Samuel P. Webb
Full name : Samuel P. Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases : …what does the P. stand for?
Images, portraits :
Parents :
Father : David Webb
Mother : Lydia Parmele
Date of Birth : 28 August 1802, alternately listed
as 1803
Place of Birth : …near Oneida County, New York; more likely to be Cortland
County, New York.
Notes : according to his Discharge Certificate (12th Ind Cav), he was born in
1805.
Spouse1 :
Name : Mary Ann Smith
Date of Marriage : 1831
Place of Marriage : Michigan
Died : Spring 1851
Notes : family in Berrien County, Michigan
Spouse2 :
Name : Cordelia Brown
Date of Marriage : 17 April 1855
Place of Marriage : Three Oaks, Michigan
Died :
Notes : Marriage service by Erasmus Hedd.
Cordelia born circa 1822.
Residence on 26 May 1892 - 315 13th Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois.
Date of Death : 5 March 1892 (possibly 13 March
1892)
Place of Death, and or Burial : near Valxaraiso (Valparaiso), Indiana
Burial Information : supplied with a gov’t headstone by contract to W. H.
Gross, 30 October 1896. Inscription reads, ‘Samuel P. Webb, Co. M, 12th Indiana
Cavalry’.
Military Service : Civil War, Union
Unit1 : Company I, 9th Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers
Unit2 : Company M, 12th Regiment Indiana Cavalry Volunteers
Rank : …from enrollment to 31 October 1861 as Private, from November 1861 as
Corporal and Wagoner to discharge 14 May 1862; 7 November 1863 as Private to
discharge 2 June 1865
Service Notes : Obviously he was an ‘ornery, tough, old man. From his service record - Samuel P.
Webb, age 56, born Cortland County, New York, standing 5' 11" tall, with
dark complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair, by occupation a farmer, was
enlisted by Lieutenant William M. Chidister on 17 October 1861 at Chicago,
Illinois for a period of three years.
He mustered in, 23 October 1861 to Captain Boyce's Company, 9th Regiment
Illinois Cavalry as a Private. He
was subsequently assigned to
Company I and on 17 November 1861 he was appointed to rank of Wagoner and is
marked as Present on all muster rolls to May 1862, when he received a
discharge. He was discharged 14 May 1862 by reason of disability; the surgeon
wrote, "his being afflicted with general debility, a result of exposures
and fatigue whilst in the service as a U. S. Soldier and at the same time being
56 years of age." His
commander added, "Said Samuel P. Webb had the appearance of being able
bodied when he enlisted & discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully
until the first part of Feby. last, since which time he has been unable to do
anything, from the effects of Rheumatism and general debility; at Station :
Pilot Knob, Mo., May 1st, 1862." Samuel returned home, but remained
restless to do his part against the Rebs. While living in Morgan Township,
Porter County, Indiana he again enrolled 7 November 1863 at Valpairaiso (sic),
Indiana for another 3 year enlistment and a $300.00 bounty. He gave the same birthplace as in his
original enlistment, but gave the erroneous age of 43 years, obviously to avoid
being discharged, as in his previous service, to which his advanced age
contributed. He mustered in 12 January 1864 and marked present on all muster
rolls until October 1864, when he received a furlough until 15 November
1864. He is again marked present
until 15 March 1865, when he was admitted, from the field, to McPherson General
Hospital at Vicksburg, Mississippi with chronic diarrhea. He was again furloughed 5 May 1865 and
subsequently discharged 2 June 1865, the nature of the casualty described as,
"...lumbago from which he was suffering when admitted to Hosptl. Steamer
Baltic."
Pension data : He applied for a pension in 1885 and was rejected on the grounds
that his disability, as found by the War Department’s examiners, was not caused
on consequence of his service. He
reapplied; in his application, “alleges that at Huntsville, Alabama – June or
July 1864, was taken with bilious intermittent fever , with rushing of blood to
head and roaring in head and ears and in Feb’y 1865 he was again affected with
biliousness, camp diarrhea, and increase of roaring in head and ears,” and was
finally accepted in 1888 for partial deafness in the left ear and total
deafness in the right ear (on account of a case of meningitis and spinal
meningitis, that he described a bilious fever), chronic diarrhea and resulting
disease of the rectum. Upon his
death, he was buried at the government’s expense and his widow, Cordelia,
received a Widow’s pension.
