BURIAL: HEADSTONE in MILLS CEMETERY (Potter Co,PA)- shows:
Aaron Webster (wife Nancy Thompson), b 1819, died July 30, 1911BIOGRAPHY: Stated that he once shook hands with Abraham Lincoln.(mail from Stanley Webster, a cousin in Mills PA)
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"Aaron could walk faster than a horse could trot" (verbal history from Glenn Webster)
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"While they were united with Baptist Church and when they returned to Mills, they brought their membership to Harrison Valley where they remained faithful members until the organization of the Mills Baptist Church while they became charter members retaining their membership until the time of death."DEATH: Death certificate verified death date and place. Lists DOB as December 20, 1819. Lists name of father as JOHN WEBSTER (BD CT) and POLLY GRAVES (BD NY).
MILITARY: CIVIL WAR PAPERS available from National Archives.
AARON WEBSTER, Private, Company B, 93 Reg't Pennsylvania Infantry
Age 44 years, 5ft-9-1/2 inches tall, Dark Complexion, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted November 12, 1864 at 18thDiv, PA - drafted for 1 year term at Williamsport
1865, January- May - Nurse/Hospital Assistant, City Point VA
Mustered Out: June 27, 1865 - Defense of Washington DCCENSUS: 1850 US Census lists him as living in Harrison, Potter Co. PA
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1900 US CENSUS, Harrison, Potter Co. PA
WEBSTER, Almon, Head of Household, white, male, b May 1860, 40yrs, b. PA, Fa born: NY; Mo born NY
WEBSTER, Emma M., white, female, b Oct 1860, 38yrs, bp PA; Fa b. NY; Mo b. NY
WEBSTER Alfe B., dau, white, female, b 1884, 16 yrs, b. PA
WEBSTER Clayton, son, white, male, b Oct 1886, 13 yrs, b. PA
WEBSTER, Vance C., son, white, male, b May 1895, 5 yrs, b. PA
WEBSTER, AARON, father, white male, b Dec 1819, 80 yrs, b. NY, Fa b. CT, Mo b. CT.
WEBSTER, NANCY, mother, white female, b May 1824, 76yrs, b. NY, Fa b. CT, mo b. NYDESCRIPTION: Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Dark Complexion, 5 feet 9-1/2 inches tall (all from Civil War documents)
BURIAL: HEADSTONE in MILLS CEMETERY (Mills, PA) shows:
WEBSTER, Nancy Thompson, wife of Aaron Webster, b 1824, died 1919BIOGRAPHY: "Nancy moved to Mills PA at age 8 years with her parents (1832). Attended school in the school house that stood on the plot of ground that is (now) the Mills cemetery. She retained her mind and faculties up to the time of her death with a remarkable degree, her mind being as bright and active a week before her death as a person in the prime of life. She died at the home of her son Almon. Funeral from there." (Apparently from an obituary - source Stanley Webster, Mills PA).
HEADSTONE IN MILLS CEMETERY (Mills PA) shows:
Oliver Webster, son of A. & N. Webster, b 1845, died 1852