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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JAMES P. WEBB, a native of Stokes County, N. C., was born May 7, 1835, and is the youngest of five living sons, born to William and Elizabeth (Gray) Webb. William Webb was born in 1792, came to Grant County in 1847, and settled at Cordova, which place he named; it has now about fifty inhabitants. He was an extensive farmer, and a son of William Webb, Sr., a native of England; he died in 1864. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Virginia, and of Irish extraction. James P. Webb was reared on the farm, received a common-school education, and in September, 1862, he joined the Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, under John Morgan, as first lieutenant. He was through Indiana, was captured at Ewington, Ohio, July 20, 1863, and was held a prisoner until the close of the war, when he returned to Grant County. In 1872 he was elected sheriff of Grant County, served four years, and in 1882 was elected county clerk; re-elected in 1886, and is the present incumbent of that office. February 6, 1866, he married Addie E. Lucas, a native of Grant County, and a daughter of Squire Lucas, who died in 1873. Seven children were born to this union, five of whom are now living: Lutie F., Squire L., William G., Martha E. and Frank L. Mrs. Webb died in December, 1877, and February 11, 1886, Mr. Webb married Julia E. Harrington, a native of Ohio, by whom he has one child — Samuel C. Mr. Webb is a member of the I. O. O. F., and he and his wife, are members of the Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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