WEBBER, Franklin Pierce - 1914

WEBBER, SNOW, CASE, WILSON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

FRANKLIN PIERCE WEBBER.

In professional circles Dr. Franklin Pierce Webber of Cherokee is well known throughout the state, having been president of the state board of dental examiners. He is equally well known and popular in Masonic circles, and Cherokee numbers him among its valued citizens. One of New Englands native sons, his birth occurred at Landaff, New Hampshire, on the 28th of February, 1856, his parents being George Washington and Cassandra (Snow) Webber. In his youthful days the family removed to Iowa. Dr. Webber completed his more specifically literary education in the high school of Manchester and Dr. W. H. Palmer was his dental preceptor. He has constantly kept in close touch with the progress of the profession through wide reading and through the dissemination of knowledge among the members of the leading dental societies of the state. He combines broad scientific knowledge with marked mechanical ingenuity and skill and has also the keen business sense which must feature in the professions as well as in commercial pursuits if prosperity is to be attained. That he is a recognized leader in the ranks of the dental fraternity is indicated in the fact that he was appointed by Governor Frank D. Jackson as a member of the state board of dental examiners and was reappointed by Governor Leslie M. Shaw. He served as secretary and treasurer and also as president of that board.

At Manchester, Iowa, on the i2th of March, 1876, Dr. Webber was married to Miss Phoebe Jane Case, a daughter of Benjamin R. and Elizabeth Case. They had one son, Forrest Giles Webber, who was born February 12, 1877, and was married November 3, 1897, to Bessie Wilson. He died October 7, 1910, leaving his widow and a little daughter, Chastine Cassandra, whose birth occurred October 16, 4902. Dr. Webber and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church, and he is prominent and widely known in Masonic circles, belonging to Speculative Lodge, No. 307, A. F. & A. M.; Burning Bush Chapter, No. 90, R. A. M.; Crusade Commandery, No. 39, K. T.; De Molay Consistory, No. 1, S. P. R. S., of Clinton, Iowa; Abu Bekr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; and Carnation Chapter, No. 165, O. E. S. He was a charter member of the Cherokee Commercial Club and is interested in all matters of citizenship, giving hearty support to all these things which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and for four years he was a member of the city council of Cherokee, to which city he removed in 1879. In fact, he is one of the pioneers of Cherokee county and is a supporter of all movements that tend to promote the progress and advancement of city, county and state. Progress and patriotism might be termed the keynote of his character. He is never content to stand still in any relation, and any organization or movement with which he is identified is sure to feel and benefit by the stimulus of his energy and his high ideals.