h/o 1st Emma Isabella Hayden, 2nd Mayme R Corpeny
His paternal great,grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, father in Missouri State Militia for six months during Civil War. NO record found that Elijah served any military service for his country.
Elijah, 1st of four known children, removed from Overton county, Tennessee when a child in 1856 with family to Jasper county, Missouri, year following his paternal grandparents move to Harmony Grove (now Duenweg) Jasper county, Missouri.
Two marriages, each with a child, living at 4 south Liberty avenue, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri before death.
Census: 1860, age 9, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & three younger siblings.
Census: 1870, age 19, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri, with parents & three siblings.
Census: 1880, age 28, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother-in-law, sister & their four children, deputy collector under brother-in-law, living on Garrison avenue.
Marriage 1 Emma Isabella Hayden b: 1863, Bolivar, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: 23 MAY 1883, Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. (Her parents then moved family to Webb City) later divorced.
Marriage 2 Mayme R Corpeny b: 2 JUL 1867 in Sedalia, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: Reportedly, OCT 1892, likely in Missouri (NOTE: date from McGregor's 1901 book, 1900 Census has them married seven years, 1st wife's death was 29 OCT 1894)
Census: 1900, age 50, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children, a "Capitalist", living on Liberty street. (married seven years)
Census: 1910, age 57, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1920, age 68, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife, Director of bank at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1930, age 78, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife at 4 south Liberty street.
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"Webb, Elijah T., banker, was born August 24, 1851, in Overton (became Clay in 1870) County, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of John C. and Ruth F. (Davis) Webb, his father being the founder of the city which bears his name. The son, Elijah T., was reared upon a farm and as a young man assisted his father in the making of a home in Missouri, before fortune came to him.
"For three years, during the Civil War period, his father being absent in the military service [??], he performed the labor of a man in caring for family concerns.
"He had just reached his majority when the discovery of lead upon his father's farm was made [June 1873], and opportunity was afforded him to lay aside his tasks and complete his education. He received his first instruction in the common schools in the neighborhood. In 1877 he entered the University of Missouri, where he completed a three years course. The year of his leaving the latter institution he went to Quincy, Illinois, where he became a student in the Gem City Commercial College, from which he was graduated with the highest honors of his class, and a testimonial from the principal, Professor Musselman, certifying him as "one of our very best graduates, thorough in all branches."
"His first engagement after the completion of his commercial education was as deputy county collector of Jasper County, at Carthage, a position which he filled with the highest credit to himself for two years. Various promising business openings were now presented to him, but he preferred to resume association with his father. Accordingly, the two —father and son —in January, 1882, organized the Webb City Bank, opening its books with a capital of $10,000.
"From the first the management of the bank was practically in the hands of the son, as cashier, the father being busily engaged with his land interests, his large holdings occupied by many tenants, and the number augmenting constantly. The senior Webb died the year following the establishment of the bank, and the son found himself burdened not only with its business, but with the settlement of the great paternal estate, comprising many diverse interests and transactions with a large number of leaseholders and debtors. His equable disposition, methodical habits and splendid business training specially adapted him to care for these intricate concerns, and he performed the work with no appearance of effort.
"In 1890 the banking interests had reached such magnitude that it became necessary to incorporate, and the capital was increased. The Webb City Bank has long been one of the leading financial institutions of southwest Missouri. At the close of the fiscal year ending December i, 1898, the resources amounted to $404,347.00, and the deposits were $367,125.88. It occupies a building erected for its purposes, one of the ornaments of the city, provided with double time lock safes and safety deposit vaults.
"Besides the management of this large business, Mr. Webb gives his personal attention to his land and mineral interests, which are leased to numerous operators.
"At times he has served as city treasurer and as a member of the board of education, and, had he so chosen, the path to political preferment lay open to him, but as his business cares increased he found it necessary to decline all public positions. He holds membership with the Methodist Church, South, and is exceedingly liberal in its support. His society relationship is restricted to the Masonic fraternity.
"Mr. Webb was married, in October, 1892, to Miss Mayme R. Corpeny, daughter of F. J. and Sallie E. Corpeny, of Neosho, the father being a prominent banker of that city. The only child born of this union is Grace Webb, aged five years. By a former marriage Mr. Webb has a son, Earnest Webb. The family occupy a beautiful home, on a commanding site overlooking the prosperous city occupying the ground not many years ago tilled as a farm. Immediately opposite is the church which the elder Webb erected and presented to the congregation, modernized somewhat, but in appearance much as its donor left it. Mr. Webb enjoys the highest esteem of the community as a capable man of affairs, a warm-hearted neighbor and exemplary citizen, whose many excellent qualities find completion in his unassuming modesty."
