Person:William Webster (59)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/memoirs/750-794.html Memoirs of the Miami Valley pages 750-794

"William Webster, who married Mary Marsh of New Jersey, and moved with their parents to Pennsylvania, coming to Ohio in 1806. On their arrival in this state they settled in Liberty township, Butler county, ten miles east of Hamilton, on a farm now owned by their grandson, Joseph H. Webster. William Webster had come to this locality in 1804 and secured a tract of 202 acres of good land, on which there had been made a ten-acre clearing, with a small log cabin and stable. In 1806 he drove through in a wagon from Pennsylvania with his wife, and not long thereafter commenced the erection of a frame house, one of the first in the locality. In addition to farming, he was the proprietor of a tannery on his property, owned a good deal of livestock, and was also the owner of land in Indiana, so that, for his time, he was considered a very successful man. He gave his children good educational advantages, several going to college, and his eldest son, Taylor, served in Congress for three terms. He [William] and his wife were Quakers and belonged to the Quaker meeting at Waynesville and Springboro. Mr. Webster died at the age of seventy-six years, while his widow passed away at the age of eighty-five."

Birth and death dates supplied by a descendant, Liz Webster. Her dates agree with his age at death as given in the above article. Note that the Waynesville Monthly Meeting was in nearby Warren County!

1.   Misc..

   Rootsweb chart of David Kunkel

2.   Www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/memoirs/750-794.html Memoirs of Miami Valley
   pgs 755-759.
3.   Ancestry.com - OneWorldTree (discontinued in 2013): - extremely unreliable source.