Charles H. Webb (1840)

Born 1 Apr 1840 in Montrose, Pa.

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Charles H. /Webb/^[2]

Occupation

Occupation: Freight auditor, LVRR

Education

Education: Delaware Literary Institute

Religion

Religion: Presbyterian

Note

Note: #N278

User ID

User ID: 284B540952C2445781BDFA361AEFD222EAEF

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Date: 15 JAN 2013

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Marriage

Husband: Charles H. Webb

Wife: @I988@

Marriage:

Date: 29 DEC 1868

Place: Mauch Chunk, PA^[3]

User ID: EE7C63F4BBD4428BB52EE58D0456D6D87AE8

Sources

1. ↑ Webb-4674 was created by John McVey through the import of Brodhead-87.ged on Jan 5, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S15 Page: p. 262
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: p. 556

• Source: S15 Type: Book Author: Jordan, J. W., E. M. Green, and G. T. Ettinger Periodical: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of The Lehigh Valley Publication: The Lewis Publishing Co., New York, 1905, Vol. 2

Notes

Note N278

Served under Gen. Sherman in the Civil War.

CHARLES H. WEBB is one of the most popular officials of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and is General Car Accountant. He has been connected with the company since October 8, 1864, and is considered one of their most faithful and capable employees. In manner Mr. Webb is very pleasant and courteous, and has many friends, both in South Bethlehem, where his office is located, and up and down the Lehigh Valley.

Charles is the only child of his parents who grew to mature years. His boyhood was passed at Montrose, and it was his privilege to attend the fine schools under Professor Stoddard, the noted mathematician. Afterward, for a short time, he was a student at the Delaware Literary Institute, at Franklin, N. Y. From that time until the war he assisted his father in running a store and post office, and then volunteered as one of the Anderson Troop, serving as Bugler, and being a member of General Anderson's bodyguard. After a year and a-half of service, on account of poor health he was honorably discharged. On the emergency call he volunteered in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Militia, under Colonel Chamberlain, and at the end of three months was mustered out by special order.

October 8, 1864, Mr. Webb received a position as clerk at Mauch Chunk with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and in time became Auditor of Through Freights. When the Philadelphia & Reading leased the Lehigh Valley Road, he was appointed Assistant Auditor of Merchandise Traffic, with headquarters at Philadelphia for two months, after which he returned to the Lehigh Valley as General Auditor, and when the lease was annulled he became General Car Accountant. In his offices is employed a large clerical force, and in the duties of his responsible place he acquits himself to the satisfaction of all. Formerly he was a member of the Association of Railway Accounting Officers, being on a standing committee in 1890, and has always been on intimate terms with the officials of the railroad.

Mrs. Webb was educated in Dr. Smith's school in Philadelphia. Our subject and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Mauch Chunk, of which the former for a quarter of a century had charge of the choir and music. In politics he votes in favor of the Democratic party.^[4]