Webb, William G. (William Graham), 1824-1902
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Webb, William G. (William Graham), 1824-1902
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Webb, William G. (William Graham), 1824-1902
Webb, William Graham, 1824-1902
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Webb, William Graham, 1824-1902
Webb, William G.
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Webb, William G., 1824-1902.
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William Graham Webb (1824-1902) was a lawyer, soldier and newspaperman. Raised in Georgia, he moved to LaGrange, Texas, in 1844. He served in the Mexican War; was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1847 to 1848; practiced law; and published the Houston Daily Telegraph.
During the Civil War, he served as brigadier general of the twenty-second brigade of the Texas militia and later as Confederate States Receiver for the sequestration of the estates of alien enemies. He was married to Sarah Ann Amelia Hill and had four children. John C.C. Hill (1828-1904), a mining and civil engineer and physician, was William G. Webb's brother-in-law. During the battle of Mier, at age fourteen, he endeared himself to General Santa Anna and agreed to stay in Mexico, in return for the release of his brother and father. He remained in Mexico, using the name Juan Cristobal Gil, and worked as an engineer and physician. He stayed in close touch with Texas relatives and returned to live in Austin for one year in 1895. He died in Mexico and was buried there.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2005010924
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LaGrange (Tex.)
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