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David F. Webb
Full name : David F. Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases : David
Parents :
Father : David Webb
Mother : Lydia Parmele
Date of Birth : 25 September 1811
Place of Birth : Oneida County, New York
Spouse :
Name : Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Geisler
Date of Marriage : 2 September 1830
Place of Marriage : Ridgefield, Huron County, Ohio
Died :
Notes : Service by Justice of the Peace E. W. Herrick. According to Edwin Smith - Elizabeth
"Betsy" was the oldest child of Jacob Geisler and Elizabeth
Volk. Jacob arrived on the ship
Devotion on 6 October 1802 in Philadelphia. He was married in Lancaster County, PA, 5 May 1807 and resided in Manor Twp
where the first two children, Elizabeth and Catherine were born. The family was enumerated in the 1810
in this location. Jacob moved to Ohio
sometime after 1810 and this is where the remainder of the children, Jacob Jr
(m Eliza Webb, 11 Apr 1836), John, Liddie, Susannah, Mary Ann, and Margaret,
were born.
Date of Death :
Place of Death :
Burial Information :
Notes :
Military Service : unknown
Occupation(s) : farmer
Location of Residences, record of movement,
migration, etc.
Property :
Condensed from the Firelands Pioneer…, Jan 1920,
pp. 2358 - 2363 :
Immigrated from near Riga, New York to the 'Firelands' area of Ohio, later
known as Huron County in 1821/1822, with his father and family. Originally
settled just across the Vermillion river west of the David Underhill
place.
In 1822 his father, David Webb, Sr. and his brother
Harvey purchased from the Executors of Jonas Cook two hundred acres
approximately three miles north-west of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio in Ridgefield
Township, which formed the nucleus of the Webb Settlement. Harvey paid $250 dollars for one
hundred acres on the north side and David, Sr. was left with 109 acres. They both built log houses; Harvey’s
burned in 1854.
Huron County Ohio, Tax Auditors Lists, and Census
data
Notes : * Fractions of a penny have been omitted.
1830 Federal Census - Ridgefield Township, Huron
County, Ohio
Head of Household : David Webb
Free Males – Aged 15-20 : 1 Aged 60-70 : 1
Free Females – Aged 10-15 : 1 Aged 60-70 : 1
Notes : David, Sr. and his wife Lydia, son David F., and daughter Eliza
1831 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Meat Cattle : 2
Value : $16.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .05 School Tax : $ .06 Road Tax : $ .04
Tax Amount : $ .16
1832 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Meat Cattle : 1
Value : $8.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .16 County and School Tax : $ .14 Road Tax : $ .14
Township Tax : $ .01
Tax Amount : $ .31
1833 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Cattle : 5
Value : $40.00 Total Value : $40.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .12 County and School Tax : $ .20 Road Tax : $
.04
Township Tax : $ .04
Total : $ .40
1834 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Cattle : 2
Value : $16.00 Total Value : $56.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .16 County and School Tax : $ .30 Road Tax : 0
Township Tax : $ .02
Total : $ .50
1835 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Cattle : 1
Value : $8.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .07 County and School Tax : $ .22 Road Tax : 0
Township Tax : $ .14
Amount : $ .44
1836 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Cattle : 2 Value : $16.00 Total Value :
$56.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .12 County and School Tax : $ .32 Road Tax : 0
Township Tax : $ .08
Total : $ .53
1837 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Cattle : 5
Value : $40.00 Total Value : $80.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .26 County and School Tax : $ .62 Road Tax : $
.40
Tax Amount : $1.28
1838 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $40.00
Cattle : 2
Value : $16.00 Total Value : $56.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .22 County and School Tax : $ .33 Courthouse
& Jail Tax : $ .11
Road Tax : $ .14
Township Tax : $ .16 Tax Amount : $ .98
1839 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 2
Value : $80.00
Cattle : 2
Value : $16.00 Total Value : $96.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .48 County and School Tax : $ .72 Courthouse
& Jail Tax : $ .19
Road Tax : 0
Township Tax : $ .48 Tax Amount : $1.87
1840 Federal Census - Ridgefield Township, Huron
County, Ohio
Head of Household : David F. Webb
Free Males – Aged 5-10 : 1 Aged 15-20 : 2
Free Females – Aged 5-10 : 1 Aged 20-30 : 1
Notes : This doesn’t seem clear; it is possible that the transcription was
incorrect.
1840 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 2
Value : $80.00
Cattle : 2
Value : $16.00 Total Value : $96.00
State Canal & Town Tax : $1.72 Road Tax : 0 Total Amount : $1.72
1841 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Lands & Houses Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Location : R23 T4 S2
Lot : 9 Remarks
: S. E. part
Acres : 59 Value
: $247.00
State, County & Town Tax : $4.44 Road Tax : 0
Total Amount : $4.44
Notes : This is a section of Oliver’s land which he sold or gave to David.
1841 County Auditor – Tax List, Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : David F. Webb
Horses : 2
Value : $80.00
Cattle : 4 Value : $32.00 Total Value :
$112.00
State Canal & Town Tax : $2.01 Road Tax : 0 Total Amount : $2.01
1850 Federal Census - Ridgefield Township, Huron
County, Ohio; 12 August 1850
Last Name
First Name Age Sex Occupation Value Birthplace In School
Webb
David
38
Male
Farmer
N. Y.
Webb
Elizabeth
42
Female
Pa
Webb
Electa 16 Female
Ohio
X
Webb
Lewis
15
Male
Ohio
X
Webb
Nathan
6
Male
Ohio
X
Webb
David, Sr. 73 Male
Farmer
Mass
Production of Agriculture, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio; Summer/Fall 1850
Name of Owner : David (F.) Webb
Acres (Total – Improved and Unimproved) : 35 / 64
Cash Value of farm : $1475.00
Cash value of farming implements and machinery : $68.00
Horses : 4 Mules & Asses :
0 Milk Cows : 4 Working Oxen :
2
Other Cattle : 3
Sheep : 25 Swine : 2 Value of Livestock :
$327.00
Wheat - spring : 30 bushels Oats : 40 bushels Wool : 100 lbs.
Indian corn : 100 bushels Potatoes - Irish : 60 bushels Peas & Beans : 2
bushels
Butter : 400 lbs.
Cheese : 200 lbs. Hay : 12 tons
Value of Home-made Manufacture : $27.00 Value of Animals Slaughtered : $30.00
Family :
Daughter : Electa
Date of Birth : 1834
Place of Birth : Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Married :
Died :
Son : Lewis
Date of Birth: 1835
Place of Birth : Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Married :
Died :
Notes : He enlisted 2 May 1864 as Private, and mustered to Company C, 144th
Regiment Ohio Infantry and discharged 31 August 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio.
Son : Nathan
Date of Birth: 1844
Place of Birth : Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Married :
Died :
Notes : At age 19 enlisted, with his older brother, and mustered in 2 May 1864,
to Company C, 144th Regiment Ohio Infantry and discharged 31 August 1864 at
Camp Chase, Ohio.
Huron County Marriage Record Abstracts.
Comments, sources, various
additional :
Harvey Hayes Webb family bible transcript, typed
transcript, drafted in the 1950's; courtesy Hazel Skelly Webb
Webb, Loren. Diary of Captain Loren Webb, 1861 -
1863, Firelands Historical Society, 1995. Transcribed by Matthew L. Burr.
Written communication with Vinton Phillips and
David L. Hester, Huron County, Ohio, January 2001- ongoing. Images of
Webb gravestones courtesy of Elizabeth and Vinton Philips.
Odd cemetery inscriptions
(search on Webb) : Dix
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