Hiram Webster    

HIRAM WEBSTER, deceased, was a native of the State of New York, born January 22, 1818, and came to this county when a young lad, with his father, Ephraim Webster, prior to 1830. His father moved to Iowa where he died. Our subject married, March 31, 1843, Miss Zeruah Davis, born August 19, 1819, in Cussewago Township, this county, and daughter of Rev. Isaac and Nancy Davis. Her parents were among the very earliest settlers of this township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Webster settled in this township, where they developed a comfortable home. They had following children: Henry, James Albert, and Homer (deceased). Mr. Webster died May 28, 1866, leaving an honorable name to posterity for honest and upright integrity. Mrs. Webster afterward married Dr. Hiram Boyd, who died August 7, 1877. She is now living at the old family homestead, enjoying a peaceful old age, highly respected by the entire community. James Albert Webster, her son, was born April 14, 1855. After receiving his early education in the schools of the home district, he attended, three terms, the State Normal School, Edinboro, Erie County. He early engaged in teaching and has taught four terms in Hayfield Township, this county, and five in Cussewago Township, having the school at Mosiertown one term. He left a record as a faithful and successful teacher, and gave good satisfaction to his patrons. He married Miss Addie Muckenhaupt, November 11, 1880. She died December 16, 1882. Mr. Webster has held the offices of School Director, Township Clerk, and Treasurer, and now holds the position of Assessor. He is an energetic young business man and a citizen of wide influence; in politics a Republican.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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