U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hebb, Thornton F. (1823-1911) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 415-416 T. F. Hebb, of English descent, son of Thomas Hebb, was born in 1823; married in 1842 to Catharine, daughter of Hiram Sanders; his wife died in 1853, and he married Mary Ann, daughter of Levi Lipscomb. Children: Sarah A., Thomas F., John C., Joseph H. and Martha E.; lives 5 miles below St. George on a farm of 175 acres, of which 75 acres are improved; has been in Tucker since 1876; has held several offices in the county; he was on the board of supervisors in 1866, and held office until the constitution went out of force; held the position of president of the board of education for 12 years. In 1861, he entered the Union army, and remained in it until 1865; was at Rowlesburg when Jones made his raid into that quarter; was in several skirmishes and in one of them had his knee thrown out of place, from the effect of which his right side has ever since been almost helpless. John Hebb, son of T. F. Hebb, born 1847, married 1871, to Marcilla, daughter of David H. Lipscomb. Children: Maud C, Charles W., Albert T., Augusta Lee, Solomon E., Ira C., and baby. He is a farmer, and lives five miles below St. George. Joseph H. Hebe, son of T. F. Hebb, was born in 1849; lives on Limestone, 4 miles from St. George; married in 1879 to Mary E. Goff. Children: Eddy May, Lyda M. C. and Bertha E. T. F. Hebb's grandfather was sent to America during the Revolutionary war, as a British soldier. After he landed he deserted and joined the Americans. He was discharged from service before the close or the war, but when Cornwallis raided into Virginia, he again took the field in common with the Virginia troops and was present at the battle or Yorktown, which resulted In the defeat of the British. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 80) FULL-NAME: Thornton F. Hebb AGE-AT-DEATH: 90 years DEATH-DATE: February 12, 1911 DEATH-PLACE: Parsons MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Retired farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old Age There's a shared tombstone in Macedonia Cemetery, Tucker County, WV Thornton F. Hebb (Aug. 12, 1821 -- Feb. 12, 1911) Co. F. 6th W.Va. Inf. Mary A Hebb (Jan. 1, 1835 -- no death date) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------