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Mrs. Jeanette Webb was born in Hamilton County, Tenn., and is a daughter of George W. and Jeanette (Cloyd) Clingan. George W. was in all probability born and reared in Ohio, and emigrated from that State to Tennessee in 1825, when that part of the country was still a wilderness. He lived in Tennessee until his death, August, 1830. The mother, Jeanette Cloyd, was born in Ohio, and coming to Tennessee died in the same week that her husband did. The paternal grandfather was twice married. His first wife died in Tennessee, and the second in Clark County, Ark. The maternal grandparents were both natives of Ohio, where they passed their entire lives. Mrs. Webb, the subject of this sketch, was born April 20, 1827, and passed her early days with an uncle on the Hiwassee Purchase. After living two years among the Indians in the Indian Nation, she was taken to Hamilton County, and made her home with Joseph Roark until her marriage, in 1847, to Benjamin Webb. She is the mother of eleven children, all but three of whom are living. Mrs. Webb resided in Tennessee until 1871, and then lived one year in Missouri. Since that time she has lived in Crawford County, and since the death of her husband, July 22, 1881, has continued farming on the old place. She is a lady of more than ordinary business ability, and is an active member of the Missionary Baptist Church.