Person:Jesse Webb (12)

Watchers
Jesse Webb
m. Abt 1842
  1. Jesse Webb1843 - 1899
  2. Margaret "Peggy" Webb1844 - 1917
  3. Mary "Polly" Webb1846 -
  4. Phoebe Webb1848 - 1904
  5. Joseph Webb1850 -
  6. John Webb1854 -
  7. James Webb1855 -
  8. Barsheba Webb1856 - 1898
  9. Rhoda Webb1858 - 1925
  10. Thomas Webb1861 -
m. Abt 1866
m. 1866
  1. Elijah Berry Webb1867 - 1954
Facts and Events
Name Jesse Webb
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Mar 1843 Cocke County, Tennessee
Marriage Abt 1866 Cocke County, Tennesseeto Louvena Styles
Marriage 1866 to Sichie Jenkins
Death? 13 Mar 1899 Cocke County, Tennessee (murdered)

Jesse served in Company E, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Union Forces during the civil war. Jesse was a trader and known to carry large sums of money. He left home early on the morning of March 13, 1899 with a lot of money in his saddle bags. He was on his way to Newport, Tennessee to transact some business. He did not return home that evening. His body was found the next morning floating in the Pigeon River between Denton & Bluffton. He had been murdered, his horse & empty saddlebags were found nearby. source: Jay Webb <webb2705@@knox.mindspring.com>