SOURCE: "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri", as presented in 1901 by Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor
Researched and prepared by Boggess and Brewer
His paternal great,grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, father in Missouri State Militia for six months during Civil War. NO record found that Elijah served any military service for his country.
Elijah, 1st of four known children, removed from Overton county, Tennessee when a child in 1856 with family to Jasper county, Missouri, year following his paternal grandparents move to Harmony Grove (now Duenweg) Jasper county, Missouri.
Two marriages, each with a child, living at 4 south Liberty avenue, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri before death.
Census: 1860, age 9, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & three younger siblings.
Census: 1870, age 19, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri, with parents & three siblings.
Census: 1880, age 28, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother-in-law, sister & their four children, deputy collector under brother-in-law, living on Garrison avenue.
Marriage 1 Emma Isabella Hayden b: 1863, Bolivar, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: 23 MAY 1883, Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. (Her parents then moved family to Webb City) later divorced.
Marriage 2 Mayme R Corpeny b: 2 JUL 1867 in Sedalia, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: Reportedly, OCT 1892, likely in Missouri (NOTE: date from McGregor's 1901 book, 1900 Census has them married seven years, 1st wife's death was 29 OCT 1894)
Census: 1900, age 50, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children, a "Capitalist", living on Liberty street. (married seven years)
Census: 1910, age 57, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1920, age 68, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife, Director of bank at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1930, age 78, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife at 4 south Liberty street.
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"Webb, Elijah T., banker, was born August 24, 1851, in Overton (became Clay in 1870) County, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of John C. and Ruth F. (Davis) Webb, his father being the founder of the city which bears his name. The son, Elijah T., was reared upon a farm and as a young man assisted his father in the making of a home in Missouri, before fortune came to him.
"For three years, during the Civil War period, his father being absent in the military service [??], he performed the labor of a man in caring for family concerns.
"He had just reached his majority when the discovery of lead upon his father's farm was made [June 1873], and opportunity was afforded him to lay aside his tasks and complete his education. He received his first instruction in the common schools in the neighborhood. In 1877 he entered the University of Missouri, where he completed a three years course. The year of his leaving the latter institution he went to Quincy, Illinois, where he became a student in the Gem City Commercial College, from which he was graduated with the highest honors of his class, and a testimonial from the principal, Professor Musselman, certifying him as "one of our very best graduates, thorough in all branches."
"His first engagement after the completion of his commercial education was as deputy county collector of Jasper County, at Carthage, a position which he filled with the highest credit to himself for two years. Various promising business openings were now presented to him, but he preferred to resume association with his father. Accordingly, the two —father and son —in January, 1882, organized the Webb City Bank, opening its books with a capital of $10,000.
"From the first the management of the bank was practically in the hands of the son, as cashier, the father being busily engaged with his land interests, his large holdings occupied by many tenants, and the number augmenting constantly. The senior Webb died the year following the establishment of the bank, and the son found himself burdened not only with its business, but with the settlement of the great paternal estate, comprising many diverse interests and transactions with a large number of leaseholders and debtors. His equable disposition, methodical habits and splendid business training specially adapted him to care for these intricate concerns, and he performed the work with no appearance of effort.
"In 1890 the banking interests had reached such magnitude that it became necessary to incorporate, and the capital was increased. The Webb City Bank has long been one of the leading financial institutions of southwest Missouri. At the close of the fiscal year ending December i, 1898, the resources amounted to $404,347.00, and the deposits were $367,125.88. It occupies a building erected for its purposes, one of the ornaments of the city, provided with double time lock safes and safety deposit vaults.
"Besides the management of this large business, Mr. Webb gives his personal attention to his land and mineral interests, which are leased to numerous operators.
"At times he has served as city treasurer and as a member of the board of education, and, had he so chosen, the path to political preferment lay open to him, but as his business cares increased he found it necessary to decline all public positions. He holds membership with the Methodist Church, South, and is exceedingly liberal in its support. His society relationship is restricted to the Masonic fraternity.
"Mr. Webb was married, in October, 1892, to Miss Mayme R. Corpeny, daughter of F. J. and Sallie E. Corpeny, of Neosho, the father being a prominent banker of that city. The only child born of this union is Grace Webb, aged five years. By a former marriage Mr. Webb has a son, Earnest Webb. The family occupy a beautiful home, on a commanding site overlooking the prosperous city occupying the ground not many years ago tilled as a farm. Immediately opposite is the church which the elder Webb erected and presented to the congregation, modernized somewhat, but in appearance much as its donor left it. Mr. Webb enjoys the highest esteem of the community as a capable man of affairs, a warm-hearted neighbor and exemplary citizen, whose many excellent qualities find completion in his unassuming modesty."
SOURCE: "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri", as presented in 1901 by Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor
Researched and prepared by Boggess and Brewer
h/o 1st Emma Isabella Hayden, 2nd Mayme R Corpeny
His paternal great,grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, father in Missouri State Militia for six months during Civil War. NO record found that Elijah served any military service for his country.
