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Francis Darias Webb
Full name : Francis Darias
Alternate spellings, aliases : Darius
Parents :
Father : Oliver Webb
Mother : Louisa Ellis
Date of Birth : 22 January 1836
Place of Birth : Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Vital stats :
Height : 5' 9"
Complexion : Light
Eyes : Blue
Hair : Light
Notes : ...at age 28, from Regimental Descriptive Book, Co. D, 73rd Reg't
Indiana Infantry.
[Click here to see an image of Francis
from about 1864.]
Spouse :
Name : Rachel Lewis
Date of Marriage : 3 July 1856
Place of Marriage : Argos, Marshall County, Indiana
Died : prior to October 1930 at age 94 years.
Notes : Marriage service performed by Marquis L. Smith, Justice of the
Peace. She died after suffering a bout of gangrene of the feet (I suspect
diabetes).
Date of Death : 29 April 1913
Place of Death : Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois
Place of Burial : Evergreen Cemetery
Cause of Death : Chronic internal nephritis; certified by H. G. Reinhardt, MD
Military Service : Civil War, Union
Unit1 : Company D, 73rd Regiment
Indiana Infantry
Rank : Private; Chief Musician; Principal Musician
Term of Service : 5 August 1862 - 1 July 1865
Notes : It appears that Francis was in hospital for quite some time during the
war, 31 August 1862 until 31 December 1862 he is listed on the muster roll of
Company E, Detachment of Convalescents, Barracks No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee
and sent to hospital 21 November 1862 in Nashville. The following March
and April he is shown present on the muster roll of U.S.A. General Hospital No.
6, New Albany, Indiana. He was added to the 73rd Regiment's
Non-Commissioned Staff as the Principal Musician, promoted 31 July 1864 at
Triana, Alabama. Although his regiment was captured by Confederate forces
May 3, 1863 and officers sent to Libby Prison while enlisted men went to prison
in Richmond, it is not clear that Francis was with the regiment at this
time. The regiment was exchanged in March 1864 and they rejoined
service. In all, Francis suffered greatly from illness, including typhoid
fever resulting in the loss of all of his teeth, and the surgical removal of
his left testicle, otorhoea of the right ear from exposure at (the) Wild Cat
Mountain(s), Kentucky, as well as general rheumatism and chronic diarrhea.
Notes concerning Francis’ rank : 1865 Customs of
Service; Special Enlistments -
223. Principal Musicians.- The law allows to each regiment of
regular infantry, the Fifth Artillery, and to each volunteer infantry regiment,
two principal of chief musicians.
Other laws with regard to bands make the position of chief musician
anomalous and inconsistent. (Act July 29, 2861.)
224. The Act of July 5, 1838,
section 16, allows the chief musician seventeen dollars per month, whilst
section 4, Act July 29, 1861, provides that bands shall be paid as follows :
one-fourth of the twenty-four shall receive the pay of sergeants of engineers,
thirty-four dollars, one-fourth the pay of corporals of engineers, twenty
dollars, and one-half the pay of privates of engineers of the first class, seventeen
dollars.
225. As the principal musicians
are in addition to the foregoing, it follows that they get no more than the
lowest class of musicians. The
leader of the band, by the 4th section of the above Act, is entitled to the pay
and emoluments of a second lieutenant of infantry; yet there are no leaders
authorized, except in the nine new regiments of infantry. It will be seen, therefore, that the
foregoing laws are quite incongruous.
226. Leader of the Band.- Where there is no leader of the band authorized, as
in the case of old regiments of artillery and infantry, and in all the cavalry
regiments, one of the principal musicians acts as the leader of the band. To secure a competent musician for this
purpose, the leader usually receives additional pay out of the regimental fund,
or by voluntary contribution from the regiment. Leaders of brigade and regimental bands now receive
seventy-five dollars per month. (Act
June 20, 1864.)
227. The leader of the band is
charged with the instruction of the band and the selection and arrangement of
the music. He is also charged, in
the absence of a drum-major, with the duties usually assigned to him. Like the drum-major, he receives his
orders and instructions from the adjutant of the regiment, or, as leader of the
brigade band, from the adjutant-general of the brigade.
228. A band is allowed to some
regiments by law, and provision is made for the payment of such; but the
authority granted in the Regulations, to detail soldiers for a band for such
regiments as are not thus provided for, authorizes only the application of the
regimental fund for support of bands in addition to their salary as soldiers.
229. The law allows a band to each
of the new regiments of artillery and infantry. The bands are authorized to
have not more than twenty-four musicians; and in the old regiments of infantry
they are by the War Department limited to sixteen. The drum-majors and principal musicians are not included in
this allowance for the band, nor are the company musicians. Cavalry regiments are not authorized to
have bands.
230. The Act of June 20, 1864,
fixes the pay of the principal musicians at twenty-two dollars per month, and
of the other musicians at sixteen, but fails to state what proportion shall be
principal musicians. The leaders
in the bands of regular regiments, where no leader is authorized, usually are
remunerated out of the regimental fund, or by contributions.
