Source: Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois. Wall, John A., Indianapolis, Ind. B.F. Bowen & Co. 1989, pages 567-571. HON. ANDREW DUFF WEBB. A man of sterling worth and high professional attainments, who has been honored by his fellow citizens with positions of responsibility and trust, the subject of the sketch occupies an important place in public view and is recognized as one of the leading citizens of his day in the county of Jefferson. According to the most reliable data obtainable the founders of the Webb family in Illinois appear to have been Eli and Lazarus Webb, who migrated from Virginia as early as the year 1790, and settled on the prairie in Franklin county which in compliment to them has since been called Webb’s Prairie, being among the first men in that part of the state. Eli Webb, the older of the two, was a true type of the sturdy pioneer of the age in which he lived and nobly bore his share of the labor and responsibility incident to the settlement and development of a new country and lived to see Franklin county redeemed from a primitive wilderness to the fair and flourishing conditions for which it has long been noted. He became a successful farmer and influential citizen and reared a large family of sixteen children, among whom was a son by the name of Elijah T., who grew to manhood in Franklin county, and in early life entered the ministry of the Baptist church and in due time rose to a position of prominence and wide influence in that denomination. He preached in various parts of Illinois, organized churches in a number of counties and in addition to religious work was also interested in the cause of education, having been one of the founders of Ewing College, in Franklin county, and a trustee of the institution to the day of his death. He also served a number of years as County Surveyor, besides taking an active part in inaugurating and furthering measures and enterprises for the material advancement of the country while all laudable movements having for their object the social, intellectual and moral improvement of his fellow men enlisted his hearty co-operation and support. Elijah T. Webb was born in 1818, the year Illinois was admitted to statehood, and lived an active and eminently useful life of sixty-one years, dying on the 14th day of January, 1879. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Nancy Clark, was also a native of Franklin county and a descendant of an old and well known Kentucky family, which settled in that part of the state in pioneer times and became actively identified with its growth and subsequent history. Mrs. Webb was a woman of high character and many excellent qualities, not a few of which have been reproduced in her descendants who are now among the most enterprising and highly esteemed people of their respective places of residence. She bore her husband fourteen children and departed this life at the age of sixty-one years, in 1884. Of the large family born to Rev. Elijah T. and Nancy Webb, seven survive, namely, Mrs. Elijah J. Link, Mrs. Emeline Pierce, Mrs. Thomas Neal, Eli, John C., Andrew D., of this review, and Robert L. The following are the names of those deceased: Mrs. Elizabeth King, Albert C. Webb, formerly a prominent member of the Jefferson County Bar; Dr. L. M. Webb, a physician and surgeon of Mount Vernon, and four children that died in infancy unnamed. Andrew Duff Webb, the youngest but one of the above named family, was born in Franklin county, Illinois, January 4, 1864, and spent his childhood and youth on the old homestead on Webb’s Prairie, where he early became familiar with the varied duties of the farm. After remaining with his parents and attending the public schools at intervals until his fifteenth year, he entered Ewing College, where he pursued his studies for a period of five years, when he became a student of Shurtliff College, Upper Alton, from which he was graduated in 1884. With a substantial intellectual foundation Mr. Webb began life for himself well fitted for its duties and responsibilities and during the year following his graduation gave his attention to the insurance business, in which he met with fair success. Later he taught school one year in Morgan county and after devoting the same length of time to educational work in Aspen, Colorado, he returned to Illinois and took up the study of law at Mount Vernon in the office of his brother, with whom he remained until his admission to the bar in 1889. Mr. Webb brought to his profession a well disciplined mind and his abilities being duly recognized he soon built up a lucrative practice and achieved an honorable reputation as a capable and painstaking lawyer. In 1895 he was appointed Master in Chancery for Jefferson county, and after holding the office two years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people he was