Addison Porter Webber [text omitted] did not engage in farming on his own account until his marriage, in 1858, when he settled in Valley township, Stark county. It was in December of that year that he wedded Miss Rachel Naomi Calder, also of Lawn Ridge and a daughter of Joseph Calder, one of the early settlers of that locality. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life in Stark county, where they lived until 1867, when Mr. Webber purchased a farm in La Prairie township, whereon he resided until his death, covering a period of almost four decades. [text omitted]
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Webber were born six children: Alice, now the wife of Lewis T. Wood, a real-estate and insurance agent at Lacon; Alma, the wife of J. W. Green, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of La Prairie township; Lulu, who died at the age of thirteen years; Maud, the wife of Linus Root, a farmer living near Blue Ridge; Mabel La Veta, who remained at home to care for her aged parents until their death, and is still a resident of this county; and Herman, who is the fourth child and only son. He was married September 24, 1895, to Miss Anna Collins, and now resides just across the road from the old homestead, which he has managed for several years in connection with the work of his own farm. His wife was a daughter of Patrick Collins, a well known and prominent pioneer resident of this part of the state. Herman Webber attended Sparland high school, the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, and was thus well fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. He is now numbered among the enterprising and successful farmers of La Prairie township and owns four hundred acres of valuable and productive land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. In politics he is independent, and has served as justice of the peace. His religious views are indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Unto him and his wife have been born five children, namely; Margaret, Robert, Lawrence, Wilfred and Florence.
[text omitted] Mrs. Webber was also equally faithful to the [Methodist Episcopal] church and was a most estimable Christian woman. Together they traveled life's journey for forty-seven years, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity, but on the 27th of February, 1905, they were separated through the death of the wife, who passed away at the age of sixty-five years. [text omitted]
Source: Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, by John Spencer Burt and W. E. Hawthorne, The Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907, pp 348-350, transcribed by HJ
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Webber were born six children: Alice, now the wife of Lewis T. Wood, a real-estate and insurance agent at Lacon; Alma, the wife of J. W. Green, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of La Prairie township; Lulu, who died at the age of thirteen years; Maud, the wife of Linus Root, a farmer living near Blue Ridge; Mabel La Veta, who remained at home to care for her aged parents until their death, and is still a resident of this county; and Herman, who is the fourth child and only son. He was married September 24, 1895, to Miss Anna Collins, and now resides just across the road from the old homestead, which he has managed for several years in connection with the work of his own farm. His wife was a daughter of Patrick Collins, a well known and prominent pioneer resident of this part of the state. Herman Webber attended Sparland high school, the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, and was thus well fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. He is now numbered among the enterprising and successful farmers of La Prairie township and owns four hundred acres of valuable and productive land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. In politics he is independent, and has served as justice of the peace. His religious views are indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Unto him and his wife have been born five children, namely; Margaret, Robert, Lawrence, Wilfred and Florence.
[text omitted] Mrs. Webber was also equally faithful to the [Methodist Episcopal] church and was a most estimable Christian woman. Together they traveled life's journey for forty-seven years, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity, but on the 27th of February, 1905, they were separated through the death of the wife, who passed away at the age of sixty-five years. [text omitted]
Source: Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, by John Spencer Burt and W. E. Hawthorne, The Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907, pp 348-350, transcribed by HJ
Addison Porter Webber [text omitted] did not engage in farming on his own account until his marriage, in 1858, when he settled in Valley township, Stark county. It was in December of that year that he wedded Miss Rachel Naomi Calder, also of Lawn Ridge and a daughter of Joseph Calder, one of the early settlers of that locality. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life in Stark county, where they lived until 1867, when Mr. Webber purchased a farm in La Prairie township, whereon he resided until his death, covering a period of almost four decades. [text omitted]
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Webber were born six children: Alice, now the wife of Lewis T. Wood, a real-estate and insurance agent at Lacon; Alma, the wife of J. W. Green, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of La Prairie township; Lulu, who died at the age of thirteen years; Maud, the wife of Linus Root, a farmer living near Blue Ridge; Mabel La Veta, who remained at home to care for her aged parents until their death, and is still a resident of this county; and Herman, who is the fourth child and only son. He was married September 24, 1895, to Miss Anna Collins, and now resides just across the road from the old homestead, which he has managed for several years in connection with the work of his own farm. His wife was a daughter of Patrick Collins, a well known and prominent pioneer resident of this part of the state. Herman Webber attended Sparland high school, the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, and was thus well fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. He is now numbered among the enterprising and successful farmers of La Prairie township and owns four hundred acres of valuable and productive land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. In politics he is independent, and has served as justice of the peace. His religious views are indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Unto him and his wife have been born five children, namely; Margaret, Robert, Lawrence, Wilfred and Florence.
[text omitted] Mrs. Webber was also equally faithful to the [Methodist Episcopal] church and was a most estimable Christian woman. Together they traveled life's journey for forty-seven years, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity, but on the 27th of February, 1905, they were separated through the death of the wife, who passed away at the age of sixty-five years. [text omitted]
Source: Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, by John Spencer Burt and W. E. Hawthorne, The Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907, pp 348-350, transcribed by HJ
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Webber were born six children: Alice, now the wife of Lewis T. Wood, a real-estate and insurance agent at Lacon; Alma, the wife of J. W. Green, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of La Prairie township; Lulu, who died at the age of thirteen years; Maud, the wife of Linus Root, a farmer living near Blue Ridge; Mabel La Veta, who remained at home to care for her aged parents until their death, and is still a resident of this county; and Herman, who is the fourth child and only son. He was married September 24, 1895, to Miss Anna Collins, and now resides just across the road from the old homestead, which he has managed for several years in connection with the work of his own farm. His wife was a daughter of Patrick Collins, a well known and prominent pioneer resident of this part of the state. Herman Webber attended Sparland high school, the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, and was thus well fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. He is now numbered among the enterprising and successful farmers of La Prairie township and owns four hundred acres of valuable and productive land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. In politics he is independent, and has served as justice of the peace. His religious views are indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Unto him and his wife have been born five children, namely; Margaret, Robert, Lawrence, Wilfred and Florence.
[text omitted] Mrs. Webber was also equally faithful to the [Methodist Episcopal] church and was a most estimable Christian woman. Together they traveled life's journey for forty-seven years, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity, but on the 27th of February, 1905, they were separated through the death of the wife, who passed away at the age of sixty-five years. [text omitted]
Source: Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, by John Spencer Burt and W. E. Hawthorne, The Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907, pp 348-350, transcribed by HJ
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