Descendants of James Webster

Webster House Dyllis

 

Charles Goodman Webster's home in Dyllis.   Left part was of logs.  Built before Civil War.  House burned November 17, 1973 and burned McKinnley Webster to death.  Birthplace of Martha "Patsy"  Webster Roberts, among others.


Descendants of James Webster

1 James Webster b: Pennsylvania d: Abt. 1823
+Nancy Lambert b: Abt. 1780
m: 13 Aug 1814 in Surry Co. NC, Samuel McCraw bond.

 

2 John Webster b: 04 Jul 1810 NC d: 15 Oct 1882
+Elizabeth G. Anderson b: 12 Sep 1815 d: 27 Dec 1890
[1840, 1850 Surry NC, 1860 Roane,  1870 Anderson TN Census]

3 Melissa Jane Webster b: 11 Mar 1834 d: 24 Feb 1900
+Eli C. May b: 26 Oct 1819 d: 13 Feb 1894 m: 29 Apr 1861

3 Elizabeth A. Webster b: 1836 d: 20 May 1864
+Thomas Harvey Messsamore b: 23 Oct 1840 d: 21 Mar 1930
m: 24 May 1868 Civil War soldier

3 Ruth Pelina Webster b: 1837
+Michael "Mike" Shipwash b: 1827

Note from Ed Dunn, eddunn@abq.com who is researching Shipwash family:
I can add that Michael Shipwash was a son of Michael & Arrarat (Kerr) of Surry Co., NC.  He was a private in Company K, 5th Regt. Tenn. Volunteers between 1862 and 1865 and was crippled in the left ankle.  He and Pelina had four children of whom I know: John (1858), Isabella (1860), E.C. (1862), and S.E. (1867).  There may have been others.  Michael was in Loudon Co., TN in the 1890 Civil War veterans census

4 John W. Shipwash b: 21 Sep 1856 d: 19 Mar 1938
+Latha Jane Liles b: 14 Sep 1861 d: 10 Aug 1919 in TX?
m: 28 Aug 1879 in Roane Co. TN
Probable Father: John Henry Liles Mother: Mary Jane Davis
[John Shipwash was owner and operator of Shipwash Store at Old Oakdale in Elverton]

4 Rachel L. Shipwash b: 1867

4 George J/T Shipwash b: 1871
+Martha Liles

4 Sally Shipwash

4 Cindy Shipwash

4 Betty Shipwash

3 Charles Goodman Webster b: 01 Aug 1839 "near East Bend,  NC" d: 20 Mar 1914
+Sarah"Sally" Phillips b: 09 May 1847 d: 09 Jun 1881
m: 20 Apr 1869 in Roane Co, TN
Father: Isaiah Phillips, Sr. Mother: Martha Solomon

Military records show Charles Goodman Webster enrolled Dec 18, 1861 at Somerset, KY as a private in Capt. Louis M. Westers Co. G, 1st Tenn Reg of Mounted Inf. of the Union Army.  He was honorably discharged at Knoxville, TN in Dec. 1864. 

After his discharge, he returned to Roane County where he resided on his farm until 1905.  He then "went West" and lived in the state of Washington until about 1912.  He then returned to East Tennessee where he lived for a period of time in the Old Soldiers Home at Johnson City, TN.  He applied for a pension in 1912.   He died in Harriman, TN on March 20, 1914, and is buried at the Dyllis Cemetery.  

4 Ruth Ann Catherine Webster b: 25 Mar 1866 d: 14 Mar 1946
+Samuel Mead b: 09 Dec 1862 d: 13 Apr 1946 m: 1882

4 Martha Kessiah "Patsy" Webster b: 19 Jun 1869
d: 10 Dec 1943 in Roane Co, TN, Dyllis Cem
+Samuel Henry Roberts b: 12 Dec 1866
d: 20 Apr 1947 in Roane co, TN, Dyllis Cem m: 17 Jul 1887
Father: William Monroe Roberts Mother: Nancy Green Silvey

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Martha "Patsy" Roberts & youngest son, Snyder (click)

4 John Columbus Webster b: 20 Nov 1871 d. 1959[married twice, no children]

4 David Sanford Webster b: 06 Aug 1874
+Mattie Brock b: 25 May 1876 d: 08 Jan 1899
*2nd Wife of David Sanford Webster:
+Bertha Edwards

4 William (Bill) Anderson Webster b: 04 Aug 1877 d: 1979! unmar.

4 Mary Bell Webster b: 01 May 1880 d: 10 Dec 1948 in Portland, OR
+Charles Lafayette Gentry b: 07 Nov 1875 d: 31 Jul 1956 in Portland, OR
m: 18 Nov 1901

*2nd Wife of Charles Goodman Webster:
+Matilda Stonecipher Russell b: 29 Nov 1859 d: 15 Mar 1932 m: 09 Nov 1881
[Matilda had a daughter, Florence Russell, by her 1st marriage.  Florence m. George Hammond]

