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Charles Young Webb Sr.

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Charles Young Webb Sr.

Birth
Malone, Franklin County, New York, USA
Death
5 Aug 1890 (aged 71)
Malone, Franklin County, New York, USA
Burial
Bellmont, Franklin County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Son of Percilla "Polly" Crawford and Samuel Webb of Franklin County, New York.

Charles married (1) Laura A. Smith, daughter of Polly Fuller and Samuel Smith of Bennington County Vermont about 1840. They had two sons. Their first son, Willis, was born at Franklin County, New York in September 1844, prior to the family moving to Illinois and then, to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

At Council Bluffs, Charles married a second wife, Margaret Allen about January of 1846.

His first wife, Laura, was expecting their second child that October and she died in childbirth along with baby Charles, who died the following day. They were buried together at the old Council Point Cemetery at Council Bluffs.

Twenty days later, Charles second wife, Margaret, gave birth to Jeanette Martha Webb. (She would later marry and, ironically, die shortly after the birth of her second child, when only 19 years old.)

Charles and Margaret would have two more daughters before leaving Council Bluffs, Lydia Ursilin (1848), who lived only three months and Lydia Persilla (1849), who lived a year and three months. They would have a total of six children before separating in 1855.

Third marriage: 29 September 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States to Adeline Cassandra Freeman, 1826-1899. Adeline and Charles would have ten known children, beginning in 1853. Their last two sons were twins.

Marriage # 4: Marriage Record, entered January 5, 2019 by Paul Jacobs Farnsworth ~

"This marriage was an unexpected find because she was only 16 and she married Philo Taylor Farnsworth just 16 months later, but the source of the marriage is listed below and it matches these two people":

Nauvoo Temple Records, FHL 183374; Page 45, Salt Lake Family History Library (and centers), (Main Library in Salt Lake City), 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. "Webb, Charles Young, born May 18, 1815, Malone, Franklin, New York; Margaret Adams, born Jan 1, 1840, Scotland; married by Geo. A. Smith at I. C. Haight's house in Cedar City, Feb 4, 1856, 6:00 pm, witnesses Saml West, Lorenzo W. Roundy."

No children were born of this 1856 marriage, which was soon dissolved.

Sealing: On 7 February 1879, Charles was "vicariously sealed" for eternity to one Harriet Westcott. She may have been an acquaintance he knew in his young manhood, as no other detail is known of her except that she was supposedly from his boyhood home of Malone, Franklin, New York.

Family records indicate that Adeline suffered a stroke about 1881 and that her daughter, Adeline took her into her home, caring for her until her death in 1899.

Evidently Charles visited his family in Malone, over the years following 1881 , and spent at least four years in Crossvilee, Tennessee where he applied to the War Department for an increase in his veterans' pension declaring he had no income.

However, he also declared he had no dependents, so his relationship to Adeline is in question. Perhaps, since young Adeline and her husband, Robert Alma Richey, were sheltering Adeline Webb (because of her feeble condition) Charles was absolved from the responsibility of her care.

Charles died some nine years later, while living with his sister, Aluna, in New York. He was buried alongside the graves of his parents.
Son of Percilla "Polly" Crawford and Samuel Webb of Franklin County, New York.

Charles married (1) Laura A. Smith, daughter of Polly Fuller and Samuel Smith of Bennington County Vermont about 1840. They had two sons. Their first son, Willis, was born at Franklin County, New York in September 1844, prior to the family moving to Illinois and then, to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

At Council Bluffs, Charles married a second wife, Margaret Allen about January of 1846.

His first wife, Laura, was expecting their second child that October and she died in childbirth along with baby Charles, who died the following day. They were buried together at the old Council Point Cemetery at Council Bluffs.

Twenty days later, Charles second wife, Margaret, gave birth to Jeanette Martha Webb. (She would later marry and, ironically, die shortly after the birth of her second child, when only 19 years old.)

Charles and Margaret would have two more daughters before leaving Council Bluffs, Lydia Ursilin (1848), who lived only three months and Lydia Persilla (1849), who lived a year and three months. They would have a total of six children before separating in 1855.

Third marriage: 29 September 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States to Adeline Cassandra Freeman, 1826-1899. Adeline and Charles would have ten known children, beginning in 1853. Their last two sons were twins.

Marriage # 4: Marriage Record, entered January 5, 2019 by Paul Jacobs Farnsworth ~

"This marriage was an unexpected find because she was only 16 and she married Philo Taylor Farnsworth just 16 months later, but the source of the marriage is listed below and it matches these two people":

Nauvoo Temple Records, FHL 183374; Page 45, Salt Lake Family History Library (and centers), (Main Library in Salt Lake City), 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. "Webb, Charles Young, born May 18, 1815, Malone, Franklin, New York; Margaret Adams, born Jan 1, 1840, Scotland; married by Geo. A. Smith at I. C. Haight's house in Cedar City, Feb 4, 1856, 6:00 pm, witnesses Saml West, Lorenzo W. Roundy."

No children were born of this 1856 marriage, which was soon dissolved.

Sealing: On 7 February 1879, Charles was "vicariously sealed" for eternity to one Harriet Westcott. She may have been an acquaintance he knew in his young manhood, as no other detail is known of her except that she was supposedly from his boyhood home of Malone, Franklin, New York.

Family records indicate that Adeline suffered a stroke about 1881 and that her daughter, Adeline took her into her home, caring for her until her death in 1899.

Evidently Charles visited his family in Malone, over the years following 1881 , and spent at least four years in Crossvilee, Tennessee where he applied to the War Department for an increase in his veterans' pension declaring he had no income.

However, he also declared he had no dependents, so his relationship to Adeline is in question. Perhaps, since young Adeline and her husband, Robert Alma Richey, were sheltering Adeline Webb (because of her feeble condition) Charles was absolved from the responsibility of her care.

Charles died some nine years later, while living with his sister, Aluna, in New York. He was buried alongside the graves of his parents.


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