Medina County OhArchives Biographies.....WEBBER, R.M.  June 9, 1881 - 
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Author: Biography from History of Medina County & Ohio 1881, Page 783

Biography from History of Medina County & Ohio 1881, Page 783

R.M. WEBBER, farmer; P.O. Hinckley; was born in Hampden Co., Mass., June 9,
1826.  He is a son of Richard and Lovina (Bradway) Webber.  They were natives of
Massachusetts and early residents of Medina Co.; they located in Hinckley
Township in 1839 and made it their home until their deaths.  His father was a
Wesleyan Methodist, and preached a great many funeral sermons; he was a circuit
preacher for one year; he afterward united with the Protestant Methodist Church.
 His death occurred in 1854; his mother died Oct.8, 1877.  Our subject\'s early
life was passed upon his father\'s farm.  He was united in marriage Nov. 5, 1848
to Mis Mary hogue, daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Bevarstock)[as spelled]
Hogue, who were natives of England, and who settled in Weymouth in 1837; they
soon afterward moved to Hinckley Township.  He died March, 1861.  In 1863,
Merrill bought his father\'s old farm, and worked it several years.  In 1870, he
purchased the farm where he now resides; he has now, in s
everal tracts, nearly 500!
  acres of land, all of which he has obtained by his own efforts.  His family
consists of fourteen children--
Charles M., living in Medina Township;
Maria J. Hoddinott, living in Michigan
Francis C., living in Hinckley Township
Joseph R., living on the old homestead;
Caroline L. Van Deusen, living in Michigan
Minnie L. Fluent, living in Granger Township
Ella J., Lucy A., John A., Elizabeth I., Harriet A., Sarah I., Addie T.,
Frederick J., deceased.  Mr. Webber has been an active worker in the education
affairs of the township, and is an esteemed member of the community in which he
resides.


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