Martha Lucinda (Webb) Wilson (1886 - 1963)

Born 3 Oct 1886 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jan 1963 at age 76 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States

Biography

Birth and Early Life

Martha Lucinda Webb was born on 3 October 1886 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States to Elijah Everett Webb (1839-1908) and Sarah Violetta Leticia Munsel (1847-1930) as the third of their four children. This was the second marriage of both her mother and father. Her mother had been married first to James Brown (1841-1876) and her father had been married first to Hannah Jane Matlock (1847-1882).

Siblings

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. 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. Susan died on 27 January 1970 in Carmi, White, Illinois, United States.

Half-Siblings from Brown

1. Son Brown about 1868-1874 maybe a twin.
2. Infant son Brown about 1868-1868 maybe a twin.
3. Mary Jane Brown was 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.

Half Siblings from Webb

1. Henry Thompson Webb was born on 1 September 1867 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. He died on 29 December 1867 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.
2. Son Webb was born and died in 1873 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.
3. Margaret Ellen Webb was born on 1 November 1881 in Crook, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. She died on 14 January 1882 in the same place.

Marriages and Families

She married three times.

1. John Thomas Kroff (1880- ) c. 1904.
2. William Ruben McMahan (1887-1967) before January 1920. They divorced before 1940.
3. Roy Jacob Wilson (1892-1967) c. 1940.

Children of the Kroff-Webb Marriage

1. Shirley Rudolph Kroff, son, was born on 9 August 1904 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. He married Emma May Kerr (1908-1994) c. 1925. Shirley died on 1 February 1951 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States.
2. Vernon W. Kroff was born on 26 April 1906 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States. He married Violet Gunter (1909-1987). Vernon died on 9 December 1953 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois, United States.
3. Frances C. Kroff was born on 9 August 1909 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. She married Ezra C. Forrester in 1925. Frances died on 14 March 1929 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States.

Death and Burial

Martha died on 22 January 1963 in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States at the age of 76. She was buried in the Albion Cemetery, Dale, Hamilton, Illinois. Find A Grave: Memorial #130691075

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census. 26 June 1900 in Broughton Village, Hamilton, Illinois.^[1]
• 1910 United States Federal Census on 27 April in Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois. Pages 6B and 7A, lines 99-100 and 1-3. ^[2]
• 1920 United States Federal Census. 7 January in Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois. Page 2A, lines 1-5. ^[3]
• 1930 United States Federal Census on 2 April in Elgin, Kane, Illinois. Page 1A, lines 5 and 6. ^[4]
• 1940 United States Federal Census on 15 May in Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois. Page 6A, lines 25 & 26. ^[5]
• U.S. Social Security Death Index for Martha Wilson.
• Find A Grave Index.

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1900: Webb, Elijah E. 60/b. Nov 1839 in Illinois, farmer, married 37 years, head; Sarah V. 53/b. Sep 1846 in Illinois, 4 children born & 3 living, wife; Samuel T. 15/b. Jan 1885 in Illinois, son; Martha L. 13/b. Aug 1886 in Illinois, daughter; Ella S. 12/b. Mar 1888 in Illinois, daughter.
2. ↑ 1910: Kroff, John T. 31, 1st marriage both, married 6 years, farmer, born KY; Martha L. 23, 3 born & living; Shirley R. 5, son; Vernon W. 4, son; Frances C. 8 months, daughter.
3. ↑ 1920: McMahon, William R. 33, head, farmer, own with a mortgage; Martha L. 33, wife; Croff, Shirley, step"son" 15; Vernon stepson 13; Francis, stepdaughter 10. Everyone born in Illinois.
4. ↑ 1930: McMahan, William 43, married at 33, teamster contractor, head; Lucinda 43, married at 33, watch worker, factory, wife.
5. ↑ 1940: Wilson, Ray 47, 8th grade, grain farmer, head; Martha L. 53, 8th grade, wife.