BIOGRAPHY: Stephen I. Webb; Hamptonburg, Orange co., New York

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Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties New York
Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens of the Counties.
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United
States.
New York and Chicago; Chapman Publishing Co., 1895


STEPHEN I. WEBB. This prominent agriculturist, who is living in the town of
Hamptonburg, has been Supervisor continuously since 1886, and for twelve
years, or up to 1887, was the incumbent of the office of Justice of the Peace.
He takes a very active part in local affairs, and no worthy enterprise is
allowed to fail for want of support on his part. In 1869 he assumed the
management of the old homestead and has made it his home ever since.

Mr. Webb was born in this town, October 7, 1838, and is the son of Hudson
Webb, whose birth also occurred in this town. The grandfather, David Webb, was
a native of the town of Goshen and was well known among the early resdents of
this portion of the Empire State. The maiden name of our subject's mother was
Permelia Ingersoll. She became the mother of seven children, of whom Frances
is the wife of Chauncy Hulse, formerly of Goshen, but now de-ceased; James A.
and David are deceased; Stephen I., of this sketch, was the next-born; Sarah
P. married Edgar F. Dill, of Burnside; William H. is a resident of this town;
and Charles E. is deceased.

The marriage of Hudson Webb and Miss Ingersoll occurred March 27, 1827. For
two or three years thereafter they resided in New York City, where the father
was successfully engaged in the grocery business. About 1830, however, he
purchased the farm where his son Stephen I. now resides, and continued to live
upon it until his decease, which occurred March 10, 1869. Theestate is one
hundred and twenty acres in extent, and in point of improvement is one of the
best in the town. For five years he was Supervisor of his town, and in many
ways pushed forward measures calculated to benefit his community. His wife
survived him three years, when she, too, passed to the home beyond.

The subject of this sketch attended the district schools until fourteen years
of age, when he be-came a student in Montgomery Academy. He carried on his
studies there for two years, then spent one year in Chester Academy. His
marriage, in October, 1869, united him with Miss Sarah H. Breed, daughter of
Henry and Margaret Breed. After his marriage he assumed the management of his
farm, his father having died about this time, and has been engaged in its
improvement and cultivation ever since. He has been successful in all his
ventures and ranks among the well-to-do agriculturists of the county.
In politics our subject is a stanch Democrat, on which ticket he was elected
Supervisor and Justice of the Peace. He is honorable and upright in all his
dealings and has won many warm friends, who hold him in high esteem.