Occupation(s) :
Property :
1825 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Samuel P. Webb
Horses : 0
Meat Cattle : 3
Total Tax Paid : $ .24
Notes : He is later listed on a different tax roll with 3 cattle, paying $ .40
in tax.
1826 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Samuel Webb
Horses, etc. : 1
Value : $ .40
Meat Cattle : 4
Value : $ .32
State and Canal Tax : $ .14 County and School Tax : $ .21 Road Tax : $
.57
Township Tax : $ .03 (Total) Amount : $ .97
1829 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Oliver Webb and Samuel Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Meat Cattle : 4 Value : $ .32
State and Canal Tax : $ .09 County and School Tax : $ .12 Road Tax : $
.16
Township Tax : $ .03 Amount : $ .40
1830 Federal Census, Ridgefield Township, Huron
County, Ohio
Head of Household : S. P. Webb
Free Males – Aged 20-30 : 1 Free Females – Aged 20-30 : 1
Notes : At Webb Settlement lived between Asa Jacobs and Oliver Webb
1832 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Samuel P. Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Meat Cattle : 3 Value : $ 24.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .08 County and School Tax : $ .09 Road Tax : $
.07
Township Tax : $ <.01 Amount : $ .25
1834 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Samuel P. Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Meat Cattle : 5 Value : $ 40.00 Total Value : $ 40.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .12 County and School Tax : $ .22 Road Tax : $
.00
Township Tax : $ .02 Amount : $ .36
1835 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name : Samuel Webb
Horses : 1
Value : $ 40.00
Meat Cattle : 2 Value : $ 16.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .08 County and School Tax : $ .26 Road Tax : $
.00
Township Tax : $ .16 Amount : $ .81
Notes : …according to Doug Thompson, “November 11, 1835 Samuel P. Webb and Mary
Ann Webb sold to Soloman Ruggles of Ridgeland 23 acres of land.” Soloman Ruggles was a relative by
marriage who lived on a nearby farm close to Webb Settlement.
1836 County Auditor – Tax List. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Personal Property Owner’s Name :
Samuel Webb
Horses : 0
Value : 0
Meat Cattle : 5 Value : $ 40.00 Total : $40.00
State and Canal Tax : $ .09 County and School Tax : $ .23 Road Tax : $
.20
Township Tax : $ .06 Amount : $ .58
Notes : It appears that Samuel
sold his land to his family, and others and moved to Greenfield Township prior
to 1838. According to Doug
Thompson, “18 November 1837 Timothy Baker and wife Eliza Baker sold to Samuel
P. Webb and wife Mary Ann Webb 24 acres of land. 23 September 1838 Samuel P. Webb and wife Mary Ann
Webb sold to John Kline 24 acres of land for 40 dollars. The 1838 land ownership tax rolls
for County of Huron, Greenfield Twp. lists Samuel P. Webb paying tax on 23
acres of land and 15 cattle.”
In approximately 1840 he removed
to Michigan and then sometime about 1853 removed to Indiana, where he,
presumably, lived until his death.
Family :
Son : Francis Delarma
Date of Birth : 22 February 1835
Place of Birth : Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Married : Julia F. Baker, 15 September 1859, Three Oaks, Barrin County,
Michigan
Died :
Notes : also spelled Delorma; served in Co. I, 73rd Reg’t Indiana Infantry
Other children include : Martha,
David M., Mary, Lucy, Eliza, Oscar or Oliver, Louise, and Martin
Sources, bibliography :
Huron County Tax Lists… at
Bowling Green University Archives.
Personal communication with Doug Webb and Doug
Thompson.
Compiled Service Record of Private Samuel P. Webb,
Company I, 9th Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. National Archives and Records
Administration. Washington, DC. Compiled 1890’s, viewed 27 October 2001.
Compiled Service Record of Private Samuel P. Webb,
Company M, 12th Regiment Indiana Cavalry Volunteers. National Archives and Records
Administration. Washington, DC. Compiled 1890’s, viewed 27 October 2001.
Pension File of Cordelia Webb,
widow Private Samuel P. Webb, Company M, 12th Regiment Indiana Cavalry
Volunteers (cert#336421).
National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, DC. viewed 9
November 2001.
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