Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

GEORGE H. WEBB, clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County, is one of
the wide-awake young business men of Louisville, self-made, thorough-going
and of such men as make a solid community.  He was born July 16, 1853, and
has just reached the average of human life.  He is a son of Simeon B. and
Millie Ann (Harper) Webb, the former a native of Shelby County, and the
latter of Washington County, this State.  The father came to Louisville
when but a boy, and although he filled his placed in the world as a brick
mason, he was pronounced by his friends that noblest work--an honest man.
John Harper (subject's maternal grandfather) came to Louisville in an early
day.  George H. Webb, the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in
Louisville, and received such education as time and circumstances
permitted him in the city schools.  He began life as a newsboy, selling
newspapers on the streets of Louisville.  Before reaching the years of
maturity, he spent four of five years as a telegraph messenger, and in 1870
became a deputy in the county clerk's office under Charles M. Thruston, the
clerk.  By close application to business and a uniform courtesy to those
with whom he has had business intercourse, he now occupies the position of
his former chief, after serving a deputyship of eleven years--eight under
Mr. Thruston, and three years under William E. Loran.  The latter died one
year before his term expired, when Mr. Webb was elected to fill out the
unexpired term.  In 1882 he was elected to a full term, and re-elected in
1886.  Mr. Webb is a prominent 32d degree Mason, and is a member of all the
different grades of the order.  He was married in 1883 to Miss Bella W.
Ramsay, a daughter of Alexander Ramsay, a well known citizen of Louisville.

Webb Harper Thruston Loran Ramsay
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Shelby-KY Washington_KY

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