San Miguel County CO Archives Obituaries.....Webb, William July 19, 1922
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The Daily Journal, Telluride CO.
“Daddy” Webb, Pioneer Resident Here, Is Dead
Tuesday afternoon about 2:20 William (Daddy) Webb, pioneer resident of this 
section, died at the Telluride hospital. Death was due to senile decay. 
Deceased had been an inmate of the hospital for the past couple years.
William Webb was born in Cornwall, England, about 76 years ago. He came to 
America while quite young, settling with his parents in Virginia, where the 
family resided until after the Civil War, when they moved to Wisconsin. From 
Wisconsin Mr. Webb came to Colorado about 1866. He spent a number of years in 
the Gilpin and Clear Creek mining districts, and came to the San Juan section 
about 1881. He was first employed at the old Pandora Mine, later he spent a 
short time in the coal mines near Canon City and then went to a ranch he owned 
in the White River section. He returned to the Telluride District about 20 
years ago and engaged in leasing the Smuggler Mine, where he is believed to 
have made considerable of a stake, which kept him for a time during his 
declining years. For the past 10 years he had been unable to work owing to his 
physical condition, and for the past two years had been an inmate of the 
hospital.
So far as can be learned he is survived by a sister, whom it is believed 
resides in Wisconsin, and a niece residing in Virginia. Mr. Webb was twice 
married, both wives preceding him in death. He was a good, wholesouled 
individual of the old school of early westerners, always kindly and with a 
heart as big as all the outdoors. He has a host of friends in Telluride and 
vicinity who will mourn his passing.
The remains were taken in charge by the San Juan undertakers and will be held 
until an effort can be made to locate his realitives.


Additional Comments:
Excerpt from The Daily Journal 
19 July 1922
Vol. XXVIII, No. 295
Telluride Co.
Page 1, Column 1
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