WEBSTER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WEBSTER, James H. - b: 1827 Stokes Co, NC
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 710
residence: Big Creek Twp

James H. Webster, farmer and stock raiser, section 19, a well known and 
prominent man of this township, is a native of Stokes County, North Carolina, and 
was born February 14, 1827. Pleasant Webster, his father, also originally from 
North Carolina, grew to manhood and was married in Stokes County to Miss 
Hester Foy, of that county. The subject of this sketch passed his youthful days in 
tilling the soil, and in his 19th year came to Missouri in the fall of 1845 and 
located in Henry County. Three years later, March 15, 1848, he was married to 
Miss Mary Jane Carpenter, of Kentucky, and a daughter of Wilson D. Carpenter, one 
of the pioneers of this county. She died February 4, 1864, and left four children 
living: P. W., Hester Ann (wife of J. Anderson), Sarah E. (wife of William 
Stanberry), and May C. Mr. Webster married his present wife, Mrs. Mary A. 
Lotspeich, widow of William Lotspeich and a daughter of Abraham Fisher, May 3, 
1868. They have four children: Charles, Dora, Walter and Oscar. After his first 
marriage Mr. Webster located on Honey Creek, where he improved a farm and 
where he resided for seven years. He has since improved three other farms, and 
now owns 150 acres of land, with 110 acres fenced, upon which is a good house 
and a young orchard. He was elected justice of the peace for Big Creek Township 
and has since been re-elected, and has served continuously in that capacity for 
twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Webster are members of the M. E. Church South. The 
former is connected with the Masonic fraternity.

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WEBSTER, Pleasant R. - b: 1821 Rockingham Co, NC
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 710
residence: Big Creek Twp

Pleasant R. Webster, farmer and stock raiser section 5, is one of the pioneer 
settlers of Henry County. He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, in 
April, 1821, his parents being Richard and Betsy (Black) Webster, also natives of 
North Carolina. Pleasant R., grew to manhood in his native county, and spent his 
youth on a farm, enjoying fair opportunities for acquiring an education. He was 
married in Stokes County, North Carolina, to Miss Matilda J. Webster, of the same 
state. In 1854 Mr. Webster came west to Missouri and settled in Henry County, 
near Clinton, removing to his present farm in February, 1880. He has 120 acres of 
land under fence, and nearly all in cultivation. Mrs. Webster died July 28, 1880, 
leaving eleven children: Martin V.; Elizabeth, (wife of William H. Childis); Susan, 
(wife of Benjamin Childis); James R.; Hester J. (wife of Byron Dunham); Nancy J., 
(wife of John Newman); William, Siby, Everett Salina, Richard Lee, and Luther L. 
Mr. W. is a member of the Baptist Church.

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