First Generation

1. Minnie ^ CHERRY^1,2 was born on 1 Nov 1870 at Mooresville, Itawamba County, Mississippi. She appeared in the census in 1900 at Guntown, Lee County, Mississippi.³ 74/76 Webb, Minnie Head W F Nov 1890 29 Wd 1 1 Farmer
Lucious CQ W M Ap 1899 1 She was buried in May 1957 in Saltillo Cemetery, Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi. She died on 16 May 1957 at Baldwyn, Prentiss County, Mississippi. She was deeply in love with LQC Webb and although her parents opposed this relationship, they ran away and got married. Soon after their marriage, her husband fell ill and died, after which their only son, Lucius Cassius Quintus Webb, was born. She supported herself and young son by traveling and selling notions throughout the South and Southern Texas. In her later years she moved temporarily, on one occasion, to be near her daughter-in- law, Lina Anna Schwope Webb, at Helotes, Bexar Co., TX. Apparently, her daughter-in-law and she did not get along well together, and she moved back to either Saltillo or Guntown, MS. Her son, who had abandoned his wife, and who was in the U. S. Merchant Marines, sent her money monthly. She bought a small home and tract of land on the southern edge of Guntown, where she was found by her grand daughter, Lucille Martha Webb Johnson, in 1948, they having been lost to each other for over 20 years. It was a very tearful reunion. During the period of time prior to her death she was also partially supported by a niece, Pauline Gladney Williams Olson.

Minnie was an extremely intelligent woman and very self-sufficient. She had an early modest education - probably through grade school or some high school, but she loved to quote Shakespeare, wrote a very neat hand, and was immensely proud of her heritage and ancestry. In her later year or two she suffered from cardio-vascular disease and succumbed to the last of a serious of strokes. She is buried next to her husband in the Saltillo, MS cemetery. A marker was placed on her grave in June 1995 by her grand daughter, Lucille Webb Johnson.