further honored in 1897 by being elected City Attorney of Mount Vernon, in which capacity he served two terms and the duties of which he discharged with ability and commendable fidelity. Later he served two years as corporation counsel for the city, during which time he was untiring in behalf of the interests of the municipality and in 1906 he was elected Judge of Jefferson county, which office he still holds and the duties of which he has discharged ably and faithfully, his administration proving eminently satisfactory and adding to his reputation as a sound lawyer and judicious public servant. In addition to his legal practice and official duties Judge Webb is interested in various local business enterprises including the Royal Loan and Building Association of Mount Vernon, which he assisted to organize and of which he has been a director continuously since it was established in the year 1892. He also has an interest in the C. W. Harris abstract, insurance and loan business, besides being identified with all measures that have recently been put forward for the material growth of the city, and the advancement of the community along social, intellectual and moral lines. In politics the judge is an uncompromising Democrat, active and zealous in upholding his principles and to his exertions as much as to those of any of his compeers is due the success of the party in Jefferson county. Judge Webb is not only a leading member of the Mount Vernon Bar and the peer of any of his professional brethren in all that constitutes an able and progressive lawyer, but he has also found a most capable and faithful official while his high standing as a courteous gentleman and public-spirited citizen have gained for him a reputation which bespeaks still greater public honors as the years go by. A gentleman of scholarly tastes and high ideals, a reader and thinker and careful student of current events. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought and is an influential factor in the intellectual circles of his city as well as a moulder of opinion on matters of political and public import. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and takes an active interest in the deliberations of the order throughout its various branches, being a leading member of the local lodge with which he is identified, besides holding the high position of grand lecturer of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois, being one of the three Masons in the state thus honored. He also belongs to the Order of Modern Woodmen and the Court of Honor and in religion holds to the Baptist faith, belonging with his wife to the First Baptist church of Mount Vernon and demonstrating by his daily life the sincerity of his profession as a disciple of the Nazarene. On March 14, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Webb and Miss Clara B. Green, daughter of S. R. Green, of Cobden, Illinois, a union blessed with six children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Roger B., June 5, 1890; Helen, April 19, 1892; George, March 14, 1894; Alice, October 11, 1896; Clarella, December 17, 1900, and Andrew D., who was born on March 3d of the year 1904. ======================= per Obituaries, Benton Evening News 1922-1930 (PULLIAM 1994) pg 1, 2 Jan 1922 WEBB, Judge Andrew b. 4 January 1865; s/o Elijah T. WEBB, a baptist preacher, and Nancy T. CLARK WEBB m. 14 March 1888; Miss Clara B. GREEN of Cobden, Illinois. d. heart attack - 57y old (res. of Mt. Vernon at death) res: Franklin County, Illinois; Aspen, Colorado; and Mt. Vernon, Illinois. bur: Judge Andrew WEBB was of a pioneer Illinois family who settled in Franklin County in 1790 in Webbs Prairie - he was next to the youngest in a family of 14 children. R. L. WEBB, who was the youngest, died a few months ago. Only 2 now survive: John C. of W. Frankfort, and Mrs. Emaline PIERCE of Ewing, Illinois. He was raised at the old homestead. At the age of 15 he entered Ewing College and later went to Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, for 5 years, graduating in 1884. He moved to Mt. Vernon in 1885. He taught school for a few years - 1 of them in Aspen Colorado. He and Nancy had 8 children, 1 died in infancy, leaving: Robert G., of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; Mrs. Clarence STEELE, of Freeport, Illinois; George of Mt. Vernon; Clarella, Andrew D. and Betty living at home. Also survived by 4 grandchildren. He studied law at the office of his brother, A. C. WEBB. Admitted to the Bar in 1889 and practiced law for more than 30 years. He was judge of Jefferson County for 12 years.

