Amelia Webb

WEBB

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/18/2014 at 12:24:12

OBITUARY

WEBB

The death of Mrs. Webb, wife of Captain Webb, a well-known river man on the Mississippi years ago, took place in LeClaire Thursday with burial the next day in the LeClaire Cemetery.

Mrs. Webb had no children. For some time she has lived with the Blairs in LeClaire. She died from the effects of a severe cold.

Webb, who was a very cultivated and intelligent woman, had a most peculiar and eventful history. She was married to Captain Webb when she was only 14 years of age. He put her in school and gave her the best education the times allowed, and afterward brought her to LeClaire to live with him. The Captain was engaged in the packet trade for some time, and was then made captain of the United States steamer Montana, on which steamer he met with an accidental death. The shock was such that his wife never entirely recovered from it, her mind having been since unbalanced though she has remained a very companionable person.

Source: Davenport Weekly Republican, Davenport, Ia., 02 Feb 1898, p. 6.

Other notes: Scott County Death Record Volume 4 1897 to 1909

Name: Webb Amelia G.
Sex: Female
Age: 77 yrs, 8 ms, 9 dys.
Date of Death: January 26, 1898
Martial: Widow
Born in New Albany, In.
Place of Death: Le Claire.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Place of Burial: LeClaire.