William Robert Webb

Biographical Data

William was called Sawney.

Relatives

• Parents: Alexander Smith Webb (1804-1849) [1] and Cornelia Adeline Stanford (1811-1891) [1].
• Maternal grandparent: Richard Stanford. [1]
• Siblings:
  • five brothers, John Maurice Webb [1], Samuel H. Webb [1], Richard Stanford Webb [1], Tip Webb [1] and James Stanford Webb [1].
  • four sisters, Henrietta Webb (1830-1862)  [1], Mary Caroline Webb (1833-1904)  [1], Susan A. Webb (1831-1905)  [1] and Adeline Webb [1]. Susan taught her younger brother in her Almeda Schoolhouse. U.S. Sen. William Robert Webb, also known as Sawney Webb, also became a famous teacher [1].
• Other: Calvin Newton Morrow (brother-in-law, d. 1914) [1].

References

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