Chester Lee Webb (1900 - 1971)

Born 30 Jul 1900 in Springfield, Robertson County, TN, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mable Elizabeth Larson — married 30 Jul 1930 in Josephine Larson's House, Chowchilla, Madera County, CA, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1971 at age 71 in Chowchilla, Madera County, CA, USA

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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: Chester Lee /Webb/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 30 JUL 1900

Place: Springfield, Robertson County, TN, USA^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Death

Death:

Date: 1 AUG 1971

Place: Chowchilla, Madera County, CA, USA

Note: Died from skin cancer^{[8][9][10][11]}

User ID

User ID: E120484ADCDF4DE1B7C102168004B9C60F2F

Census

Census:

Date: 1910

Place: Roswell, Chaves County, NM, USA

Note: Line 81: Chester L Webb, son. Age 10 born in Tennessee.^[12]

Census:

Date: 1916

Place: Swift Current, SK, Canada

Note: Line 5: Chester T Webb, age 15, born in the US. Immigrated in 1912.^[13]

Census:

Date: 1930

Place: Merced, Merced County, CA, USA

Note: Line 95: Chester L Webb, son. Age 29 born in Tennessee. Working as foreman on ranch.^[14]

Census:

Date: 1940

Place: Township 2, Madera County, CA, USA

Note: Line 15: C Lee Webb, age 39, born in Tennessee. 8th grade education. Lived in same place in 1935.^[15]

EMPL

EMPL

Date: 1923

Place: Ford Factory in Detroit, Wayne County, MI, USA

EMPL

Date: 1930

Place: Cal-Pak Orchards, Merced, Merced County, CA, USA

Note: Foreman

EMPL

Date: 15 JUL 1958

Place: Triangle T Ranch, Chowchilla, Madera County, CA, USA

Note: Irrigator

EMPL

Date: 12 MAR 1964

Place: Bright's Nursery, LeGrand, Merced County, CA, USA

Note: Tractor Driver

Burial

Burial:

Date: 4 AUG 1971

Place: Plainsburg Cemetery, 8943 E Gillette Rd, Le Grand, Merced County, CA, USA

Note: Handled by Worden Funeral Chapel, Chowchilla, CA. Officiated by Francis Millard and Lloyd Stephens. Organist, Gail Walker, Soloist, G. Burgdorf "The Love of God" Pallbearers: H. Zinke, L. Dunford, F. Burgdorf, F. Walker, JP McDaniels, E. Hansen^[16][17]

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Education

Education: 6 years of school in Canada^[18]

Religion

Religion: Seventh-day Adventist Converted by Mable within a year prior to marriage

Eyes

Eyes: Left Eye Hazel and Right Eye Brown

Hair Color

Hair Color: Dark Brown turned Grey

Height

Height: 5' 9"

Cause

Cause: Melanoma on back went into lungs. Listed cause, Bronchial Pneumonia

Alias

Alias: Family called him Chester but he dropped that in favor of Lee when he left home.

Descendants or Description

Descendants or Description: Heavy build, legally blind in right eye, always turned right eye away from camera

Skin Color

Skin Color: Redish skin, especially when tanned

Weight

Weight: Heavy build--250 lbs

Note

Note: #N5

Object

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/MugShots/LeeWebb26.jpg

Title: LeeWebb26.jpg

Note: From portrait of J S Webb family in 1926

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: Y

SIZE 403.000000 462.000000

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 14 JUN 2014

Prior to import, this record was last changed 14 JUN 2014.

Marriage

Husband: Chester Lee Webb

Wife: Mable Elizabeth Larson

Marriage:

Date: 30 JUL 1930

Place: Josephine Larson's House, Chowchilla, Madera County, CA, USA

Note: At 10:30 AM^[19][20][21]

WID

Date: 1 AUG 1971

User ID: D954B9A4BBA44B58A7471B1C3E7CCB83B9A0

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Tombstones/MableLeeWebb.JPG

Title: Head Stone for Chester Lee and Mable Webb

Note: Plainsburg Cemetery

8943 E Gillette Rd

Le Grand, CA 95333

(209) 389-4389

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

SIZE 640.000000 480.000000

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Webb Family/37WebbKids.JPG

Title: Verda, Lynn, and Jack Webb in 1937

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

SIZE 1513.000000 949.000000

CROP 2.000000 158.000000 1375.000000 791.000000

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Webb Family/44FamPortrait.JPG

Title: Chester Lee Webb Family Portrait, 1944

Note: Back Row (left to right): Verda and Jack Webb

Middle: Lynn Webb

Front Row: Mable, Lee, and Fred Webb

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

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Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Webb Family/45FamPortrait.JPG

Title: Chester Lee Webb Family Portrait, 1945

Note: Back Row (L to R): Jack and Verda Webb

Middle Row: Lynn, Mable, and Lee Webb

Front: Fred Webb

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

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Child: Fred Lee Webb

Husband: John Smith Webb

Wife: Frances Belle Dewees

Marriage:

Date: 3 MAY 1896

Place: Robertson County, TN, USA^[22][23]

