Edward Milo Webb Sr (1815 - 1852)

Born 17 Aug 1815 in Hanover, Chautauqua, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Amelia (Owens) McRae — married Dec 1839 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1852 at age 36 in Near Platte River, Nebraska

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Biography

Edward was born in 1815. He passed away in 1852.

He married Caroline Amelia Owens on 21 December 1839 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

He also married Jane Mathers on 29 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. This was a plural or polygamous marriage, as they were early pioneer and founding members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

On June 28, 1852, Edward and his family left Kanesville, Iowa as part of the Uriah Curtis Company wagon train migration of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints to Utah. Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between 29 September and 1 October 1852.

He died of cholera near the Platte River, failing to complete his journey to Utah.^[1] His wife Caroline's obituary referenced his death and her subsequent struggle to settle in Utah, and was published in the Deseret News ^[2] on Sept 21, 1895, page 448.

Edward was born in 1815. He passed away in 1852.

Research Notes

Profile is a work in progress and will be updated Spring 2024 Reed-8144 22:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

There are four successive Edward Milo Webbs that span four generations .

Webb-3618 (1815-1852) (duplicate profile is Webb-9326)

Webb-3617 (1847-1921)

Webb-9038 (1874-1917)

Webb-9039 (1894-1970)

This Edward Milo Webb is the first and according to convention, he should be I.

Sources

1. ↑ http://nauvoo.byu.edu/ViewPerson.aspx?ID=20486
2. ↑ https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/desnews5/id/3245/rec/1

• "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8S-GD33 : 10 February 2018), Edward Milo Webb, ; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-K636 : 23 February 2018), Edward Milo Webb, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
• Jemmett family history - Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel site @ history.lds.org lists Edward and his family as members of the Uriah Curtis Company, 1852. After his death, his family continued to Utah. His niece, Ann Eliza Webb Young, refers to him as Uncle Milo in her book "Wife No. 19." The Webb family owned a blacksmith shop in Nauvoo, Illinois and can be found on the website for Nauvoo

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZW-ZRW : 12 April 2016), E M Webb, Clinton county, Clinton, Missouri, United States; citing family 477, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 February 2021), memorial page for Edward Milo Webb Sr. (16 Aug 1815–10 Jul 1852), Find a Grave Memorial no. 84808473, ; Maintained by Judy Borup (contributor 47606228) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a On the plains, Near Platte River, Nebraska.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dennis Soules for creating WikiTree profile Webb-3618 through the import of Never Ending Story_2013-04-18_01.ged on Apr 18, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Dennis and others.