Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Addison, was born April 7, 1891, at Elham, Kent County,England. He was educated in a grammar school in England, the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y., and the Boston School of Religious Education, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Religious Education. He also attended the Boston School of Theology, receiving the degree of B. S. T…. It was in 1913 that Mr. Webb came to America, first settling at Buffalo. He became and American citizen at the time of the World War, during which he served as a member of Co. K, 346th Infantry, 87th Division, and was overseas a year. He returned home to the States in 1919 and soon after this entered Lima Seminary… He was ordained at Boston. His first pastorate was a Middleton, Mass., Congregational Church where he remained 3 years. In 1931, he was called to the September conference at Bradford, Pa., and was appointed by Bishop Leonard to the Clinton Street M. E. Church of Lockport. He remained there 2 years, coming to Addison in the autumn of 1933. He married, Nov. 4, 1931, Gertrude Ellis Farrell, at Magnolia, Mass., her home being at North Andover, Mass. Rev. and Mrs. Webb have a son, Ralph, Jr. …
Who’s Who in Steuben, William M. Stuart, 1935
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