Webb, Charles H. S.Webb, Charles H. S. (1840-1920) | Maine Maritime Museum Manuscript Collection Online Catalog
Name: Webb, Charles H. S. (1840-1920)
Historical Note: Charles H. S. Webb handled the bookkeeping business of Webb & Whitmore of Deer Isle, Maine. Born February 16, 1840 in Deer Isle, Maine, C. H. S. Webb owned a retail goods store and fishing trade business.1 He married Katie B. Webb and they had six children; three sons (Fred E., Seth S. and Charles L.) and three daughters (Susie V., Senora W. and Clara B.). During the 1880s, C. H. S. Webb and Seth Webb owned a lobster packing plant in Oceanville, Deer Isle, Maine. Charles H. S. Webb died of chronic bronchitis on September 2, 1920 in Stonington, Maine.2
Sources:
1. Maine Business Directories, 1867-1877.
2. McFarland (1911). A History of the New England Fisheries. Univ. of Penn., pp 223-224.
Records or Manuscript Collections Created by Webb, Charles H. S.