Does anyone know if it was Helen or Alice that married Clarence Steele? By 1920 census they were both no longer living at home. Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 3/8/2013 5:48 AM, jmcghee6 wrote: > Source: Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois. Wall, John A., > Indianapolis, Ind. B.F. Bowen & Co. 1989, pages 567-571. > HON. ANDREW DUFF WEBB. > A man of sterling worth and high professional attainments, who has been honored > by his fellow citizens with positions of responsibility and trust, the subject > of the sketch occupies an important place in public view and is recognized as > one of the leading citizens of his day in the county of Jefferson. According to > the most reliable data obtainable the founders of the Webb family in Illinois > appear to have been Eli and Lazarus Webb, who migrated from Virginia as early as > the year 1790, and settled on the prairie in Franklin county which in compliment > to them has since been called Webb’s Prairie, being among the first men in that > part of the state. Eli Webb, the older of the two, was a true type of the sturdy > pioneer of the age in which he lived and nobly bore his share of the labor and > responsibility incident to the settlement and development of a new country and > lived to see Franklin county redeemed from a primitive wilderness to the fair > and flourishing conditions for which it has long been noted. He became a > successful farmer and influential > citizen and reared a large family of sixteen children, among whom was a son by > the name of Elijah T., who grew to manhood in Franklin county, and in early life > entered the ministry of the Baptist church and in due time rose to a position of > prominence and wide influence in that denomination. He preached in various parts > of Illinois, organized churches in a number of counties and in addition to > religious work was also interested in the cause of education, having been one of > the founders of Ewing College, in Franklin county, and a trustee of the > institution to the day of his death. He also served a number of years as County > Surveyor, besides taking an active part in inaugurating and furthering measures > and enterprises for the material advancement of the country while all laudable > movements having for their object the social, intellectual and moral improvement > of his fellow men enlisted his hearty co-operation and support. > > Elijah T. Webb was born in 1818, the year Illinois was admitted to statehood, > and lived an active and eminently useful life of sixty-one years, dying on the > 14th day of January, 1879. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Nancy Clark, > was also a native of Franklin county and a descendant of an old and well known > Kentucky family, which settled in that part of the state in pioneer times and > became actively identified with its growth and subsequent history. Mrs. Webb was > a woman of high character and many excellent qualities, not a few of which have > been reproduced in her descendants who are now among the most enterprising and > highly esteemed people of their respective places of residence. She bore her > husband fourteen children and departed this life at the age of sixty-one years, > in 1884. > > Of the large family born to Rev. Elijah T. and Nancy Webb, seven survive, > namely, Mrs. Elijah J. Link, Mrs. Emeline Pierce, Mrs. Thomas Neal, Eli, John > C., Andrew D., of this review, and Robert L. The following are the names of > those deceased: Mrs. Elizabeth King, Albert C. Webb, formerly a prominent member > of the Jefferson County Bar; Dr. L. M. Webb, a physician and surgeon of Mount > Vernon, and four children that died in infancy unnamed. > > Andrew Duff Webb, the youngest but one of the above named family, was born in > Franklin county, Illinois, January 4, 1864, and spent his childhood and youth on > the old homestead on Webb’s Prairie, where he early became familiar with the > varied duties of the farm. After remaining with his parents and attending the > public schools at intervals until his fifteenth year, he entered Ewing College, > where he pursued his studies for a period of five years, when he became a > student of Shurtliff College, Upper Alton, from which he was graduated in 1884. > With a substantial intellectual foundation Mr. Webb began life for himself well > fitted for its duties and responsibilities and during the year following his > graduation gave his attention to the insurance business, in which he met with > fair success. Later he taught school one year in Morgan county and after > devoting the same length of time to educational work in Aspen, Colorado, he > returned to Illinois and took up the study of law at Mount Vernon in the office > of his brother, with whom he remained until his admission to the bar in 1889. > > Mr. Webb brought to his profession a well disciplined mind and his abilities > being duly recognized he soon built up a lucrative practice and achieved an > honorable reputation as a capable and painstaking lawyer. In 1895 he was > appointed Master in Chancery for Jefferson county, and