Elijah, 1st of four known children, removed from Overton county, Tennessee when a child in 1856 with family to Jasper county, Missouri, year following his paternal grandparents move to Harmony Grove (now Duenweg) Jasper county, Missouri.
Two marriages, each with a child, living at 4 south Liberty avenue, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri before death.
Census: 1860, age 9, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & three younger siblings.
Census: 1870, age 19, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri, with parents & three siblings.
Census: 1880, age 28, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother-in-law, sister & their four children, deputy collector under brother-in-law, living on Garrison avenue.
Marriage 1 Emma Isabella Hayden b: 1863, Bolivar, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: 23 MAY 1883, Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. (Her parents then moved family to Webb City) later divorced.
Marriage 2 Mayme R Corpeny b: 2 JUL 1867 in Sedalia, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: Reportedly, OCT 1892, likely in Missouri (NOTE: date from McGregor's 1901 book, 1900 Census has them married seven years, 1st wife's death was 29 OCT 1894)
Census: 1900, age 50, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children, a "Capitalist", living on Liberty street. (married seven years)
Census: 1910, age 57, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1920, age 68, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife, Director of bank at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1930, age 78, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife at 4 south Liberty street.
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"Webb, Elijah T., banker, was born August 24, 1851, in Overton (became Clay in 1870) County, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of John C. and Ruth F. (Davis) Webb, his father being the founder of the city which bears his name. The son, Elijah T., was reared upon a farm and as a young man assisted his father in the making of a home in Missouri, before fortune came to him.
"For three years, during the Civil War period, his father being absent in the military service [??], he performed the labor of a man in caring for family concerns.
"He had just reached his majority when the discovery of lead upon his father's farm was made [June 1873], and opportunity was afforded him to lay aside his tasks and complete his education. He received his first instruction in the common schools in the neighborhood. In 1877 he entered the University of Missouri, where he completed a three years course. The year of his leaving the latter institution he went to Quincy, Illinois, where he became a student in the Gem City Commercial College, from which he was graduated with the highest honors of his class, and a testimonial from the principal, Professor Musselman, certifying him as "one of our very best graduates, thorough in all branches."
"His first engagement after the completion of his commercial education was as deputy county collector of Jasper County, at Carthage, a position which he filled with the highest credit to himself for two years. Various promising business openings were now presented to him, but he preferred to resume association with his father. Accordingly, the two —father and son —in January, 1882, organized the Webb City Bank, opening its books with a capital of $10,000.
"From the first the management of the bank was practically in the hands of the son, as cashier, the father being busily engaged with his land interests, his large holdings occupied by many tenants, and the number augmenting constantly. The senior Webb died the year following the establishment of the bank, and the son found himself burdened not only with its business, but with the settlement of the great paternal estate, comprising many diverse interests and transactions with a large number of leaseholders and debtors. His equable disposition, methodical habits and splendid business training specially adapted him to care for these intricate concerns, and he performed the work with no appearance of effort.
"In 1890 the banking interests had reached such magnitude that it became necessary to incorporate, and the capital was increased. The Webb City Bank has long been one of the leading financial institutions of southwest Missouri. At the close of the fiscal year ending December i, 1898, the resources amounted to $404,347.00, and the deposits were $367,125.88. It occupies a building erected for its purposes, one of the ornaments of the city, provided with double time lock safes and safety deposit vaults.
"Besides the management of this large business, Mr. Webb gives his personal attention to his land and mineral interests, which are leased to numerous operators.
"At times he has served as city treasurer and as a member of the board of education, and, had he so chosen, the path to political preferment lay open to him, but as his business cares increased he found it necessary to decline all public positions. He holds membership with the Methodist Church, South, and is exceedingly liberal in its support. His society relationship is restricted to the Masonic fraternity.
"Mr. Webb was married, in October, 1892, to Miss Mayme R. Corpeny, daughter of F. J. and Sallie E. Corpeny, of Neosho, the father being a prominent banker of that city. The only child born of this union is Grace Webb, aged five years. By a former marriage Mr. Webb has a son, Earnest Webb. The family occupy a beautiful home, on a commanding site overlooking the prosperous city occupying the ground not many years ago tilled as a farm. Immediately opposite is the church which the elder Webb erected and presented to the congregation, modernized somewhat, but in appearance much as its donor left it. Mr. Webb enjoys the highest esteem of the community as a capable man of affairs, a warm-hearted neighbor and exemplary citizen, whose many excellent qualities find completion in his unassuming modesty."
SOURCE: "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri", as presented in 1901 by Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor
Researched and prepared by Boggess and Brewer
His paternal great,grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, father in Missouri State Militia for six months during Civil War. NO record found that Elijah served any military service for his country.
