George Webber

November 25, 1825 (age 74)

Newbury, Vermont , United States

He engaged in business as a lumber-dealer and general merchant. in 1852, Webber moved to Manistee County where he engaged in farming, lumbering, manufacturing, and mercantile pursuits. In the election of 1856, Webber was instrumental in promoting the newly formed Republican Party and the candidacy of John C. Fremont for President, such that only three votes in the entire county went to the Democratic Party candidate. During the same period, he also engaged in lumbering on the Little Muskegon River with Fred Hall under the name Hall & Webber. After three years, Hall"s interest in the enterprise was purchased by A. J Webber, and the firm took the name Webber Brothers. The brothers also established a prosperous farm and founded the village of Mecosta on their land. He was one of the most prominent organizers of the Second National Bank of Ionia, where he served first as vice-president and then as president, a position he continued to hold until his death. Webber was one of the village trustees of Ionia at the time it incorporated as a city and he assisted in drafting the charter. He was twice elected mayor of Ionia, in 1874 and 1875. He was responsible for construction of the Webber Block in 1879 at a cost of $15,000 and the Webber brownstone block in 1880 at a cost of $30,000. Webber was also the principal owner of the Second National Bank Block. During his term as mayor, a bridge was built over the Grand River. Webber was elected as a Republican from Michigan"s 5th congressional district to the 47th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1882. George West. Webber resumed his former business activities and was a Michigan delegate to Republican National Convention in 1884. He died in Ionia and is interred there in Highland Park Cemetery.

George Webber

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Webber was born in Newbury, Vermont. His father, Andrew Webber, moved his family to Steuben County, New York in 1828 and engaged in farming.

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George Webber attended the common schools there and the academy at Alfred, New New York

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He engaged in business as a lumber-dealer and general merchant. in 1852, Webber moved to Manistee County where he engaged in farming, lumbering, manufacturing, and mercantile pursuits. In the election of 1856, Webber was instrumental in promoting the newly formed Republican Party and the candidacy of John C. Fremont for President, such that only three votes in the entire county went to the Democratic Party candidate. During the same period, he also engaged in lumbering on the Little Muskegon River with Fred Hall under the name Hall & Webber.

After three years, Hall"s interest in the enterprise was purchased by A. J Webber, and the firm took the name Webber Brothers.

The brothers also established a prosperous farm and founded the village of Mecosta on their land. He was one of the most prominent organizers of the Second National Bank of Ionia, where he served first as vice-president and then as president, a position he continued to hold until his death.

Webber was one of the village trustees of Ionia at the time it incorporated as a city and he assisted in drafting the charter. He was twice elected mayor of Ionia, in 1874 and 1875.

He was responsible for construction of the Webber Block in 1879 at a cost of $15,000 and the Webber brownstone block in 1880 at a cost of $30,000.

Webber was also the principal owner of the Second National Bank Block. During his term as mayor, a bridge was built over the Grand River. Webber was elected as a Republican from Michigan"s 5th congressional district to the 47th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883.

He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1882.

George West. Webber resumed his former business activities and was a Michigan delegate to Republican National Convention in 1884. He died in Ionia and is interred there in Highland Park Cemetery.

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