to Hempstead Co., AR in 1859 with his family, and farmed there until moving to Stone Co.,
AR in 1860. He joined the Third regiment of the Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers, Union Army, on August
21, 1864 as a private, at Lewisburgh, and served until June 30, 1865.
Found in Ancestry.com search
of Civil War records: Webb James E. Co. K 3 Arkansas Cavalry. Private Private Union ....................................................................................
Found
at http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3cavcok.html:
Company K, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment,
USA WEBB, JAMES E. Pvt - Enl 21 Aug 1864 at Lewisburg, AR. Ht 6' 1 1/2", eyes blue, hair lt, complx
fair, farmer, age 38, born in Boone Co., TN. .....................................................................................
Found
in Ancestry.com search of Civil War Pension Index: Webb, James E., widow Webb, Mary E., Co. H and
K, 3rd Ark. Cavalry .....................................................................................
Found
in the Bradley Co., Tennessee 1850 Census. Found in the Izard Co., Arkansas 1870 Census, Sycamore
Township, Blue Mountain Post Office. Found in the Stone Co., Arkansas 1880 Census, Sylamore Township. ......................................................................................
Biographical
Sketch of James E. Webb
"Special adaptability to any calling in life is the one necessary adjunct
to permanent success, and as a tiller of the soil James E. Webb seems to be "to the manner born," for
he has one of the finest farms on the Sylamore Creek, of which he has become the owner through his own
efforts. He was born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1825, a son of Allen and Rebecca (Webb) Webb, the former
of whom was born in the Old North State, and the latter is supposed to have been born in East Tennessee.
After residing in Roane County for some time they moved to Bradley County, Tenn., in 1855 or 1856,
and then came to Arkansas and took up their residence in Hempstead County, where they lived and died,
having followed the occupation of farming throughout life. The immediate subject of this sketch received
his education in Roane and Bradley Counties, Tenn., and when a young man of nineteen years, he commenced
farming in the last named county on his own responsibility, and there continued to till the soil until
1859, when he came to Arkansas, and from that time up to 1860 tilled the soil in Hempstead County, since
which time he has resided in Stone County, and has made his home on his present fine farm of 400 acres
since 1869. This land is exceptionally productive, and on the 125 acres that are under cultivation
large crops are raised annually. The place is well improved also, and besides good farm buildings of
all kinds the fences are sightly and substantial; in fact, everything about the place indicates that
the owner is thrifty, intelligent and industrious. All this property has been acquired since the war,
for during that time, or from July, 1864, until the close of the war, he joined the Third Arkansas
Cavalry, U.S.A., and was in a number of engagements. In 1847 he was married to Miss Mary Davis, of
Bradley County, East Tenn., and to their union nine children were given, all of whom reside within a
few miles of home with one exception. Mr. and Mrs. Webb are members of the Missionary Baptist Church,
of which he has been a member since boyhood, and is now holding the office of deacon. He is a member
of Lindsay Lodge of the A.F. & A.M., and politically is a Republican."
The above information
contained within the quotation marks was obtained from: Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region;
James E. Webb; p. 694-695; Ramfro Reprint; 1966; Cape Girardeau, Mo. ........................................................................................
About Mary Elizabeth Davis:
Found in 1910 Census, Ark., Stone Co., ED 48, Sylamore TS, img. 16, age 81, living with son Walter A.
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