C. F. WEBBER was born in Jackson County, Mich., June 28, 1840, and is the son of Elijah and Sarah (Bentley) Webber. His parents were born in Syracuse County, N. Y., and were probably of Dutch descent. They went to Michigan when it was still a territory and settled the farm on which the father still resides, in Jackson County. Subject is next to the youngest of a family of ten children, of whom nine are now living. He lived on the farm until the age of twenty-one, when he began learning the trade of a miller at Adrian, Mich. He followed his trade in that town until 1866, when he came to Kentucky, settled in Crittenden County, and worked for one year in Webber & Elder's mill at Marion. He next came to this county and purchased the Hoover Mill, south of Fredonia. He ran the mill for three years and then went to Colorado, where he remained one year. He returned to Jackson, Mich., and there ran a saw-mill for two years. In 1872 he returned to Caldwell County, and purchased the mill which he had formerly owned. This mill is valued at about $4,000, and was run by Mr. Webber until August, 1884, when he sold it to N. M. Dollar. He next bought a farm in Crittenden County, containing about 400 acres, of which there are about 300 under cultivation, and there he is at the present residing. Mr. Webber was married July 3, 1867, to Miss Mary Orr, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Orr. Her father was born in Hopkins County, Ky., his parents were natives of the Carolinas and he came with them to Union County, about 1800, and there lived until his death, which occurred in 1842. Mrs. Webber's mother was born in Union County in 1809; her parents were natives of Virginia and among the very earliest settlers in this portion of the State; she is living with Mr. Webber. Mrs. Webber was born October 16, 1838, and is the mother of six children, of whom five are now living—Lizzie, Sadie, Mary, Frank, and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Webber are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Webber is a member of Fredonia Lodge, 247, A. F. and A. M. He has served as school trustee.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 715.