Absalom William Webster (1810 - 1887)

Born 19 Jan 1810 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Oct 1887 at age 77 in Clark, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Absalom was born in 1810. He was the son of Cornelius Webster. He resided alone next to his sister Ann (Webster) Mitts in 1850 Grant County, Kentucky. He purchased 80 acres of land in Clark County, Missouri in 1854 and was residing there by 1860.

Absalom married on Christmas Eve in 1864 to Rachel Johnson. He died in Clark County in 1887.

• NOTE: Absalom was enumerated as Richard Webster during the census of 1880. He was named "Dick" Webster on the death record of son Vardiman Webster.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6DZN-DX?cc=1401638&wc=95RJ-3TT%3A1031325101%2C1031619501%2C1031711201 : 9 April 2016), Kentucky > Grant > Grant county > image 56 of 146; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8S-M46 : 18 February 2021), Absalom Webster, Clark, MO. 1860.

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQGG-MCT2 : 18 January 2020), Absalom W. Webster, 1864.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XX-TKC : 29 May 2021), Absalom W Webster, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66P-6SR : 19 February 2021), Richard Webster, Union, Clark, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 185C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,681.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40244862/absalom-w.-webster

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-LYNY : 18 March 2018), Dick Webster in entry for Vard Webster, 07 Aug 1940, Keokuk Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #56219, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821084.