Dr. James Webb

At a Glance

Dr. James Webb was the person who encouragedMargaret Anna Robertson to open a school and his daughter Mary Webb  was her first official pupil.

Biographical Data

Schools Attended

• University of North Carolina.

Occupations

• Doctor [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Annie Alves Huske [1].
  Children:
  
  • one son, Thomas Webb [1].
  • three daughters, Mary Webb (b. 1823)  [1], Frances Helen Webb (1810-1888) [1] and Anne Webb (1814-1850) [1].
• Other children: two sons (Dr. Henry Webb (1808-1878) and James Webb Jr. (b. 840s)).
• Sibling: one brother, John Webb.
• Others: Margaret Taylor Long  (granddaughter) [1], Helen Caldwell Long  (granddaughter, b. 1834) [1], Mary Alves Long (granddaughter, b. 1864) [1], Annie Holt  (granddaughter, d. 1918) [1], Osmond Fitz Long (son-in-law, 1808-1864) [1], Michael William Holt (son-in-law, 1811-1858) [1], William John Long (son-in-law) [1], Mary Jane Holt (granddaughter, 1849-1850), Sallie Holt (granddaughter), William Michael Holt (grandson), Annie Webb Long (granddaughter, 1846-1914), Elizabeth Strudwick Long (granddaughter, b. 1850), Jane Taylor Long (granddaughter, b. 1848), John Long (grandson, 1852-1854), John Henry Long (grandson, 1856-1917), Sabra Ramsey Long (granddaughter, b. 1844), William Osmond Long (grandson, 1854-1928), Alves Webb (grandson, 1865-1924), Annabella Giles Webb (granddaughter, 1860-1935), Benjamin Huske Webb (grandson, 1863-1866), Eliza Plumer Webb (granddaughter, 1876-1877), James H. Webb (grandson, 1868-1927), John Norwood Webb (grandson, 1858-1934), Margaret Taylor Webb (granddaughter, 1855-1939), Robin Webb (granddaughter, 1874-1941), Thomas H. Webb (grandson, 1871-1939), Julia Dorroh Tallman (great-granddaughter, 1858-1900), Mariah H Dickson (Dixon) (brother-in-law, 1809-1869), Anne Huske Webb  (granddaughter, 1834-1892), Joseph Caldwell Webb (grandson, b. 1843), Ellen Webb (granddaughter, b. 1837), James D? Webb (grandson, b. 1839), Rebecca Edwards Ruffin  (daughter-in-law, 1846-1899), John Cox Webb (grandson, 1883-1965), Mary Jones Webb (granddaughter) and Browne Ruffin Webb (grandson, 1881-1935).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).