Judge John G. Webb's obituary still image 1908 April 9 eng Judge John G. Webb's obituary from the April 9, 1908 Manatee County Advocate. Judge Webb died at his Osprey home on April 3, 1908 and was buried in the family cemetery next to Mary's Chapel. A brief history of his life is given and mention is made of the move to Manatee due to the health of his wife, Eliza Graves Webb. From Manatee, he looked south for land to settle and built Webb's Winter Resort on an Indian Mound on a peninsula in Little Sarasota Bay. He was appointed postmaster for the new Osprey post office in 1879. Mr. Webb also spent 8 years as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. In 1883, he was elected County Judge. Following the death of his wife Eliza in June 1884, Judge Webb married his wife sister Emily Graves. Mrs. Robert S. Griffith, William B. Webb, Lizzie Guptill, and John W. Webb are his surviving children from his first marriage. He also left four grandchildren: Walter R. Griffith, Rose S. Griffith, Charles W. Webb, and Mabel Webb. In his later years, Judge Webb read the morning service at Mary's Chapel, an Episcopal church, in Osprey. Judge John G. Webb's obituary from the April 9, 1908 Manatee County Advocate. Judge Webb died at his Osprey home on April 3, 1908 and was buried in the family cemetery next to Mary's Chapel. A brief history of his life is given and mention is made of the move to Manatee due to the health of his wife, Eliza Graves Webb. From Manatee, he looked south for land to settle and built Webb's Winter Resort on an Indian Mound on a peninsula in Little Sarasota Bay. He was appointed postmaster for the new Osprey post office in 1879. Mr. Webb also spent 8 years as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. In 1883, he was elected County Judge. Following the death of his wife Eliza in June 1884, Judge Webb married his wife sister Emily Graves. Mrs. Robert S. Griffith, William B. Webb, Lizzie Guptill, and John W. Webb are his surviving children from his first marriage. He also left four grandchildren: Walter R. Griffith, Rose S. Griffith, Charles W. Webb, and Mabel Webb. In his later years, Judge Webb read the morning service at Mary's Chapel, an Episcopal church, in Osprey. Webb, John Greene (Judge) Webb, Eliza Graves (Mrs. John G.) Webb, Emily M. Graves (Mrs. John G.) Webb's Winter Resort Johnson, Mabel Power Webb (Mrs. Ernest) Griffith, Anna Webb (Mrs. Robert S.) Guptill, Lizzie Webb (Mr. Frank) Webb, John W. Webb, William B. Griffith, Walter R. Webb, Charles W. Griffith, Roseanna Stewart Mary's Chapel Florida--Manatee County Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Judge John G. Webb's obituary
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Judge John G. Webb's obituary from the April 9, 1908 Manatee County Advocate. Judge Webb died at his Osprey home on April 3, 1908 and was buried in the family cemetery next to Mary's Chapel. A brief history of his life is given and mention is made of the move to Manatee due to the health of his wife, Eliza Graves Webb. From Manatee, he looked south for land to settle and built Webb's Winter Resort on an Indian Mound on a peninsula in Little Sarasota Bay. He was appointed postmaster for the new Osprey post office in 1879. Mr. Webb also spent 8 years as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. In 1883, he was elected County Judge. Following the death of his wife Eliza in June 1884, Judge Webb married his wife sister Emily Graves. Mrs. Robert S. Griffith, William B. Webb, Lizzie Guptill, and John W. Webb are his surviving children from his first marriage. He also left four grandchildren: Walter R. Griffith, Rose S. Griffith, Charles W. Webb, and Mabel Webb. In his later years, Judge Webb read the morning service at Mary's Chapel, an Episcopal church, in Osprey.
Judge John G. Webb's obituary from the April 9, 1908 Manatee County Advocate. Judge Webb died at his Osprey home on April 3, 1908 and was buried in the family cemetery next to Mary's Chapel. A brief history of his life is given and mention is made of the move to Manatee due to the health of his wife, Eliza Graves Webb. From Manatee, he looked south for land to settle and built Webb's Winter Resort on an Indian Mound on a peninsula in Little Sarasota Bay. He was appointed postmaster for the new Osprey post office in 1879. Mr. Webb also spent 8 years as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. In 1883, he was elected County Judge. Following the death of his wife Eliza in June 1884, Judge Webb married his wife sister Emily Graves. Mrs. Robert S. Griffith, William B. Webb, Lizzie Guptill, and John W. Webb are his surviving children from his first marriage. He also left four grandchildren: Walter R. Griffith, Rose S. Griffith, Charles W. Webb, and Mabel Webb. In his later years, Judge Webb read the morning service at Mary's Chapel, an Episcopal church, in Osprey.
Webb, John Greene (Judge)
Webb, Eliza Graves (Mrs. John G.)
Webb, Emily M. Graves (Mrs. John G.)
Webb's Winter Resort
Johnson, Mabel Power Webb (Mrs. Ernest)
Griffith, Anna Webb (Mrs. Robert S.)
Guptill, Lizzie Webb (Mr. Frank)
Webb, John W.
Webb, William B.
Griffith, Walter R.
Webb, Charles W.
Griffith, Roseanna Stewart
Mary's Chapel
Florida--Manatee County
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection