John Webb Teague

John Webb Teague

• Father: James E. Teague b. 1810, d. 1891
• Mother: Rachel Pitts b. 1814, d. 1890

• John Webb Teague was born on 17 June 1846 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
• James E. Teague and Rachel Pitts appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, Also in the household was laborer James Smith. John Webb's name reorded as "Britton.". Other members of the household included John Webb Teague, Drayton A. Teague, Henry Pickens Teague, William F. Teague, Frances Teague and Virgil C. Teague.
• James E. Teague and Rachel Pitts appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Anderson County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Webb Teague, William F. Teague, James Hillary Teague, Virgil C. Teague and Abner Judson Teague.
• James E. Teague and Rachel Pitts appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Navasota PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Webb Teague, Abner Judson Teague. Also in the household was bookkeeper Littletown F. Johnson.
• He was employed as a clerk in a store, according to the 1870 census.
• He married Laura Massey circa 1874.
• John Webb Teague and Laura Massey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Massey W. Teague, Eula N. Teague and Mattie L. Teague.
• He was a grocer, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 23 January 1900 in The Dallas Morning News: (Navasota, Jan. 22) The Populist convention of the First Congressional district, held here to-day, selected the following delegates to the national convention: . . . Grimes County -- J. H. Teague, J. W. H. Davis, W. G. Howard, T. A. Allen, G. L. Scott, G. B. Abercrombie, J. W. Teague, I. M. Bennett, C. B. Nichols [and delegates also listed for Harris, Madison, Leon, Waller and Montgomery counties] . . . . The following resolution was adopted: Be it resolved, by the Populists of the First Congressional district, in convention assembled, That it is the sense of the Populists of this district that all the Populists in the district are unalterably opposed to fusion with any other party, and hereby declare in favor of a straight Populist ticket in the State and nation.
• John Webb Teague and Laura Massey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mattie L. Teague and Laura Edna Teague.
• He was an auctioneer, according to the 1900 census.
• John Webb Teague appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1507 Franklin Street boarding in the household of Winifred Smith, and his wife Laura is enumerated Navasota in the household of their daughter Eula Latt and her family.
• He was a real estate dealer, according to the 1910 census.
• He has not yet been located in the 1920 census, although his wife Laura was enumerated in Navasota in the household of their daughter Laura Smitheal and her family.
• John Webb Teague died on 4 November 1923 at age 77 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• His wife Laura Massey became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 30 Jan 2012