Jacob M. Webb

Jacob Mulford Webb was my grandfather’s great grandfather. His mother’s maternal grandfather. He was famous because he lived until he was 98 years old. He was born on July 7, 1810 near Dayton, Ohio and died on October 12, 1908. He was the son of Cuthbert and Mary Jarrell Webb. Jacob reports on the 1890 census that they were both born in Virginia.

He was married on April 21, 1831 to Mary Fallis, the mother of all of his 11 children. She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Mercy Vaughan. Mary was born around 1810 and died on July 31, 1876 at age 63.

In the 1840 census he reports 2 adults and 4 children. Delila was born on September 6, 1837.

In the 1850 census they reside in Jackson Township of Madison County, Indiana:

Jacob 40, a farmer
Mary 39
Silas 18
Marinus 16
Delila 13
Martha Ann 10
Sarah E. 8
Isaac 6
Mary 4

Mary Fallis Webb died in 1876. He married Rebecca Todd in 1877.

In the 1880 census in Lafayette Township of Madison County, Indiana:

Jacob 69
Rebecca

His second wife was Rebecca Peacock Todd, born April 26, 1819 and she died on August 29, 1987. She was previously married to Mr. Spencer Todd and they had 6 children as of the 1860 census.

In the 1890 census of Jackson Township of Madison County, Indiana, Jacob is 89 years young and living with his son, Isaac.

Jacob and Mary’s first child was born in Indiana, but then Delila (Ralph Wellons maternal grandmother) and one other child were born back in Ohio near Dayton. The other children are born after a final move to Indiana.

Jacob and both wives are buried in the Prewett Cemetery in Pipe Township of Madison County, Indiana.

His obituary says that he was preceded in death by 6 brothers and 5 sisters, all of his siblings.

There were obituaries in three different Madison County newspapers. One says that reporters interviewed him prior to the recent presidential election. He claimed to have voted for all U.S. presidents that held office after he reached voting age.