John Barion Webb Family

Source: Sue Webb

This picture was made about 1938. It shows John and Clifford Webb and 7 of their children on the steps of the family home in Jakin. The two eldest daughters, Estelle and Jewell are not pictured here. They were raising their own families in Florida. Front row, L to R: J.B., Cliff, Milton. Back Row, L to R: Dixie, Jimmy, Homer, John Barion Webb, Gary and Clifford Poole Webb.

John Barion WEBB was born February, 15 1875 at Damascus in Early County Georgia. His father was George Washington Webb and his mother was Emily Permelia WESTBROOK. On January 13, 1901 at Damascus in Early county he married Clifford Clinton POOLE, born January 28, 1885 at Cuthbert in Randolph County Georgia. Clifford was the daughter of Riley Homer Poole and his wife Elizabeth Virginia TEMPLES. John and Clifford Webb had 13 children, 9 living to adulthood. They raised them on the family farm in the town of Jakin, Early County Georgia.
Their children were:

John Webb was known in his community as an honest hard working man. John and Clifford had a happy home and there was always peace and harmony there. Hoping to provide a better life for their children; John and Clifford moved to Central Florida in 1922. Florida was going through a land boom and John and Clifford came based on the promise of cheap land and plentiful work. They settled at Winter Garden in Orange County Florida and found work in the citrus industry. By 1925 the land boom was a bust and the jobs dried up. John and Clifford and 7 of their children moved back to Jakin and the farm. Their two oldest daughters had married and remained behind in Florida to raise their families.

A brain aneurysm killed John on March 18, 1940 at home in Jakin. He is buried at the Springfield Baptist Church cemetery at Jakin.

Clifford was to see most of her sons serve in the US Navy during WWII. Tragedy would touch their lives again 1942 when son Idus 'Jimmy' Webb was killed. Jimmy died when his ship, the USS Pensacola was torpedoed at Guadalcanal. Clifford again moved to Central Florida in 1950 to live with her daughter Virginia Estelle Webb Davis. Over time much of the family, children, sisters, brothers and cousins moved to Orange County Florida to be near her. Clifford died October 1, 1967 at Winter Garden in Orange County Florida. She is buried at the Winter Garden Cemetery next to her daughter Virginia Estelle and near many other family members.

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