The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-07
DR.. WILLIAM O. WEBB DEAD.

in Dover township last Wednesday morn
ing, after an illness of more than one
year. He was a Virginian by birth and
celebrated his list birthday on the fifth
of February. He came with his parents
to this county in 1886, and located near
Dover. His education, both literary and
professional, was of the highest order and
was obtained at St. Louis, Lexington,
KY, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The first five years in the practice of his
profession were spent at Dover, where he
was very successful. In 1856 he purchas-
ed the farm upon which he lived and
died.
DIR. Webb was a southerner in sentiment
as well as by inheritance, aud enlisted as
surgeon in the confederate army under
Shelby. He remained in the army,
devoting his best efforts to the southern
cause until the final surrender at Apo
matox. After the war he returned to his
farm, and In 1853 he was united in
marriage to Miss Martha II. Jones, of
Charlton county, who with Walter Leslie,
of Chicago, James Edward, Mary s., now
Mrs. Gil. Goodwin, Robert M, Helen c.,
now Mrs. VIM. Tut, and Jane W., now
Mrs. Pres. Tut, mourn the death of a
kind husband and father. The Doctor
united with the Baptist church early in
life and lived the life of a consistent
Christian. He was a Mason and his
remains were inferred under the auspices
of that order.
His funeral services on Thursday were
largely attended by friends from every
section of the county, and his remains
laid to rest In the family burying ground
where with his father, mother, brothers
and sisters he sleeps in peace. DR.. Rich
ardson, OF this city, preached the funeral
sermon.
So much for a bit of history of this
grand Christian southern gentleman.
Why say more? Every one who knew
him thinks of him as the writer does.
He left a record which speaks OF him
stronger than could tongue or pen. He
left a name that carries with it the highest
praise. He left an impression IN society,
an influence in the world that will better
and exalt humanity for ages to come. DR..
William G.. Webb was one of the %grandest
characters hat an o~mnipotent God ever
bequeathed to the county from the great
storehouse of His blessings. He was a
Ilh hihk ulhCcnt, pau hOhcos1
broad-minde Christian man. If he had
a fault, II he ever wronged a fellow-man,
II he ever bore malice or ill will, we
never heard of 1t and we nave known him
from our infancy.
There are unfortunately few men in this
world who possess the virtues of his char
acter. He was ''as brave as man is and as
soft as a woman" He was a model hus-
band, a self-sacrifcing father, a devoted
brother. a generous neighbor, a patriotic,
honest citizen. His relations to his family
were almost ideal. Those who were near
to him by the ties of blood were dear to
him.. Their ambitions were his ambitions.
Their hopes, his hopes, their pleasures his
pleasures. Early in life he instilled into
the characters of his children the principle
"do right because 1t is right, "and in Chris
tian kindness and admonition he and his
/ devoted wife reared an admirable family
of children, who have grown to manhood
and womanhood and honor his memory
DIR. Webb was kind. Rich and poor
alike counted him friend. To those well
off in worldly goods he set an example of
charity worthy of emulation. The poor
he never forgot or permitted to suffer.
He had a "humau heart" which over.
flowed with the milk of human kindness.
Doctor Webb will be missed from the
community in which he lived and in
which he was 30 long q central figure.
He will be missed IRON the church in
which he SO faithfully and zealously
worked for the cause of Christian relig-
ion. He will be missed from a home in
which was blended his whole soul, and
the attractions which mad life to him a
pleasure.
But while family, community, society
and religion lose, DIR. Webb has gained In
death a Home where cares are not, and
where joy lie eternal. The legacy Of a
good name he left to earth; a Christian
soldiers honored record he bore to
heaven. We are sure that when the soul
OF DR.. Webb left its tenement of clay,
when the winds of eternity caressed his
fevered brow, the gates heaven were
thrown aiar, and countless thousands of
the redeemed welcomed him in heaven.
We are sure that his cares are over; that
his lot is with the blessed.
To his widowed wife we extend sincerest
sympathy, and to his children our dearest
wish could be and Is that they wear
throughout this life the record bequeathed
to them by their honored father, whose
death a county deeply laments.