Page 48 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 48 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “Chapter 3.During the year of 1884 Grandfather John sought for a name for this place and applied for a post office.“Spanish Point” was sent in to the Department but was not accepted.Some one in the family thought of “Osprey” and this name was sent in and accepted and for some years Osprey received mail twice a week.For some weeks Will had had a growth on his neck that had worried him much, fearing it might be the starting of a cancer. So he decided to go to a hospital in New York for treatment.The operation was successful and Will when he was well again west to visit cousin Silas who was grandfather Silas A. Webb of Oswego, N.Y. He met here his third cousin Marguerite Webb and on Dec. 4th 1884 they were marries and departed for Florida on a steamer from New York to Savannah Ga., taking train there…” Page 48 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “Chapter 3.During the year of 1884 Grandfather John sought for a name for this place and applied for a post office.“Spanish Point” was sent in to the Department but was not accepted.Some one in the family thought of “Osprey” and this name was sent in and accepted and for some years Osprey received mail twice a week.For some weeks Will had had a growth on his neck that had worried him much, fearing it might be the starting of a cancer. So he decided to go to a hospital in New York for treatment.The operation was successful and Will when he was well again west to visit cousin Silas who was grandfather Silas A. Webb of Oswego, N.Y. He met here his third cousin Marguerite Webb and on Dec. 4th 1884 they were marries and departed for Florida on a steamer from New York to Savannah Ga., taking train there…” Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Osprey Webb, Charles W. Webb, John G. Webb, Marguerite Webb, William B. Webb, Silas A. United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 48 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “Chapter 3.During the year of 1884 Grandfather John sought for a name for this place and applied for a post office.“Spanish Point” was sent in to the Department but was not accepted.Some one in the family thought of “Osprey” and this name was sent in and accepted and for some years Osprey received mail twice a week.For some weeks Will had had a growth on his neck that had worried him much, fearing it might be the starting of a cancer. So he decided to go to a hospital in New York for treatment.The operation was successful and Will when he was well again west to visit cousin Silas who was grandfather Silas A. Webb of Oswego, N.Y. He met here his third cousin Marguerite Webb and on Dec. 4th 1884 they were marries and departed for Florida on a steamer from New York to Savannah Ga., taking train there…”
Page 48 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “Chapter 3.During the year of 1884 Grandfather John sought for a name for this place and applied for a post office.“Spanish Point” was sent in to the Department but was not accepted.Some one in the family thought of “Osprey” and this name was sent in and accepted and for some years Osprey received mail twice a week.For some weeks Will had had a growth on his neck that had worried him much, fearing it might be the starting of a cancer. So he decided to go to a hospital in New York for treatment.The operation was successful and Will when he was well again west to visit cousin Silas who was grandfather Silas A. Webb of Oswego, N.Y. He met here his third cousin Marguerite Webb and on Dec. 4th 1884 they were marries and departed for Florida on a steamer from New York to Savannah Ga., taking train there…”
Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb
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Webb, Charles W.
Webb, John G.
Webb, Marguerite
Webb, William B.
Webb, Silas A.
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Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection