CACHE OF EARLY LORE
EDWARD WEBSTER COLLECTED MEMORABILIA OF KANSAS CITY.
Funeral Services for the Longtime Resident Whose Home Stored Historic Items Will Be Held This Afternoon.
Services for Edward F[erguson] Webster, 78, longtime resident of Westport who died Saturday at St. Mary's hospital after he was stricken at the Union station, will be held at 2 o'clock this Monday at the Mellody-McGilley-Eylar chapel. Burial will be in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
A collector of old magazines, newspapers and books, antiques and curios relating to Kansas City history, Mr. Webster lived among his collections in a dilapidated frame house at 4000 Broadway.
Friends who called on Mr. Webster in recent years found it difficult to open the door against the press of old papers stacked inside.
Interest in Old Books.
He like old books and conducted an informal book-finding business for persons seeking out-of-print volumes.
Mr. Webster was briefly in city government politics, and, at one time, was chief auditor for the old Missouri and Kansas Telephone company.
He was the Republican member of the 3-man board of public works in 1916 and 1917 under Mayor Henry L. Jost. He was an official in the telephone company early in the century and was assistant secretary and treasurer before he became auditor.
The Webster family owned properties in the Westport area and Edward Webster's interest turned to real estate. He formerly had a realty office in the Commerce building downtown, but for years he had been out of the main stream of business and earned a living by small transactions involving both properties and memorabilia.
House Belies Its Looks.
He had resided alone at 4000 Broadway about twenty years. He was a widower and had no family here. The house in which he lived presents a curious appearance amid the modern business establishments of Broadway. Old-fashioned and weather-beaten, it looks from Broadway to be tiny, almost a miniature house, but it extends deep on the lot and gave Mr. Webster room for his collections.
Mr. Webster was the son of Capt. Edward H[annegan] Webster, who came to Kansas City by stagecoach in 1865, was city assessor in 1866, and on the board of aldermen from 1873 to 1875. His mother was Mrs. Medora R. Ferguson Webster, a descendant of Caesar Rodney of Delaware, a signed of the Declaration of Independence. She was married to Captain Webster in 1875.
A man with few responsibilities, Edward F. Webster spent much of his time in recent years visiting with merchants in the Westport area and was frequently at the Union Station. He went to the station as often as five times a week and was fatally stricken there Friday night. He was a diabetic, and a leg was amputated about ten years ago.
He leaves a brother, R[oyal] S[ylvester] Webster of Havana.
From The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Monday, March 22, 1954.
EDWARD WEBSTER COLLECTED MEMORABILIA OF KANSAS CITY.
Funeral Services for the Longtime Resident Whose Home Stored Historic Items Will Be Held This Afternoon.
Services for Edward F[erguson] Webster, 78, longtime resident of Westport who died Saturday at St. Mary's hospital after he was stricken at the Union station, will be held at 2 o'clock this Monday at the Mellody-McGilley-Eylar chapel. Burial will be in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
A collector of old magazines, newspapers and books, antiques and curios relating to Kansas City history, Mr. Webster lived among his collections in a dilapidated frame house at 4000 Broadway.
Friends who called on Mr. Webster in recent years found it difficult to open the door against the press of old papers stacked inside.
Interest in Old Books.
He like old books and conducted an informal book-finding business for persons seeking out-of-print volumes.
Mr. Webster was briefly in city government politics, and, at one time, was chief auditor for the old Missouri and Kansas Telephone company.
He was the Republican member of the 3-man board of public works in 1916 and 1917 under Mayor Henry L. Jost. He was an official in the telephone company early in the century and was assistant secretary and treasurer before he became auditor.
The Webster family owned properties in the Westport area and Edward Webster's interest turned to real estate. He formerly had a realty office in the Commerce building downtown, but for years he had been out of the main stream of business and earned a living by small transactions involving both properties and memorabilia.
House Belies Its Looks.
He had resided alone at 4000 Broadway about twenty years. He was a widower and had no family here. The house in which he lived presents a curious appearance amid the modern business establishments of Broadway. Old-fashioned and weather-beaten, it looks from Broadway to be tiny, almost a miniature house, but it extends deep on the lot and gave Mr. Webster room for his collections.
Mr. Webster was the son of Capt. Edward H[annegan] Webster, who came to Kansas City by stagecoach in 1865, was city assessor in 1866, and on the board of aldermen from 1873 to 1875. His mother was Mrs. Medora R. Ferguson Webster, a descendant of Caesar Rodney of Delaware, a signed of the Declaration of Independence. She was married to Captain Webster in 1875.
A man with few responsibilities, Edward F. Webster spent much of his time in recent years visiting with merchants in the Westport area and was frequently at the Union Station. He went to the station as often as five times a week and was fatally stricken there Friday night. He was a diabetic, and a leg was amputated about ten years ago.
He leaves a brother, R[oyal] S[ylvester] Webster of Havana.
From The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Monday, March 22, 1954.
CACHE OF EARLY LORE
EDWARD WEBSTER COLLECTED MEMORABILIA OF KANSAS CITY.
Funeral Services for the Longtime Resident Whose Home Stored Historic Items Will Be Held This Afternoon.
Services for Edward F[erguson] Webster, 78, longtime resident of Westport who died Saturday at St. Mary's hospital after he was stricken at the Union station, will be held at 2 o'clock this Monday at the Mellody-McGilley-Eylar chapel. Burial will be in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
A collector of old magazines, newspapers and books, antiques and curios relating to Kansas City history, Mr. Webster lived among his collections in a dilapidated frame house at 4000 Broadway.
Friends who called on Mr. Webster in recent years found it difficult to open the door against the press of old papers stacked inside.
Interest in Old Books.
He like old books and conducted an informal book-finding business for persons seeking out-of-print volumes.
Mr. Webster was briefly in city government politics, and, at one time, was chief auditor for the old Missouri and Kansas Telephone company.
He was the Republican member of the 3-man board of public works in 1916 and 1917 under Mayor Henry L. Jost. He was an official in the telephone company early in the century and was assistant secretary and treasurer before he became auditor.
The Webster family owned properties in the Westport area and Edward Webster's interest turned to real estate. He formerly had a realty office in the Commerce building downtown, but for years he had been out of the main stream of business and earned a living by small transactions involving both properties and memorabilia.
House Belies Its Looks.
He had resided alone at 4000 Broadway about twenty years. He was a widower and had no family here. The house in which he lived presents a curious appearance amid the modern business establishments of Broadway. Old-fashioned and weather-beaten, it looks from Broadway to be tiny, almost a miniature house, but it extends deep on the lot and gave Mr. Webster room for his collections.
Mr. Webster was the son of Capt. Edward H[annegan] Webster, who came to Kansas City by stagecoach in 1865, was city assessor in 1866, and on the board of aldermen from 1873 to 1875. His mother was Mrs. Medora R. Ferguson Webster, a descendant of Caesar Rodney of Delaware, a signed of the Declaration of Independence. She was married to Captain Webster in 1875.
A man with few responsibilities, Edward F. Webster spent much of his time in recent years visiting with merchants in the Westport area and was frequently at the Union Station. He went to the station as often as five times a week and was fatally stricken there Friday night. He was a diabetic, and a leg was amputated about ten years ago.
He leaves a brother, R[oyal] S[ylvester] Webster of Havana.
From The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Monday, March 22, 1954.
EDWARD WEBSTER COLLECTED MEMORABILIA OF KANSAS CITY.
Funeral Services for the Longtime Resident Whose Home Stored Historic Items Will Be Held This Afternoon.
Services for Edward F[erguson] Webster, 78, longtime resident of Westport who died Saturday at St. Mary's hospital after he was stricken at the Union station, will be held at 2 o'clock this Monday at the Mellody-McGilley-Eylar chapel. Burial will be in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
A collector of old magazines, newspapers and books, antiques and curios relating to Kansas City history, Mr. Webster lived among his collections in a dilapidated frame house at 4000 Broadway.
Friends who called on Mr. Webster in recent years found it difficult to open the door against the press of old papers stacked inside.
Interest in Old Books.
He like old books and conducted an informal book-finding business for persons seeking out-of-print volumes.
Mr. Webster was briefly in city government politics, and, at one time, was chief auditor for the old Missouri and Kansas Telephone company.
He was the Republican member of the 3-man board of public works in 1916 and 1917 under Mayor Henry L. Jost. He was an official in the telephone company early in the century and was assistant secretary and treasurer before he became auditor.
The Webster family owned properties in the Westport area and Edward Webster's interest turned to real estate. He formerly had a realty office in the Commerce building downtown, but for years he had been out of the main stream of business and earned a living by small transactions involving both properties and memorabilia.
House Belies Its Looks.
He had resided alone at 4000 Broadway about twenty years. He was a widower and had no family here. The house in which he lived presents a curious appearance amid the modern business establishments of Broadway. Old-fashioned and weather-beaten, it looks from Broadway to be tiny, almost a miniature house, but it extends deep on the lot and gave Mr. Webster room for his collections.
Mr. Webster was the son of Capt. Edward H[annegan] Webster, who came to Kansas City by stagecoach in 1865, was city assessor in 1866, and on the board of aldermen from 1873 to 1875. His mother was Mrs. Medora R. Ferguson Webster, a descendant of Caesar Rodney of Delaware, a signed of the Declaration of Independence. She was married to Captain Webster in 1875.
A man with few responsibilities, Edward F. Webster spent much of his time in recent years visiting with merchants in the Westport area and was frequently at the Union Station. He went to the station as often as five times a week and was fatally stricken there Friday night. He was a diabetic, and a leg was amputated about ten years ago.
He leaves a brother, R[oyal] S[ylvester] Webster of Havana.
From The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Monday, March 22, 1954.
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