Melvin Webb Sr. (1906 - 1959)

Born 6 Jun 1906 in Van Lear, Johnson, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Marie (Ramey) Butcher — married 7 Mar 1929 in Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1959 at age 52 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States

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Melvin Webb Sr. has German Roots.

Biography

Melvin "Ted" Webb Sr. was the son of Alexander Webb and Amanda Butcher. He was the paternal grandson of William Webb, Jr. and Isabelle Music and maternal grandson of Simon Peter Butcher and Clarinda Jane Webb.

He was a third cousin of Maybelle (Addington) Carter of the Carter Family.

Ted was the first husband of Clara Marie Ramey (daughter of Nathaniel Lewis Ramey and Sarah Elizabeth Blair). They were the parents of eight children; Melvin Webb, Jr., Loretta Webb Lynn, Herman Webb, Willie Lee Webb (a.k.a. Jay Lee Webb), Donald Webb, Peggy Sue Webb Wright, Betty Webb Hopkins and Brenda Gail Webb (a.k.a. Crystal Gayle).

Ted was a farmer and was employed as a coal miner in Van Lear, Kentucky.

When he became ill with Black Lung, he moved his family to Wabash Indiana, where he lived until he passed away, he is buried at Webb Butcher Cemetery at Van Lear KY.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DD-8WQ : accessed 7 February 2018), Melvin Webb in household of Alic Webb, Buffalo, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 12B, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 480; FHL microfilm 1,374,493.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGH-5FR : accessed 25 October 2019), Melvin Webb in household of Alex Webb, Van Lear, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 32, sheet 20B, line 90, family 655, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 583; FHL microfilm 1,820,583.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-Q4HS : accessed 4 September 2018), Melvin Webb and Clara Ramey, 7 Mar 1929; citing Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,912,960.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXK-DG2 : accessed 25 October 2019), Melvin Webb in household of Alex Webb, District 2, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 12A, line 40, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 761; FHL microfilm 2,340,496.

• (Melvin is listed as single in the 1930 census despite having married Clara Ramey and having their first child the previous year.)

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TN-1RF : accessed 12 September 2017), Melvin Webb, Magisterial District 2, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-7, sheet 10B, line 54, family 154, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1322.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DX-J8WV : 29 November 2018), Melvin Webb in entry for Oliver Lynn and Loretta Webb, 10 Jan 1948; citing Marriage, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,965.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DX-JBFF : 29 November 2018), Melvin Webb in entry for Melvin Webb Jr and Bonnie Fay Banks, 3 Mar 1948; citing Marriage, Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,965.

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1S-ZSN7 : 10 January 2019), Melvin Webb in entry for Donald Ray Webb and Linda Geneva Mayo Nearhouse, 04 Mar 1972; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Jonesville, Virginia, United States, certificate 72 009022, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7782103/melvin-theodore-webb: accessed 04 October 2022), memorial page for Melvin Theodore “Ted” Webb Sr. (6 Jun 1906–22 Feb 1959), Find A Grave: Memorial #7782103, citing Webb-Butcher Family Cemetery, Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Scotty Davis (contributor 46558058) .