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Richard Webber was born on 13 March 1800 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut to Joseph Webber and Polly Carpenter. He was a methodist preacher in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Richard Webber married Lavina Bradway, daughter of Abel Bradway and Naomi Seamans, on 27 March 1821 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut. Lavina was born on 1 April 1799 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut. In 1838 they took their family with them from Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts to Medina County, Ohio. According to Lucy Washburn's book, Richard was a "circuit preacher" in the family's new home in Ohio. This meant he was the only preacher within a large area and would travel between towns as his services were required. Richard was well known as a preacher all over Northern Ohio, and was known as "Elder Webber." Tragedy came to the family in March of 1837 when a daughter was born to live for only thirteen days. It came again later in 1854 when one of the youngest children, Joseph, who was twenty years old at the time, came down with typhoid fever and died. Elder Webber gave the sermon at his son's funeral, just as he had done at many other funerals. That same fall Elder Webber also contracted typhoid fever and passed away on 17 October 1854. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Brunswick, Medina, Ohio. Ten years later, the youngest son, John Barton Webber, died from illness contracted during his service in the Civil War. He was 25 at the time. The widowed Lavina was taken care of by her surviving children and lived to the good age of 78. She died on 8 October 1877 in Hinckley, Medina, Ohio and was buried next to her husband in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. References
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