after holding the office > two years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people he was > further honored in 1897 by being elected City Attorney of Mount Vernon, in which > capacity he served two terms and the duties of which he discharged with ability > and commendable fidelity. Later he served two years as corporation counsel for > the city, during which time he was untiring in behalf of the interests of the > municipality and in 1906 he was elected Judge of Jefferson county, which office > he still holds and the duties of which he has discharged ably and faithfully, > his administration proving eminently satisfactory and adding to his reputation > as a sound lawyer and judicious public servant. > > In addition to his legal practice and official duties Judge Webb is interested > in various local business enterprises including the Royal Loan and Building > Association of Mount Vernon, which he assisted to organize and of which he has > been a director continuously since it was established in the year 1892. He also > has an interest in the C. W. Harris abstract, insurance and loan business, > besides being identified with all measures that have recently been put forward > for the material growth of the city, and the advancement of the community along > social, intellectual and moral lines. In politics the judge is an uncompromising > Democrat, active and zealous in upholding his principles and to his exertions as > much as to those of any of his compeers is due the success of the party in > Jefferson county. > > Judge Webb is not only a leading member of the Mount Vernon Bar and the peer of > any of his professional brethren in all that constitutes an able and progressive > lawyer, but he has also found a most capable and faithful official while his > high standing as a courteous gentleman and public-spirited citizen have gained > for him a reputation which bespeaks still greater public honors as the years go > by. A gentleman of scholarly tastes and high ideals, a reader and thinker and > careful student of current events. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern > thought and is an influential factor in the intellectual circles of his city as > well as a moulder of opinion on matters of political and public import. He is a > thirty-second degree Mason and takes an active interest in the deliberations of > the order throughout its various branches, being a leading member of the local > lodge with which he is identified, besides holding the high position of grand > lecturer of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois, being one of the three > Masons in the state thus honored. He also > belongs to the Order of Modern Woodmen and the Court of Honor and in religion > holds to the Baptist faith, belonging with his wife to the First Baptist church > of Mount Vernon and demonstrating by his daily life the sincerity of his > profession as a disciple of the Nazarene. > > On March 14, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Webb and Miss Clara B. > Green, daughter of S. R. Green, of Cobden, Illinois, a union blessed with six > children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Roger B., June 5, 1890; > Helen, April 19, 1892; George, March 14, 1894; Alice, October 11, 1896; > Clarella, December 17, 1900, and Andrew D., who was born on March 3d of the year > 1904. > ======================= > per Obituaries, Benton Evening News 1922-1930 (PULLIAM 1994) pg 1, 2 Jan 1922 > WEBB, Judge Andrew > b. 4 January 1865; s/o Elijah T. WEBB, a baptist preacher, and Nancy T. CLARK > WEBB > m. 14 March 1888; Miss Clara B. GREEN of Cobden, Illinois. > d. heart attack - 57y old (res. of Mt. Vernon at death) > res: Franklin County, Illinois; Aspen, Colorado; and Mt. Vernon, Illinois. > bur: > Judge Andrew WEBB was of a pioneer Illinois family who settled in Franklin > County in 1790 in Webbs Prairie - he was next to the youngest in a family of 14 > children. R. L. WEBB, who was the youngest, died a few months ago. Only 2 now > survive: John C. of W. Frankfort, and Mrs. Emaline PIERCE of Ewing, Illinois. > He was raised at the old homestead. At the age of 15 he entered Ewing > College and later went to Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, for 5 years, > graduating in 1884. He moved to Mt. Vernon in 1885. He taught school for a few > years - 1 of them in Aspen Colorado. > He and Nancy had 8 children, 1 died in infancy, leaving: Robert G., of Mt. > Vernon, Illinois; Mrs. Clarence STEELE, of Freeport, Illinois; George of Mt. > Vernon; Clarella, Andrew D. and Betty living at home. Also survived by 4 > grandchildren. He studied law at the office of his brother, A. C. WEBB. > Admitted to the Bar in 1889 and practiced law for more than 30 years. He was > judge of Jefferson County for 12 years. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >