Added by: t. garlow

“Pioneer Lady Dies.
It is with regret that we are called upon to record the death of Mrs. Mary Ware which took place at her home near Hershey on last Wednesday afternoon. This unexpected death has come as a shock to the entire community.
Mrs. Ware with her daughter, Mrs. Porterfield, and child had been to Hershey in the afternoon and were on their way home, when a calf in the road frightened the horses who started to run, and ran about half a mile before Mrs. Porterfield could get them under control. Observing that her mother seemed frightened, the daughter assured her that there was no danger, that she could control the horses. When the horses could be stopped they were tied to a nearby fence. Presently another daughter came along and Mrs. Ware got into her carriage and went to her home. Shortly after she arrived at her home she complained of being ill and asked that her son, Everett, be sent for. The son, who was but a short ways distance from the house, arrived there a little while later to find his mother dying, and in about three minutes after his arrival she was dead. Her death was pronounced as due to heart trouble caused by fright and excitement.
Mrs. Ware, who was sixty-one years of age, has for years been a resident of this county and is therefore known to many of the citizens of this part of the state. As a staunch, christian character she was held in high esteem by many friends who will greatly miss her. As immediate relatives she leaves to mourn her loss eleven children, her husband having died a number of years ago. The following are the names of her children who will ever miss the counsel of a loving mother: Mesdames Porterfield, Harvey, Haist, McConnell, Jacobson, Hollingsworth and Black and Messrs. Ralph, Edward, Everett and John Ware.
To the bereaved family the entire community extend their heartfelt sympathy.”
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*received the above news article from Glenn Montgomery
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“In Memorium.
Mary Maria Webb was born March 10, 1846. near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and died Nov. 13, 1907, at Hershey, Neb. In early womanhood she was married to Chas. Anderson, who died from injuries received during the Civil War. Of this union one daughter Mrs. Black, of Benkleman, Neb., survives. December 19. 1872, she was married to W. M. Ware. They moved to Lincoln county twenty-one years ago, and bought a home three miles northwest of Hershey. Mr. Ware died about six years ago but Mrs. Ware still lived in the old home. Ten children of these parents are left to mourn. they are Everett Ware, Ralph Ware, John Ware, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Porterfield and Mrs. McConnel all residing in or near Hershey, and Mrs. Haist, of Mayflower, Neb., and Edward Ware, of Cheyenne,, Wyo.
Mrs. Ware’s death came as a great shock to her relatives and friends. She attended aid society on Wednesday and while driving home with one of her daughters their horse became frightened and ran away. The daughter controlled the horse but Mrs. Ware seemed short of breath during the rest of the drive. On reaching home she walked into the house but in about ten minutes she passed quietly away with-out suffering and with a prayer on her lips. At first it was thought that the fright had caused her death but a medical examination revealed the fact that a formation of fat had closed about her heart and that the end was here.
Mrs. Ware became a christian in early life and was ever loyal to her faith. At the time of her death she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She was a faithful wife a devoted mother and highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. Her place cannot be filled in the home or in the church and community, but her sorrowing loved ones have the comfort of the Psalmist “She cannot return to me but I go to her.”
The funeral was held from the house Friday. The services were conducted by Rev. Murless of the M. E. church assisted by Rev. Evans of the Baptist church, and her body laid to rest in Riverside cemetery beside her husband and other loved ones to await the resurrection morn.
Friend”
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*received the above news article from Glenn Montgomery
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………………..An On-going Biography……………….
——from research and some family records—–

——————–MARY MARIA WEBB——————-

was born to Green Webb and Mary Ann Prickett on March 10, 1846 in Iowa.

Green Webb was born 1821-1822 in Illinois.

Mary Ann was born in Bond County, Illinois in 1826 and died in 1848 in Henry County, Iowa while their daughter ‘Maria’ Webb was very young.

They had been married on July 13, 1843 in Henry County, Iowa, when Mary Ann was the age of 17. Document says Mary Ann ‘Prichett’ and Green Webb.
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Mary Ann’s parents were Jacob Prickett and Jane Lee.
Jacob was born in 1803 in Georgia.
Jane was born in 1808 in Illinois. They were married in Bond County Illinois, then in the 1830’s moved to Henry County, Iowa.
Jane died on Dec. 8,1848, the same year and location as their daughter-Mary Ann had died.

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Green Webb buys 40 acres of land on Feb. 1, 1848 in Henry County, Iowa.
“The South East Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section One in Township Seventy One North of Range Five West…”
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Green Webb then buys another 40 acres on April 3, 1849 in Henry County, Iowa.
“The North East Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section One North of Range Five West…”
(this must have been done after his wife Mary Ann, had died some time in 1848.)
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On the August 22, 1850 Federal Census in New London ‘Township’, Henry County, Iowa, Green Webb is a “Farmer”, living with daughter Maria, 5 years old.
They are living on the farm of Hezekiah Lee and Amanda Lee and their children. Hezekiah is the brother-in-law of Green Webb.
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**One day later on August 23, 1850 Federal Census in New London ‘Township’, Henry Co., Iowa
Maria Webb 5 years old is in the household of Christopher Griggs (a farmer), and his wife and child.

They are right next to her uncle-Jeremiah Lee and his family, and on same page of Census as her grandfather-Jacob Prickett and family.
I am sure that this is the same Maria Webb, and she is staying with relatives, since her father Green Webb (now a young widower) and a farmer would have an almost impossible time of trying to care for a 5 year old daughter by himself, while he is working a farm.

Seems like she was with him sometimes, and at the very least, very close-by with relatives and friends.

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On an ‘1854’ census in New London ‘Township’, Henry County, Iowa, Green Webb is living with-out Maria or a spouse, next to Jacob Prickett and his family, and next to Hezekiah Lee.
Jacob is the father-in-law of Green Webb, and Hezekiah is Green’s brother-in-law.
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***A large ‘Webb family tree’ shows that this Green Webb had remarried in 1848, but the above two censuses contradict that this is the same Green Webb, even though the name is not common.

Their Green Webb listed himself as born in Ohio on his Civil War Draft Registration document, and our Green Webb was listed as born in Illinois on the 1850 census.

Their Green Webb on the 1850 Census is 27 years old, occupation as a laborer born in Ohio, with a wife and 2 children.

Our Green Webb in the 1850 census, is listed as ’29’ years old, a ‘farmer’, no spouse, and born in ‘Illinois’.

Our Maria and father Green Webb, have been proved to be living continuously in Henry County, Iowa before and after the 1850 Census. The Green Webb family in Ohio is another family.
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**information on our Jacob Prickett and Jane Lee Prickett, thanks to Megan-findagrave member 46488108.
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Source:  FindAGrave

Maintained by: t. garlow
Originally Created by: David Goltry
Record added: Sep 02, 2010
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