Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Webb, Frank 1833 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

FRANK WEBB.—A native of Thomaston, Knox county, Maine; born April 21, 1833, and
there resided until thirteen years of age. He then went to sea and followed a
sea-faring life for the next twelve years, first as cabin boy, then as sailor,
and later as mate. In July, 1858, Mr. Webb, then being twenty-five years of age,
concluded to come to California, and took passage on board the sailing ship
Wandering Jew via Cape Horn, arriving in San Francisco in December of the same
year. On landing in this State, he came direct to Contra Costa county, and in
the Fall of 1859 located on his present ranch of ninety acres, situated inside
the town limits of Walnut Creek, where he is now engaged in farming, enjoying
the confidence and esteem of the entire community in which he lives. Our subject
was united in marriage in Sacramento, December 26, 1864, to Phoebe Marsh
Dickinson, a native of Massachusetts, by which union they have six children
living; their names are: Frederick D., born November 17, 1866; Frank R,., born
January 2, 1868; Thomas S. and Annie A. (twins) born March 21, 1873; Abbie, born
March 25, 1875, and George B., born March 29, 1878.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.



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