Ninth Generation

23. Franklin Lebbeous WEBB² was born on 11 December 1835 in Oswego County, NY.^3,5,6 (According to the 1880 Census, his parents were born in New York state.) He lived at his parents' home in Oswego County, NY before 1855.³ He lived at his home in Jefferson County, WI between 1855 and 1876.³ Franklin lived at his home in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI after 1876.³ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ His household consisted of his wife and children, as well as Verna. A. Bass, female, age 10, who was born in Iowa and whose parents were born in England. He died on 23 March 1917 at the age of 81 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,5,7 From an article in The History of Monroe County--Past and Present: "Franklin Webb, a highly respected farmer and resident of Wellington Township, purchased his farm of 160 acres in Sections twenty-two and fifteen in 1870, which has been his home. He was born on Dec. 11, 1835, in New York state, the son of Napthali and Hannah (Hall) Webb.

The Webb family descended from 3 brothers of that name who came to America from England in the early days. The grandfather of Franklin, Libeous Webb, settled in Connecticut and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Napthali Webb was born in Connecticut and was one of a family of 5 children.

They moved from there to Oswego County, New York, where they lived until sometime during the fifties, when Napthali, with his family of 4 children, moved to Jefferson Co. Wisconsin, and lived there until his death at the age of 94. He was one of the early pioneers of Jefferson Co., who passed through the trials and privations of the early days and did much toward the development of his town. He raised a family of fourteen children, seven of whom are still living.

Franklin Webb was the tenth child; his brother, William Webb, was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in the Twenty-ninth Wis. Infantry until the close of the war. Franklin lived with his parents and worked on the farm until he was forty-one. He was married on Aug. 16, 1857, in Jefferson Co., Wisconsin to Miss Elizabeth Crout, and moved to the town of Wellington, in Monroe Co., in 1876.

Franklin had purchased his farm there in 1873 and he has since been a successful general farmer and a most valuable citizen in his neighborhood. His land was unimproved when he bought it, and with the many years of hard work and economical perseverence, he brought it to its present high state of cultivation and made it one of the ideal country homes of the township. His method of farming and his business dealings with his neighbors won for him the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. Both he and Mrs. Webb are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He is now retired from active life on account of poor eyesight, and his son, Hiram, a bright and thrifty farmer, manages the farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Webb had a family of five children, all of whom were born in Jefferson Co., Wisconsin. Clarence F. was born June 20, 1858; George W. born Sept. 10, 1859; Jerry W. born Jan. 4, 1861; Hiram L. born Jan. 3, 1863; and Elmer M. born Nov. 20, 1867.

Mrs. Webb was one of a family of 12 children, of whom 3 boys and 2 girls are now living. She was born at Martin, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1840. Her father, Nicholas Crout, who was born in France, emigrated from the state of Ohio to Walworth Co., Wis. in 1843, and in 1848 moved to Jefferson Co., where he bought a farm of 120 acres. He afterwards moved to Calif., where he died in 1888. Her mother, Catherine Talbot, was born in Germany and died in Jefferson Co. in 1865 at the age of forty-four years. They were members of the Freewill Baptist Church." Franklin was buried in 1917 in Kendall, Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ in the Glendale Township Cemetery.

Franklin Lebbeous WEBB and Elizabeth CROUT were married on 16 August 1857 in Jefferson County, WI.^3,9 Elizabeth CROUT, daughter of Nicholas CROUT and Catherine TALBOT, was born on 20 January 1840 in Martin, Ottawa County, OH.^3,6 She lived at their home in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI after 1876.³ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ Elizabeth died on 1 January 1916 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She was buried in 1916 in Kendall, Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ in the Glendale Township Cemetery.

Franklin Lebbeous WEBB and Elizabeth CROUT had the following children: