John Maurice Webb

Biographical Data

John was called Old John.

Relatives

• Parents: Alexander Smith Webb (1804-1849) [1] and Cornelia Adeline Stanford (1811-1891) [1].
• Maternal grandparent: Richard Stanford. [1]
• Siblings:
  • five brothers, Richard Stanford Webb [1], Samuel H. Webb [1], William Robert 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. John Maurice Webb opened the Bell Buckle School for Boys and 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).