Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameLeroy Baldwin WEBBER 
Death10 Oct 1923, Hamilton County, Ohio1016
MemoNews article about auto accident
Burial13 Oct 1923, Highland Cemetery19
Occupationlaborer at shoe factory; saloon keeper
Alias/AKARoy
FatherCharles F. WEBBER (1860-1929)
MotherMary Elizabeth STORK (1862-1896)
Spouses
Marriage22 Aug 1916, Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky3907
ChildrenKenneth Charles (1910-1972)
Female (Stillborn) (1919-1919)
LeeRoy (Died as Infant) (1920-1920)
Mary (Died as Infant) (1921-1921)
Leroy (1923-2002)
Obituary notes for Leroy Baldwin WEBBER
Kentucky Post, 10 October 1923, p. 2
Man Killed as Auto Upsets
Cemetery Near Harrison, O., Is Tragedy Scene
Woman Hurt in Mishap
Curve in Road Blamed for Crash Involving Six
Leroy B. Webber, 29, Swain ct., Covington, was killed and one woman was injured in an auto accident on the New Haven pike, three miles from Harrison, O., early Wednesday.
Coroner D.C. Handley, investigating the accident, was told three men and three women were in the party.
Webber was killed when the auto in which he was riding left the road plowed thru a fence of the Old Baptist Cemetery and overturned. He was pinned beneath the car. A woman, whose name was not learned, was rendered unconscious.
Aid Is Summoned
Fred Buessler, farmer, living near the cemetery, was notified of the accident when Carl Webber, 219 Riverside Drive, and Lawrence Dressman, Lynn and Green streets, Covington, came to the Roessler home to summon aid. Jack & Penny, undertakers, of Harrison, were called.
A wrecking car was rushed to the scene. Webber’s neck and head were mangled.
When Roessler arrived at the scene one of the women was unconscious. She was revived and, with Carl Webber and Dressman and two other women, taken to a home in Covington. The women refused to give their hames. Webber’s body was take to the county morgue.
Bend Held Responsible
Failure to observe a bend in the road is believed to be the cause of the accident.
Webber’s death brings the total auto fatalities of this year up to 102, two less than the record number of 104 in 1921.
Man Killed as Auto Upsets
Cemetery Near Harrison, O., Is Tragedy Scene
Woman Hurt in Mishap
Curve in Road Blamed for Crash Involving Six
Leroy B. Webber, 29, Swain ct., Covington, was killed and one woman was injured in an auto accident on the New Haven pike, three miles from Harrison, O., early Wednesday.
Coroner D.C. Handley, investigating the accident, was told three men and three women were in the party.
Webber was killed when the auto in which he was riding left the road plowed thru a fence of the Old Baptist Cemetery and overturned. He was pinned beneath the car. A woman, whose name was not learned, was rendered unconscious.
Aid Is Summoned
Fred Buessler, farmer, living near the cemetery, was notified of the accident when Carl Webber, 219 Riverside Drive, and Lawrence Dressman, Lynn and Green streets, Covington, came to the Roessler home to summon aid. Jack & Penny, undertakers, of Harrison, were called.
A wrecking car was rushed to the scene. Webber’s neck and head were mangled.
When Roessler arrived at the scene one of the women was unconscious. She was revived and, with Carl Webber and Dressman and two other women, taken to a home in Covington. The women refused to give their hames. Webber’s body was take to the county morgue.
Bend Held Responsible
Failure to observe a bend in the road is believed to be the cause of the accident.
Webber’s death brings the total auto fatalities of this year up to 102, two less than the record number of 104 in 1921.
Census notes for Leroy Baldwin WEBBER
1900 Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington City, ward 2, precinct D, E.D. 90, sheet 3B (taken 5 June 1900)
42 3rd Street, dwelling 57, family 68
Webber, Charles F., head, white, male, July 1860, age 39, married for 0 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, river boat coal co.
———-, Mary E., wife, white, female, Apr 1875, age 25, married 0 yrs, mother of 0 children, born Ohio, father born Scotland, mother born Pennsylvania
sheet 4A, stamped page 114
Webber, Carl W., boarder [sic], white, male, June 1887, age 13, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, run on river
———-, Leroy B., boarder [sic], white, male, Sept 1894, age 5, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana
1910
1920 Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington City, 1st ward, precinct G, E.D. 89, sheet 6B (taken 9 Jan 1920)
212 East Lynn Street, dwelling 107, family 154
Weber, Roy, head, rents, male, white, age 27, married, born Kentucky, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, retail merchant, saloon
———, Lillian, wife, female, white, age 26, married, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———, Kenneth, son, male, white, age 8, single, attended school, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, student
—————deceased
42 3rd Street, dwelling 57, family 68
Webber, Charles F., head, white, male, July 1860, age 39, married for 0 yrs, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, river boat coal co.
———-, Mary E., wife, white, female, Apr 1875, age 25, married 0 yrs, mother of 0 children, born Ohio, father born Scotland, mother born Pennsylvania
sheet 4A, stamped page 114
Webber, Carl W., boarder [sic], white, male, June 1887, age 13, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, run on river
———-, Leroy B., boarder [sic], white, male, Sept 1894, age 5, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana
1910
1920 Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington City, 1st ward, precinct G, E.D. 89, sheet 6B (taken 9 Jan 1920)
212 East Lynn Street, dwelling 107, family 154
Weber, Roy, head, rents, male, white, age 27, married, born Kentucky, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, retail merchant, saloon
———, Lillian, wife, female, white, age 26, married, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
———, Kenneth, son, male, white, age 8, single, attended school, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, student
—————deceased