Elijah, 1st of four known children, removed from Overton county, Tennessee when a child in 1856 with family to Jasper county, Missouri, year following his paternal grandparents move to Harmony Grove (now Duenweg) Jasper county, Missouri.
Two marriages, each with a child, living at 4 south Liberty avenue, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri before death.
Census: 1860, age 9, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & three younger siblings.
Census: 1870, age 19, Mineral township, Jasper county, Missouri, with parents & three siblings.
Census: 1880, age 28, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother-in-law, sister & their four children, deputy collector under brother-in-law, living on Garrison avenue.
Marriage 1 Emma Isabella Hayden b: 1863, Bolivar, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: 23 MAY 1883, Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. (Her parents then moved family to Webb City) later divorced.
Marriage 2 Mayme R Corpeny b: 2 JUL 1867 in Sedalia, Pettis county, Missouri
Married: Reportedly, OCT 1892, likely in Missouri (NOTE: date from McGregor's 1901 book, 1900 Census has them married seven years, 1st wife's death was 29 OCT 1894)
Census: 1900, age 50, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children, a "Capitalist", living on Liberty street. (married seven years)
Census: 1910, age 57, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife & two children at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1920, age 68, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife, Director of bank at 4 south Liberty street.
Census: 1930, age 78, Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri with 2nd wife at 4 south Liberty street.
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"Webb, Elijah T., banker, was born August 24, 1851, in Overton (became Clay in 1870) County, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of John C. and Ruth F. (Davis) Webb, his father being the founder of the city which bears his name. The son, Elijah T., was reared upon a farm and as a young man assisted his father in the making of a home in Missouri, before fortune came to him.
"For three years, during the Civil War period, his father being absent in the military service [??], he performed the labor of a man in caring for family concerns.
"He had just reached his majority when the discovery of lead upon his father's farm was made [June 1873], and opportunity was afforded him to lay aside his tasks and complete his education. He received his first instruction in the common schools in the neighborhood. In 1877 he entered the University of Missouri, where he completed a three years course. The year of his leaving the latter institution he went to Quincy, Illinois, where he became a student in the Gem City Commercial College, from which he was graduated with the highest honors of his class, and a testimonial from the principal, Professor Musselman, certifying him as "one of our very best graduates, thorough in all branches."
"His first engagement after the completion of his commercial education was as deputy county collector of Jasper County, at Carthage, a position which he filled with the highest credit to himself for two years. Various promising business openings were now presented to him, but he preferred to resume association with his father. Accordingly, the two —father and son —in January, 1882, organized the Webb City Bank, opening its books with a capital of $10,000.
"From the first the management of the bank was practically in the hands of the son, as cashier, the father being busily engaged with his land interests, his large holdings occupied by many tenants, and the number augmenting constantly. The senior Webb died the year following the establishment of the bank, and the son found himself burdened not only with its business, but with the settlement of the great paternal estate, comprising many diverse interests and transactions with a large number of leaseholders and debtors. His equable disposition, methodical habits and splendid business training specially adapted him to care for these intricate concerns, and he performed the work with no appearance of effort.
"In 1890 the banking interests had reached such magnitude that it became necessary to incorporate, and the capital was increased. The Webb City Bank has long been one of the leading financial institutions of southwest Missouri. At the close of the fiscal year ending December i, 1898, the resources amounted to $404,347.00, and the deposits were $367,125.88. It occupies a building erected for its purposes, one of the ornaments of the city, provided with double time lock safes and safety deposit vaults.
"Besides the management of this large business, Mr. Webb gives his personal attention to his land and mineral interests, which are leased to numerous operators.
"At times he has served as city treasurer and as a member of the board of education, and, had he so chosen, the path to political preferment lay open to him, but as his business cares increased he found it necessary to decline all public positions. He holds membership with the Methodist Church, South, and is exceedingly liberal in its support. His society relationship is restricted to the Masonic fraternity.
"Mr. Webb was married, in October, 1892, to Miss Mayme R. Corpeny, daughter of F. J. and Sallie E. Corpeny, of Neosho, the father being a prominent banker of that city. The only child born of this union is Grace Webb, aged five years. By a former marriage Mr. Webb has a son, Earnest Webb. The family occupy a beautiful home, on a commanding site overlooking the prosperous city occupying the ground not many years ago tilled as a farm. Immediately opposite is the church which the elder Webb erected and presented to the congregation, modernized somewhat, but in appearance much as its donor left it. Mr. Webb enjoys the highest esteem of the community as a capable man of affairs, a warm-hearted neighbor and exemplary citizen, whose many excellent qualities find completion in his unassuming modesty."
SOURCE: "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri", as presented in 1901 by Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor
Researched and prepared by Boggess and Brewer
