Sarah Violetta Leticia (Munsel) Webb (1847 - 1930)

Born 4 Sep 1847 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States

Wife of Elijah Everett Webb — married 15 Mar 1883 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1930 at age 83 in Crook Township, Hamilton, Illinois, United States

Biography

Birth and Early Life

Sarah Violetta Leticia Munsel, known as Lett, was born on 4 September 1847 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States as the third of eight children to Ira M. Munsel (1790-1857) and Martha Patsy Kitchen (1814-1895).

Residences

The family moved to Illinois before the birth of Washington in 1827.[1] Ira purchased his first 80 acres in Hamilton County, Illinois in 1830 and his last in 1844.

Marriages and Family

Lett married twice.

1. James Brown (about 1841-13 April 1876) in about 1867.
2. Elijah Everett Webb (17 November 1839-1 January 1908) on 15 March 1883 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States as his second wife.^[1]

Children of the Brown-Munsel Marriage

1. Son Brown about 1868-1874 maybe a twin.
2. Infant son Brown about 1868-1868 maybe a twin.
3. Mary Jane Brown born on 1 August 1871 in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. She married Isaac Grant DePew (1867-1950) on 30 March 1889 in Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois. Mary died on 25 January 1925 in Carson, Fayette, Illinois, United States.
4. Nettie Brown 1873-1873.
5. Sarah Brown 1875-1878.

Children of the Webb-Munsel Marriage

1. Naomi Jane Webb was born on 6 January 1884 in Lassater, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. She died on 14 January 1884 in the same place.
2. Samuel Tilden Webb was born on 28 January 1885 in Lassater, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. He married Mary Madaline Thompson (1889-1961) on 24 December 1906 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois. Samuel died on 4 December 1951 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States.
3. Martha Lucinda Webb was born on 3 October 1886 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. Martha married 1) John Thomas Kroff (born about 1880) before 1904 and 2) William Ruben McMahan (1887-1967) before January 1920 and divorced him before 1940 and 3) Roy Jacob Wilson (1892-1967). Martha died on 22 January 1963 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.
4. Ella Susan Webb was born on 24 March 1888 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. She married 1) Arthur Franklin Thompson (1885-1917) on 4 September 1907 in Hamilton County, Illinois and 2) Thomas Stewart Cantrell (born 1881) in about 1921. Ella died on 27 January 1970 in Carmi, White, Illinois, United States.

Lett's husband James Brown died on 13 April 1876. She had already lost her twin boys and daughter Nettie between 1873 and 1874. Her daughter Sarah died in 1878. She was left with one surviving child from the Brown marriage and returned home to live on the family farm with her widowed mother.

The 1880 census shows that she was widowed and on the census with her widowed mother and siblings together with her daughter Mary Brown.

By 1900 she has married Eijah Webb, a farmer, and they had four children together by 1900.

Elijah Webb died in January 1908 leaving her a widow for the second time. The 1910 census reflects that information. Her son Samuel and his wife are on the farm and he runs it. She says she has her own income, but she is listed as head of household.

She moved sometime after 1910 (haven't located 1920 census for her) to live with her cousin, Charles Thompson in Crook, Hamilton, Illinois. The 1930 census is the last found for her.

Death and Burial

Lett died on 6 September 1930 in Crook, Hamilton, Illinois, United States at the age of 83. She was buried on 8 September in the Munsell Cemetery, Thurber, Hamilton, Illinois where her first husband and little children of that marriage were also buried. Find A Grave: Memorial #9076345

Sources

• 1860 United States Federal Census on 4 August in Township 5, Range 7E, Hamilton, Illinois. ^[2]
• 1880 United States Federal Census on 14 June in Lassater, Hamilton, Illinois. Dwelling 4. ^[3]
• 1885 on 2 February Last Will and Testament of her father in Illinois County, District and Probate Courts. Will Records, Vol. A-B, 1823-1933, Illinois County Court, Hamilton County. ^[4]
• 1900 United States Federal Census on 26 June in Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois. Family 279. ^[5]
• 1910 United States Federal Census on 21 April in Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois.^[6]
• 1930 United States Federal Census on 10 April in Crook, Hamilton, Illinois. ^[7]
• Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index about Sarah V. Webb.
• U.S. Social Security Death Index.
• Find A Grave Index.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Elijah was first married to Hannah Jane Matlock (1849-1882) on 29 January 1863.
2. ↑ 1860: Munsell, Martha 47, The Real Estate value of her farm is $3,000 & her personal property is $500, illiterate. All of her children attend school; Harrison 37; Jackson 25; Jacob 15; Tabitha 14; Sarah 12; Rebecca 11; Annis 9; Elizabeth 7; Joseph 6; Samuel 4. The post office serving their area is Rattle Snake.
3. ↑ 1880: Munsell, M.P. 69, b. TN, widowed, head; Rebecca 30, b. IL, single, daughter; Elizabeth 28, b. IL, daughter; Joseph 26, b. IL, farming, son; Samuel 24, b. IL, farming, son; Agnes 3, b. IL, granddaughter (She was the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth.); Brown, Leticia 32, b. IL, widow, daughter; Brown, Mary 8, b. IL, granddaughter.
4. ↑ 1885: Father's Will on 2 February 1885 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois....He also provides land for daughter Sarah V. Redfearn, son Francis M., daughters Lucinda E. and Mary W.
5. ↑ 1900: Webb, Elijah E. 60/ b. Nov 1839, married 37 years (1863), but this was to his first wife Hannah Jane Matlock; Wife Sarah V. 53/b. Sep 1846 gave birth to 4 children & 3 alive, wife; Samuel T. 15/b. Jan 1885, son; Martha L. 13/b. Aug 1886, daughter; Ella S. 12/b. Mar 1888, daughter.
6. ↑ 1910: Webb, Sarah V. 63, widow, head; Samuel T. 25, farmer, son; Mary M. 20, b. IL, married 3 years to Samuel, daughter-in-law, They have been married 3 years, 1st marriage for both; Willis S. 2 , b. IL, grandson; Harry T. 6 months, IL, grandson
7. ↑ 1930: Thompson, Charles Thompson 40 farmer, head; Malinda A. 38., wife; Julius 15, son; Lucile 14, daughter; Truman 2 & 8 months, son; and stepchildren of Charles named Vanwinkle: Plumdell (female) 18, Maggie 15, Veda 11, John 6.