William Webb

After retiring from a career in banking, Bill Webb began to investigate his family history. His interest had been sparked by a family Bible record of his ancestor Brown Colbert that he saw as a child in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The research of Bill and his wife, Eva Kobus-Webb, revealed the connection to Monticello and brought to light other Colbert descendants like the Civil War soldier George Edmondson and suffragist Coralie Franklin Cook.

Ancestry

• Elizabeth Hemings

  1735-1807

• Betty Brown

  1759-post 1831

• Brown Colbert

  1785-1833

• Malinda Colbert Edmondson

  ca. 1808–1863

• William Webb

  1942-

Related People

• Brown Colbert - Ancestor
• George Edmondson - Great-grandfather
• Coralie Franklin Cook - Relation

William Webb

Bill Webb and his grandson, with photograph of his great-grandfather George Edmondson Courtesy of Bill Webb

Interview Information

15 July 2007, Charlottesville, VA
Interviewee: William Webb