Lucy Ware Webb

1831 - 1889  (57 years)    Has 21 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Lucy Ware Webb
  Birth	28 Aug 1831	Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Jun 1889	Fremont, Ohio, USA
  Burial	Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I74658	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Dr. James Webb,   b. 17 Mar 1795, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, USA d. 1 Jul 1833, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, USA (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Maria Cook,   b. 9 Mar 1801, Willow Branch, Ross Co., Ohio, USA d. 14 Sep 1866, Pickaway Co., Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1826	Willow Branch, Ross Co., Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F35230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	19th President Rutherford Birchard Hayes,   b. 4 Oct 1822, Delaware county, Ohio, USA d. 17 Jan 1893, Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1852	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Sardis Birchard (Austin) Hayes,   b. 4 Nov 1853, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 24 Jan 1926, Toledo, Lucas CO, Ohio, USA (Age 72 years)   2. James Webb Hayes,   b. 20 Mar 1856, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 26 Jul 1935, Marion County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years)   3. Rutherford Platt Hayes,   b. 24 Jun 1858, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 31 Jul 1927, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA (Age 69 years)   4. Joseph Thompson Hayes,   b. 21 Dec 1861, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 24 Jun 1863, Nr Charleston, West Virginia, USA (Age 1 year)   5. George Cook Hayes,   b. 29 Sep 1864, Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, USA d. 24 May 1866, Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, USA (Age 1 year)   6. Frances (Fanny) Hayes,   b. 2 Sep 1867, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 18 Mar 1950, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA (Age 82 years)   7. Scott Russell Hayes,   b. 8 Feb 1871, Columbus, Ohio, USA d. 6 May 1923, Croton-On-Hudson, New York, USA (Age 52 years)   8. Manning Force Hayes,   b. 1 Aug 1873, Fremont, Ohio, USA d. 28 Aug 1874, Fremont, Ohio, USA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F30350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  As First Lady prohibited the serving of liquor in the White House - a move which subjected her and her family to considerable crticism and earned her the nichname "lemonade Lucy". There was no inaugural ball in 1877--when Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife, Lucy, left Ohio for Washington, the outcome of the election was still in doubt. Public fears had not subsided when it was settled in Hayes' favor; and when Lucy watched her husband take his oath of office at the Capitol, her serene and beautiful face impressed even cynical journalists. She came to the White House well loved by many. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, daughter of Maria Cook and Dr. James Webb, she lost her father at age two. She was just entering her teens when Mrs. Webb took her sons to the town of Delaware to enroll in the new Ohio Wesleyan University, but she began studying with its excellent instructors. She graduated from the Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati at 18, unusually well educated for a young lady of her day. "Rud" Hayes at 27 had set up a law practice in Cincinnati, and he began paying calls at the Webb home. References to Lucy appeared in his diary: "Her low sweet voice is very winning ... a heart as true as steel.... Intellect she has too.... By George! I am in love with her!" Married in 1852, they lived in Cincinnati until the Civil War, and he soon came to share her deeply religious opposition to slavery. Visits to relatives and vacation journeys broke the routine of a happy domestic life in a growing family. Over twenty years Lucy bore eight children, of whom five grew up. She won the affectionate name of "Mother Lucy" from men of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry who served under her husband's command in the war. They remembered her visits to camp--to minister to the wounded, cheer the homesick, and comfort the dying. Hayes' distinguished combat record earned him election to Congress, and three postwar terms as governor of Ohio. She not only joined him in Washington for its winter social season, she also accompanied him on visits to state reform schools, prisons, and asylums. As the popular first lady of her state, she gained experience in what a woman of her time aptly called "semi-public life." Thus she entered the White House with confidence gained from her long and happy married life, her knowledge of political circles, her intelligence and culture, and her cheerful spirit. She enjoyed informal parties, and spared no effort to make official entertaining attractive. Though she was a temperance advocate and liquor was banned at the mansion during this administration, she was a very popular hostess. She took criticism of her views in good humor (the famous nickname "Lemonade Lucy" apparently came into use only after she had left the mansion). She became one of the best-loved women to preside over the White House, where the Hayeses celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 1877, and an admirer hailed her as representing "the new woman era." The Hayes term ended in 1881, and the family home was now "Spiegel Grove," an estate at Fremont, Ohio. There husband and wife spent eight active, contented years together until her death in 1889. She was buried in Fremont, mourned by her family and hosts of friends.