BIO:  William R. Webb, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fawn Township, Pg 104

WILLIAM R. WEBB, son of William and Margaret (Channell) Webb, natives of Fawn 
Township, York Co. Penn., was born in Fawn Grove, January 27, 1858.  His parents 
always resided in Fawn Township; the father died in 1878, leaving a widow and 
four children:  William R., Abel J., Mary S. B. and Jane A. M.  At the age of 
sixteen years William R., began learning the cabinet-maker’s trade and worked at 
it until 1878, when he came into possession of an undertaking and cabinet 
business, which was left him by his father, which business he now conducts.  He 
was married January 25, 1883, to Jesse A. McElvain, a daughter of Josiah 
McElvain, of Lancaster County, Penn., and they have one child, Mary A.  Mr. Webb 
is the owner of a hotel stand and several building lots in Fawn Township.