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J. H. WEBB was born in Stokes County, N. C., June 19, 1826, and is the eldest of a family of eight children born to William and Elizabeth (Gray) Webb, natives of Stokes County, N. C., and Henry County, Va., respectively. William Webb was born in 1792, and his wife June 9, 1800. They moved to Kentucky in 1845, and settled near Cordova, Grant County, in 1848, where William died in September, 1864, and his wife, Elizabeth, in 1865. He was a farmer, and, with his wife, a member of the Baptist Church. J. H. Webb was reared on the farm, but after he became of age he began merchandising, which he followed two years. He then became deputy sheriff, and held the office four years, when he farmed a short time. In 1865 he again began merchandising, which he has since followed. He has dealt in leaf tobacco for fourteen years. He owns 750 acres of land in Grant County, near Williamstown, where he has a store of general merchandise and other property. In 1862 he was a political prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. June 13, 1861, he married Miss Cornelia, daughter of Edward and Harriet (Valandingham) Stroud, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively. Mrs. Webb was born in Williamstown, Grant County, in 1832. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Seven children have blessed this union, six of whom are living, viz.: Albert D., Robert L. (who is a leading attorney in Williamstown, while Albert is a physician at the same place), Mary E., Henrietta S., Laura and Frank.