Finding aid for the John Howard Webster Genealogical Data


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Webster, John Howawrd
Title: John Howard Webster Genealogical Data
Dates: 1871-1932
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: John Howard Webster (1846-1930) was a lawyer and industrialist of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, charts, notes, and newspaper clippings concerning various branches of the Webster and Perry families. Includes 250 pages of copies of records from New Hampshire and a biographical sketch of Peter M. Weddell (1788-1847), Cleveland businessman.
MS Number MS 1865
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The John Howard Webster Genealogical Data, 1871-1932 and undated, consists of correspondence, charts, notes, and newspaper clippings concerning various branches of the Webster and Perry families. Includes 250 pages of copies of records from New Hampshire and a biographical sketch of Peter M. Weddell (1788-1847), Cleveland businessman.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Webster, Perry, and Weddell families there.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Perry family.
Webster family.
Webster, John Howard, 1846-1930.
Weddell, Peter Martin, 1788-1847.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1865 John Howard Webster Genealogical Data, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

John Howard Webster Genealogical Data 1871-1932 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Correspondence, Webster genealogy 1871-1913
1 2 Correspondence, Perry genealogy 1908-1910
1 3 Typescript pages of records from New Hampshire, including Webster genealogy undated
1 4 Newspaper clippings, Webster genealogy 1909-1932
1 5 Newspaper clippings, Perry genealogy 1909-1932
1 6 Miscellaneous Webster and Perry genealogy materials undated
1 7 Biographical sketch of Peter M. Weddell undated
1 8 Correspondence of John Howard Webster, P. M. Webster, and H. P. Webster 1924-1925