User ID: 51EDAEF6CC92451EA41156F11F6D427BE89D

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Webb Family/1925LeesFamily.JPG

Title: Webb Family in 1925. L to R: Frances, Max, George Lehman, Mabelle, Lee, Fannie Belle, John Smith W

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

SIZE 4837.000000 2743.000000

Object:

Format: jpg

File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Webb Family/GrandmaGrandpa.JPG

Title: John Smith Webb and Fannie Belle Webb with unknown person

Type: PHOTO

Primary or Preferred: N

SIZE 3880.000000 4987.000000

Child: Chester Lee Webb

• Fact: Residence (1910) Roswell Ward 2, Chaves, New Mexico, United States
• Fact: Immigration (1912)
• Fact: Immigration (1912)
• Fact: Residence (1916) Saskatchewan, Canada
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Robertson County, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Residence (1926) Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Fact: Residence (1930) Merced, Merced, California, United States
• Fact: Residence (1940) Judicial Township 2, Madera, California, United States
• Fact: Burial (4 August 1971) Plainsburg, Merced, California, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Webb-7275 was created by Richard Webb through the import of Webb2015_JUST_ancestors.ged on Jun 3, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S936
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Lists city of birth as Springfield, Robertson County, TN
4. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Lists city of birth as White House, Robertson/Sumner County, TN--that is where his grandparents lived and are buried.
5. ↑ Source: #S7 Page: Lists birth in 1901 instead of 1900 in TN but still lists age at death as 71.
6. ↑ Source: #S936
7. ↑ Source: #S2403
8. ↑ Source: #S5
9. ↑ Source: #S7
10. ↑ Source: #S4
11. ↑ Source: #S2403
12. ↑ Source: #S515
13. ↑ Source: #S1137
14. ↑ Source: #S514
15. ↑ Source: #S1222
16. ↑ Source: #S1
17. ↑ Source: #S2478
18. ↑ Source: #S6
19. ↑ Source: #S3
20. ↑ Source: #S6
21. ↑ Source: #S4
22. ↑ Source: #S771
23. ↑ Source: #S1617

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 April 2020, 23:11), entry for Chester Lee Webb(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZ1Z-XL7); contributed by various users.
• Source: S1 Type: Web Site Title: Fred Webb Recollections Date: May, 1999 Author: Fred Lee Webb
• Source: S1137 Type: Census Title: Canada Census, 1916 C_YEAR 1916 C_STATE SK C_CITY Swift Current C_DISTRICT District 30 Swift Current C_PO Subdistrict 25 C_SHEET 11 C_ENUM 21 SERS T-21945 C_ROLL 2434960 Page: 4363974 C_IMAGE 1124 URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KM5C-V62 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/Canada/SK/SK 1916 Swift Current SD-25 p11.pdf Title: SK 1916 Swift Current SD-25 p11 Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 19 FEB 2014
• Source: S1222 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1940 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1940 C_STATE CA C_COUNTY Madera C_CITY Judicial Township 2 C_ENUM Inez B Morgan C_SHEET 19A C_SUP 9 C_ENUM 20-4 SERS T627 C_ROLL 260 C_IMAGE 152 Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/CA Madera County/1940 CA Madera County Township 2 p19A.jpg Title: 1940 CA Madera County Township 2 p19A Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 23 JUL 2012
• Source: S2403 Type: Newspaper Title: Obituaries Note: Chester Lee Webb Periodical: Pacific Union Recorder Volume: 71 Issue: 11 Place: Angwin, Napa County, CA Date: September 20, 1971 Page: 7 URL: http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/PUR/PUR19710920-V71-11__C.pdf Text: Webb--Chester Lee Webb was born in Tennessee on July 30, 1900, and died in Chowchilla, CA, on August 1, 1971. He is survived by his wife, Mabel; 3 sons, Jack, Lynn, and Fred, a missionary in Liberia, West Africa; and a daughter, Mrs. Verda Lyon. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Newspaper Clippings/ChesterLeeWebb_Obit.jpg Title: ChesterLeeWebb_Obit Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 7 JUN 2014
• Source: S2478 Type: Web Site Title: Chester Lee Webb Author: Find-A-Grave URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8758293 File Number: 8758293 Data Changed: Date: 14 JUN 2014
• Source: S3 Type: Baby Book Title: Richard Webb's First Baby Book
• Source: S4 Type: Independent Researcher EMAI WebbL-N@tri-lakes.net Repository: LOW-001
• Source: S5 Type: Web Site Title: Social Security Death Index URL: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/ssdi/ URL: http://ssdmf.info/ Text: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Data Changed: Date: 12 DEC 2012
• Source: S514 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1930 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1930 C_STATE CA C_COUNTY Merced C_CITY Merced C_DISTRICT District 02 Date: April 18, 1930 C_ENUM Olga Mae Danders C_SHEET 12B C_SUP 11 C_ENUM 24-2 SERS T626 C_ROLL 178 Page: 28 C_IMAGE 24 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/CA Merced County/1930 CA Merced County Merced p12B.pdf Title: 1930 CA Merced County Merced p12B Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 26 MAR 2011
• Source: S515 Type: Census Title: United States Census: 1910 Author: Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America C_YEAR 1910 C_STATE NM C_COUNTY Chaves C_CITY Roswell C_DISTRICT Precinct 1 Date: April 16, 1910 C_ENUM Roy B Parsons C_SHEET 4B C_SUP 181 C_ENUM 22 SERS T624 C_ROLL 913 Page: 49 Object: Format: pdf File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Census Records/NM Chaves County/1910 NM Chaves County Precinct 1 p4B.pdf Title: 1910 NM Chaves County Precinct 1 p4B Type: PDF Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 3 APR 2011
• Source: S6 Type: Interview Title: Family Recollections of Fred L. Webb Date: March 27, 1999 Interviewed: Richard Webb Place: Modesto, California Repository: FLW-001
• Source: S7 Type: Web Site Title: California Death Index; 1940-1997 Author: California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section URL: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015582 Data Changed: Date: 14 FEB 2014
• Source: S936 Type: Draft Card ERA World War I C_YEAR 1818 C_STATE Tennessee LNAM Webb FNAM Chester Lee Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards Date: October 12, 1918 Place: US Consul, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Source Locality: nara publication number: M1509-film number: 1877688-digital folder number: 005152490-image number: 01774 URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ6G-N9M Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Dropbox/Webb Genealogy/Multimedia/Military Records/ChesterLeeWebbDraftReg.jpg Title: ChesterLeeWebbDraftReg Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 28 DEC 2012