4 Charles H. Webster b: 13 Jul 1882 d: 26 Oct 1965
+Lillie Maude Bullin m: 1904

Charles H. Webster

Charles Henry Webster

4 James Thomas Webster b: 02 Apr 1885 d: 15 Nov 1970
+Minnie Belle Cofer

4 Silas Willas Webster b: 05 Jun 1887
+Ellen "Kid" Wright

4 Alfred Harriman Webster b: 14 Dec 1889
+Regina Mason
[ no children.  Supt. of Roane Co. Schools.  Degrees from Maryville College, U of Paris at Paris, France, U of Chicago, Columbia University in NY.  Fine athlete, was in WWI, Professor at the U of GA at the time of his death. 

4 Daniel Webster b: 13 Oct 1896

4 Noah McKinley Webster b: 13 May 1900

3 Nancy M. Webster b: 25 Oct 1840

3 John Henley Webster b: 26 Feb 1842 d: 16 Dec 1918
+Cynthia D. Russell b: 25 Jun 1843 d: 06 Mar 1906
*2nd Wife of John Henley Webster:
+Mary Elizabeth Lee
[John H. owned and operated a mill in present-day Blair Hollow. Was in Union Army]

3 Rev. William Randolph Webster b: 30 May 1845 d: 01 Jul 1866
+Tempy W. Howard m: 15 Feb 1867 Divorce Filed: 03 Jul 1867
*2nd Wife of William Randolph Webster:
+Elizabeth Holder m: 07 Sep 1864
[Minister in the Clinton Baptist Association and Pastor at Salem Baptist Church ]

3 Rev. Archibald A. Webster b: 22 Sep 1846
+Elizabeth Ann Holder
*2nd Wife of Archibald A. Webster
+Ann Fagan
[Baptist minister in Roane and Morgan Counties, Tn, and later in Springfield MO]

3 Sarah E. Webster b: 1847
+Thomas J. Procise b: 1839 m: 12 Oct 1870
[Served as Regist. in Anderson County TN 1880.  Probably his 2nd marriage]

3 Rachel M. Webster b: 1850
+Murdy B. Brock b: 01 Jun 1849 d: 27 Feb 1904 m: 27 Dec 1871

3 Rebecca F. Webster b: 26 Nov 1852
+James F. Warwick m: 1874

3 David Nathaniel Webster b: 18 Jun 1854 d: 14 Apr 1909
+Martha Adeline Strader b: 17 Feb 1856 d: 11 Nov 1934 m: 1875
[These descendants furnished by Mrs. Ruth Nichols of Clinton, a descendant]

4 Mildred Judson Webster

4 Bertha Elizabeth Webster

4 Florence Locky Webster

4 Stella Bell Webster

4 John Columbus Webster

4 James Franklin Webster

4 Grace Dora Webster

4 Luke William Webster

4 Archibald Sherman Webster b: 18 Apr 1896
+Minnie Mae Sylvia/Silvey

4 Mary "Kitty" Ellen Webster

3 Joseph Kerney Webster b: 1857
+Julia Ellis m: 01 Jul 1891

 

2 Anzora "Anne" Webster b: 31 May 1815 d: 28 Jan 1887 in Anderson Co.
+Adam Henning b: 01 Jan 1804 d: 07 Apr 1882 in Anderson Co.

3 Martha A. E. Henning b: 27 Mar 1834 d: 1915
+Lewis B. Phillips b: 1821

3 Nancy Isabel Henning b: 23 Mar 1836

3 Archibald Greene Henning b: 19 Mar 1839
+Norcisa Ann Galbraith b: 26 Jan 1844 d: 14 Dec 1865

3 Sarah Jane Henning b: 16 Sep 1842

3 Naoma Ruth Henning b: 24 Jul 1846

3 John W. Henning Henning b: 12 Nov 1848

3 Melvina Elvira B. Henning b: 05 Nov 1852
+B. D. Long m: 1881

3 Sanford Ivan Henning b: 10 Nov 1854 d: 1927
+Elizabeth Johnson

3 William Gabrel Henning b: 08 Mar 1856
+Betty Tunnell Roberts m: 1881

 

2 Ruthette "Ruthy" Webster b: 10 Jul 1817
+William Bruce b: Abt. 1808 m: 1845

3 Abraham C. Bruce

3 Millie F. Bruce

3 John G. Bruce b: 13 Jul 1847 d: 13 Oct 1891
+Catherine Jones b: 30 Mar 1848 d: 01 Mar 1890
He was First Worshipful Master of Omega Lodge Masons, Oliver Springs, TN

3 Averra C. Bruce b: 1849

3 Sarah A. Bruce b: 1851

3 Susan W. Bruce b: 1853

3 Nancy J. Bruce b: 1855

3 Amelia F. Bruce b: 1857

2 Sarah "Sally" Webster b: 18 Apr 1823

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