231.
Family :
Notes : In April 1857 the Webb’s moved to Goodhue County, Minnesota from
Marshall County, Indiana. Soon
after arriving, Francis, Rachel and daughter Clara occupied a 160 acre plot on
government land. There land was
continually over-run by Native Americans of the Sioux and Chippewa tribes and
Rachel returned home before 1860 out of fear of ‘the Indians.’ Francis soon followed. They moved back to Indiana, residing in
the area of Argos, in Walnut Township, Marshall County on land owned by
Rachel’s father by the time the Civil War started. In 1880 or 1881 they moved back to Minnesota to be near to
Francis’ family, then in 1890 they moved to Chicago and in 1892 relocated a
short distance from Chicago to Evergreen Park in Cook County, Illinois. They lived there for the rest of their
lives.
1850 Federal Census. Town of LaPorte, County of LaPorte, Indiana; (7
August 1850)
House#/Family#, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
67/70, Oliver Webb, 47, Male, White, Lumberman, 2000, New York
67/70, Louisa Webb, 36, Female, White, na, na, L. Canada
67/70, Harvey Webb, 19, Male, White, Farmer, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Eliza Webb, 17, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Francis D. Webb, 14, Male, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Loren Webb, 12, Male, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Eveline Webb, 10, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Lester Webb, 7, Male, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Luther Webb, 5, Male, White, na, na, Ohio, in school
67/70, Loretta Webb, 3, Female, White, na, na, Ohio
67/70, Prudence Ellis, 32, Female, White, na, na, New Hampshire
1860 Federal Census.
Walnut Township, Argos P.O., Marshal County, Indiana
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born,
Remark
752/762, Joseph Lewis, 53, Male, White, Farmer, 3000/300, Virginia, na
752/762, Susanna Lewis, 61, Female, White, Housekeeper, na, Virginia, na
752/762, Francis Webb, 22 Male, White, Farmer, na, Ohio, na
752/762, Rachel Webb, 21, Female, White, Housekeeper, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Clara May Webb, 3, Female, White, na, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Baby Webb, 3/12, Female, White, na, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Goodman Simons, 18, Male, White, Laborer, na, Indiana, na
753/763, M. J. Lewis, 25, Male, White, Farm Laborer, /250, Indiana, na
753/763, Julia Lewis, 25, Female, White, Housekeeper, na, Ohio, na
753/763, Baby Lewis, 2/12, Female, White, na, na, Ohio, na
1880 Federal Census. Town of
Argos, Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana. Enumerated by Francis D. Webb.
Page, Dwelling/Family, Name, Color, Sex, Age, Relation, Marital Stat,
Occupation, School, Born, Father born, Mother born
33, 142/147, Francis Webb, White, Male, 44, Head, Married, Engineer in Saw
Mill, unemployed 4 mos., Ohio, New York, Canada
33, 142/147, Rachel Webb, White, Female, 42, Wife, Married, Keeping house, na,
Indiana, Virginia, Virginia
33, 142/147, Clara Webb, White, Female, 23, Daughter, Single, At Home, Blind,
Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
33, 142/147, Rosa Webb, White, Female, 17, Daughter, Single, Tailoress, na,
Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
33, 142/147, Eva Webb, White, Female, 12, Daughter, Single, At school, na,
Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
33, 142/147, Lulu Webb, White, Female, 10, Daughter, Single, At school, na,
Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
33, 142/147, Leister Webb, White, Male, 37, Brother, Single, none, crippled
w/rheumatism, Ohio, New York, Canada
Daughter : Clara May
Date of Birth : 19 March 1857
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Indiana
Married : no
Died :
Notes : Clara was blind since April 1863 as a result of measles, spinal
meningitis and typhoid fever!
Daughter : Edith Lorinda
Date of Birth : 2 May 1860
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Indiana
Marriage : “…a (man) named Charles”
Died :
Daughter : Susan Rosina 'Rose'
Date of Birth : 30 July 1862
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Indiana
Marriage :
Died :
Daughter : Eva Louisa
Date of Birth : 25 August 1867
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Indiana
Marriage :
Died :
Daughter : Lula Viola ‘Lue’
Date of Birth : 8 December 1869
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Indiana
Married : Charles W. Brown
Died : sometime after 1935
Sources, bibliography :
Service Record of Chief Musician Francis D. Webb,
73rd Reg't Indiana Infantry, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC. Compiled 1894, viewed January 2001.
Pension File of Francis D. Webb, Rachel Webb, National
Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
Harvey Hayes Webb family bible transcript, typed
transcript, drafted in the 1950's; courtesy Hazel Skelly Webb
Written communication with Vinton Phillips and
David L. Hester, Huron County, Ohio, January 2001
Webb, Loren. Diary of Captain Loren Webb, 1861 -
1863, Firelands Historical Society, 1995. Transcribed by Matthew L. Burr.
Downs, Michael. 73rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
online content www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/2106. 2001
Copyright Jonathan Webb Deiss
http://www.webbdeiss.com/
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