Jason E Webb

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Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/11/2009 at 15:58:08

Jason E Webb who is now enjoyed a well earned rest from labor, making his home with his son Q O Webb, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Mahoning county, October 9, 1824. His father, James Webb, was a native of Maryland, born near Baltimore and there he was reared removing to Ohio when a young man. He became on of the first settlers of Mahoning county and in the midst of the forest he hewed out a home, cutting away the trees in order that he might plant the land and gain good crops there from. He married Keziah Bowman, who was born in Redstone, Pennsylvania, and upon the old homestead which he improved there he reared his family and lived to an advanced age, passing away in July 1863, when he had attained the ripe old age of eight-four years. He served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was ever a loyal citizen.
Jason e Webb, shoes name introduces this review, spent his boyhood days under the parental roof and after attaining his majority devoted his energies to farming in Mahoning county, Ohio, for a number of years. There he owned and cultivated a farm until the time of the war, when, putting aside business and personal considerations in order that he might aid his country, he enlisted on October 31, 1861, as a member of Company K, Fifth Ohio Calvary. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and he participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Franklin, Tennessee, and Snow Mountain. He also did considerable scouting duty, serving for nearly three years, after which he was honorably discharged on account of disability, at Monterey, Mississippi, in May, 1864. While he retained his health he was ever a loyal and valiant soldier, fearlessly performing his duty no matter where it called him.
When he could no longer aid his country in the field Mr Webb then returned to his home in Ohio. Soon afterward he went to the west spending some time in Montana, Kansas, and Nebraska, where he followed various pursuits, engaged in any kind of labor that would yield to him an honest living. Prior tot eh war Mr Webb had married. In Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1844, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Rebecca cook, and unto them were born seven children, three of whom are living Q P, who now owns and operates the home farm, Louisa, the wife of Owen Elliott, a farmer residing near Guthrie Center, Iowa and Ellen, the wife of J S Elliott, who is living retired in Parry, Iowa. The mother of the these children died in 1865, and as before stated, Mr Webb then went to the west. In 1869 he and his son Q O Webb came to Iowa, settling in Boone county. Here he first purchased 80 acres of land which was yet in its primitive condition, covered with the native prairie grass. He built a little shanty in the midst of the tract and he and his son kept bachelor’s hall for a time while breaking the land and cultivating the fields. As time passed they added to this property until they became the owners of 240 acres, on which they erected a large and pleasant residence and a substantial barn, together with other outbuildings. In fact, they made all the improvements usually found upon a model farm, planted shade and fruit trees and carried on their work until the valuable tract of land yielded to them good harvests. This farm is now owned and operated by the son, Q O Webb.
He married Miss Mace, a daughter of Jacob Mace, one of Iowa’s early settlers, who came to this state from West Virginia, in 1856. Four children have been born of this union, Ada, the wife of Manning McGregor, of Perry, Iowa, Bertha the wife of Albert Howe, of Ogden, and Blanche and Mabel, who are yet under the parental roof.
Politically Jason E Webb is a Republican, of inflexible adherence to the principles of the party. He has served as township trustee and was elected justice of the peace but would not qualify for the latter office. He is a member of the Christian church and a man of exemplary habits and high moral principles, of strict integrity and genuine worth of character. He and his son and the latter’s family are much esteemed in the community and well worthy of representation in this volume.

1902 Boone County History Book