Notes

Note N5

Lee, as he preferred to be called, did not get along with his father. When Lee was 18 he swore at a horse after it kicked him. His father, John Smith Webb, overhearing this picked up a 2"x 4" (piece of lumber) threatened to teach Lee not to swear. John came at Lee with the lumber but (assumedly because Lee was larger than him) stopped before actually striking Lee. Lee told him, "If you do that again, I'll kill you!" Soon after this incident Lee left home.

Lee played semi-pro baseball as a catcher. As an exhibition game in Central Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada (think Lee was on the home team) was about to start Lee found himself without his catcher's mask. He decided to catch the first batter without the mask. Unfortunately, the first pitch was tipped and caromed up to hit his right eye.

Lee also played semi-pro hockey. While playing hockey he took a puck to the same right eye. As a result of the two injuries the lens in Lee's right eye was heavilly damaged leaving him functionally blind in that right eye. The eye was discolored and could only make out shapes. In the 1960's it was discovered that the vision in his right eye could be repaired but by this time the "lazy eye" in the right eye was so ingrained that Lee determined it would not be worth the hassle to have his vision restored.

Lee worked at many jobs during his lifetime. In 1923 he worked at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan where his job was to drill holes in the carrier bearing pillow block for grease zerks. During his time in Detroit he had a girlfriend. One day he happened upon his girlfriend and her mother on the street and had to turn and spit some chewing tobacco before he could greet them. He was so ashamed that he determined right there to discontinue chewing tobacco.

Lee next moved to San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA where he worked as an elevator operator. He developed a relationship with a girl named Lorna and proposed to her. We do not know what became of her or the relationship, but even after he had married Mable Larson, Lee was concerned that Lorna would sue him for breaching their marriage agreement.

After San Bernardino, Lee moved to the Hollister/San Juan Batista area where he worked as a day laborer in the fields. Before 1929 he moved to Merced, Merced County, CA where he worked as a foreman at a Cal-Pac peach packing plant. While living in Merced, he met Mable Larson when visiting his sister Frances Webb in the hosptial and again found her massaging his hands when he awoke from anesthesia after having his appendix removed.

Lee and Mable started dating but after the third date Mable informed Lee that she could not continue to date him because she could not marry a man that was not a Seventh-day Adventist. Lee went to the local SDA pastor to ask why Mable was so sweet and he decided to take Bible studies. Lee and Mable were married on Lee's 30th birthday.

After their marriage, Lee and Mable invested all of their money into chickens and started farming chickens. After Jack was born, they hit hard times and lost their entire operation and money. They were forced to move in with Mable's mother in Chowchilla. During the drive to Chowchilla, their suitcase with all of the baby clothes for Jack fell off of the car and was lost leaving them both penniless and with no clothing or diapers for their child.

Lee suffered his first major heart attack in 1947 and was forced to severly curtail his activity. In August of 1955 he had his second heart attack and had to completely discontinue active labor. His death, however, was not the result of his heart condition but rather as a result of a cancerous mole on his back that matastasized.

According to Fred Webb’s memory, Lee said the name Lee came from Robert E. Lee who was his grandmother’s uncle. Lee’s two grandmothers were Amanda E. Lee and Fannie Belle DeWees. It would be reasonable to believe that Amanda E. Lee is the Lee connection (if it really exists), but Fannie Belle DeWees had a brother named Robert E. Lee DeWees. Thus it is equally likely that the Lee connection (if it really exists) is through this grandmother.^{[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]}