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YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD*
YALE COLLEGE
GEORGE CREIGHTON WEBB
B.A. 1876
Born December 4,1853, in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Died March 19, 1948, tn New Yor\ City
Father, General James Watson Webb,
U S.A, publisher and editor Morning Courier and New-Yor\ Enquirer for the Country; United States Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil 1861-69,
son of General Samuel Blachley Webb, military secretary and aide to General George
Washington, and Catharine (Hogeboom)
Webb of Claverack, NY Mother, Laura
Virginia (Cram) Webb; daughter of Jacob
Louis and Lydia (Tucker) Cram of Nev/
York City Yale relatives include J Louis
Webb (Class of 1880) and F Edgerton
Webb (Class of 1881) (brothers), J Watson
Webb, '07, H. Walter Webb, '08, W Seward Webb, '09, and Vanderbilt Webb, '13
(nephews); Samuel B Webb, '34, William
S Webb, Jr. (Class of 1934), Denck V
Webb (Class of 1935), W Osborn Webb,
'36, Jorge R Andre, Jr (Class of 1937), J
Watson Webb, Jr. (Class of 1938), John G
Webb, '39, and Richard H Webb, '43
(grandnephews)
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Founder and first president Yale Athletic Association and Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America Senior year,
treasurer Class crew Senior year, International Athletic Association Committee Senior year; member fall regatta Senior year,
Junior and Senior promenade committees,
member Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, graduate member Wolf's Head Attended Yale
Law School 1876-78 (LLB 1878)
Admitted to Connecticut bar 1878 and
New York bar 1880, lawyer in New York
City 1878-1907, clerk in law office of Betts
* If the father of an alumnus is a Yale
graduate, the father's record is not usually
given in this volume, but may be found in
published form elsewhere
[Frederic H, '64], Atterbury [Charles L,
'64] & Betts [C Wyllys, '67] 1878-80, and
later with Barlow & Olney and Webb &
Sprague, successively member firms of
Saunders & Webb and Saunders, Webb &
Worcester [Edwin D, '76], first secretary
United States Legation at St Petersburg,
Russia, 1893-94; secretary special commission representing United States at coronation of Nicholas II as Czar of Russia 1896
and first secretary special embassy representing United States at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897, appointed Inspector
General with rank of Major, U S Volunteers May 27,1898, assigned to 2d Division,
Fifth Army Corps, and took part in engagements at Las Guasimas June 24, El Canev
July 1 (awarded silver star for gallantry in
action), and Santiago July 2, and reconnaissance west of Santiago Bay to Canabas, mustered out of service January 31, 1899, officer
National Security League, director Oratorio
Society, New York, and New York Symphony Society (librarian), librarian and
custodian of opera scores and literary material Metropolitan Opera Company, a
founder in 1890 and charter member Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, officer Legion of Honor
(France), honorary member Society of the
Cincinnati and St Stanislaus au Cou (Russia) , historian Society of the Army of Santiago in Cuba, member St Nicholas Society
of the City of New York, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Massachusetts and
New York State Bar associations, and St
Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Yoik
City
Unmarried.
Death due to heart failure Buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City Survived by no immediate relatives
In 1936 Colonel Webb, with other members of the Webb family, presented to the
Yale University Library the Webb Manuscripts, a collection covering nearly a century and a half of American history (1764-
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 5 |
| Transcript | YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD* YALE COLLEGE GEORGE CREIGHTON WEBB B.A. 1876 Born December 4,1853, in Tarrytown, N.Y. Died March 19, 1948, tn New Yor\ City Father, General James Watson Webb, U S.A, publisher and editor Morning Courier and New-Yor\ Enquirer for the Country; United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil 1861-69, son of General Samuel Blachley Webb, military secretary and aide to General George Washington, and Catharine (Hogeboom) Webb of Claverack, NY Mother, Laura Virginia (Cram) Webb; daughter of Jacob Louis and Lydia (Tucker) Cram of Nev/ York City Yale relatives include J Louis Webb (Class of 1880) and F Edgerton Webb (Class of 1881) (brothers), J Watson Webb, '07, H. Walter Webb, '08, W Seward Webb, '09, and Vanderbilt Webb, '13 (nephews); Samuel B Webb, '34, William S Webb, Jr. (Class of 1934), Denck V Webb (Class of 1935), W Osborn Webb, '36, Jorge R Andre, Jr (Class of 1937), J Watson Webb, Jr. (Class of 1938), John G Webb, '39, and Richard H Webb, '43 (grandnephews) St Paul's School, Concord, N H Founder and first president Yale Athletic Association and Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America Senior year, treasurer Class crew Senior year, International Athletic Association Committee Senior year; member fall regatta Senior year, Junior and Senior promenade committees, member Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, graduate member Wolf's Head Attended Yale Law School 1876-78 (LLB 1878) Admitted to Connecticut bar 1878 and New York bar 1880, lawyer in New York City 1878-1907, clerk in law office of Betts * If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form elsewhere [Frederic H, '64], Atterbury [Charles L, '64] & Betts [C Wyllys, '67] 1878-80, and later with Barlow & Olney and Webb & Sprague, successively member firms of Saunders & Webb and Saunders, Webb & Worcester [Edwin D, '76], first secretary United States Legation at St Petersburg, Russia, 1893-94; secretary special commission representing United States at coronation of Nicholas II as Czar of Russia 1896 and first secretary special embassy representing United States at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897, appointed Inspector General with rank of Major, U S Volunteers May 27,1898, assigned to 2d Division, Fifth Army Corps, and took part in engagements at Las Guasimas June 24, El Canev July 1 (awarded silver star for gallantry in action), and Santiago July 2, and reconnaissance west of Santiago Bay to Canabas, mustered out of service January 31, 1899, officer National Security League, director Oratorio Society, New York, and New York Symphony Society (librarian), librarian and custodian of opera scores and literary material Metropolitan Opera Company, a founder in 1890 and charter member Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, officer Legion of Honor (France), honorary member Society of the Cincinnati and St Stanislaus au Cou (Russia) , historian Society of the Army of Santiago in Cuba, member St Nicholas Society of the City of New York, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York State Bar associations, and St Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Yoik City Unmarried. Death due to heart failure Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City Survived by no immediate relatives In 1936 Colonel Webb, with other members of the Webb family, presented to the Yale University Library the Webb Manuscripts, a collection covering nearly a century and a half of American history (1764- |
