I have located a Thomas Webb, whom I believe is the son of Thomas Webb, Sr. and Sarah Wells (daughter of Rice Wells) of Smith County, Texas. Thomas or T. W. Webb was born June 19, 1845, and died November 4, 1904. He is buried with his wife, Mary B. (b. 9-13-1855, d. 3-21-1892) at the Haney cemetery, near Hawkins, Wood Co., Texas, which borders Smith Co. My primary interest is in the Webb families that settled in East Texas. As yet, I have not verified any relation between T. W. and my Webb family, however, he is buried very near my gg-grandmother Martha E. Webb. In my research I found a 1900 Wood Co. census record for a Thomas Webb. It records that he was born in 1845, that he was 54 (the census was taken 6-2-1900, just days before he turned 55), born in Texas, father born in Miss., mother born in Miss. He is widowed (which would be correct since his wife died in 1892) and living in his household are children: Ella V., b. 1879, Ivey b. 1882, Douglas b. 1885, and T. R. b. 1887. (I wonder if T. R. stood for Thomas Rice?) Going back to the 1880 Smith Co. census I found Thomas living with Dr. James and Sarah McCorkle (Sarah's 2nd marriage). Thomas is married to Mary and has a daughter named Ella (also the name of his sister). Due to an ugly black spill on the census page I cannot make out Mary or Ella's ages, but it shows Thomas to be 35, which would be correct. There is also a record on the Smith County CSA soldiers list that records that Thomas served during the civil war. *************************************************** Confederate Indigent Families Index (this is from the list of families receiving aid while the men are away serving in the war): Webb, Thomas | Wood County **************************************************** 1850 Smith County Census Index---(Sarah Webb d/o Rice Wells) Webb Sarah 28 80b 39 Webb Thomas 6 80b 40 Webb Ella 3 80b 41 **************************************************** 1880 WEBB THOMAS Smith County TX 271 E. D. 101 Federal Population Schedule TX 1880 Federal Census Index TX314108841 **************************************************** Douglas Texas Battery, CSA: WEBB, T. W., Pvt., enlisted 11 Aug 1861 Fayetteville, AR. ******************************************** Wood County Census 1900 , E. D. 146, justice prect. 5, (pg. 4 on Ancestry.com): Thomas Webb ****************************************************** Thomas Webb, Sr. was one of the first county commissioners appointed for the first ever federal election held in Smith Co., Texas in 1846. If anyone has any information about Thomas Webb, Sr., Thomas Webb, Jr. or their families I would appreciate having it. Diana