Prudence Eveline Webb
Full name : Prudence Eveline Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases : Eve; Eva; ‘Geratine’
Parents :
Father : Oliver Webb
Mother : Louisa Ellis
note :
Vital stats :
Date of Birth : 22 November 1840
Place of Birth : Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Notes : In his diary, her brother Loren referred to her as Geratine (or may be
a result of poor transcription) extract follows : “Wednesday, 20th (November
1861) Pleasant. E.I.R.B. Ezra 2d 1st Tim. 4-5-6. To day all is quiet. To day is
my sister Geratine's birthday. She is 21 years old.”
Date of Death : 6 November 1880
Place of Death, and or Burial : presumed to be Dallas County, Texas because
that is where she was living in 1880.
Cause of Death :
Notes : History of the Hamline University... states of the Webb family, “The
girls died in the South many years ago while teaching in Freedman schools.”
Height :
Complexion :
Eyes : Hair :
Notes :
Spouse :
Name
: W. E. Rice
Date
of Marriage : 1870’s
Place
of Marriage : Texas..?
Died
:
Notes :
Education : educated at Hamline University at Redwing, Goodhue County,
Minnesota between 1857-1865
Occupation : Teacher with the Freedman’s Aid Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; taught in Texas.
Religion : Methodist.
Property : unknown
1860 Federal Census. Roscoe
Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born,
Remark
126, 1152/67, Oliver Webb, 54, Male, White, Farmer, 400/468, New York, na
126, 1152/67, Louisa Webb, 48, Female, White, na, na, Vermont, na
126, 1152/67, Eveline Webb, 19, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, na
126, 1152/67, Lester Webb, 17, Male, White, Farmer, na, Ohio, na
126, 1152/67, Luther Webb, 15, Male, White, na, na, Ohio, na
126, 1152/67, Loretta Webb, 13, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, na
126, 1153/68, George Van Syckle, 27, male, White, Farmer, 0/500, New York, na
126, 1153/68, Eliza Van Syckle, 26, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, na
126, 1153/68, Chas Van Syckle, 7, Male, White, na, na, Indiana, na
126, 1153/68, Louella Van Syckle, 9mos, Female, White, na, na, Indiana, na
Her brother Loren Webb noted in his diary about writing to them during the
Civil War when they lived in Minnesota, “Tuesday, 3d (june 1862) Pleasant.
E.I.R.B. Zechariah & Malachi. I finished reading the Bible through to day.
I sent 5 dols. to my sister Evaline and also Loretta.”
1880 Federal Census. Dallas (ED
56), Dallas County, Texas
Page, Dwelling/Family, Name, Color, Sex, Age, Relation, Marital Stat,
Occupation, School, Born, Father born, Mother born
53, 483/497, J. G. Hilldebrand, White, Male,
31, Head, Married, Saddler, no, New
Jersey, France, France
53, 483/497, L. L. Hilldebrand, White, Female,
32, Wife, Married, none, no, Ohio, New York, Canada
53, 483/497, W. E. Rice, White, Male, 39, Boarder, Married,
Minister, no, New York, New York, New York
53, 483/497, E. P. Rice, White, Female, 39, Boarder, Married, none, no, Ohio, New York, Canada
Sources, bibliography :
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.
Research of Mary Arnquist, Dallas, Texas, 2004
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