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James Watson Webb II

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Name
  
James Webb

Died
  
1960


Spouse
  
Electra Havemeyer Webb (m. 1910–1960)

Children
  
J. Watson Webb, Jr., Lila Webb, Harry Webb, Electra Webb, Samuel Webb

Parents
  
William Seward Webb, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb

Similar People
  
Electra Havemeyer Webb, J Watson Webb - Jr, Eliza Osgood Vanderbil, William Henry Vanderbilt, Henry Osborne Havemeyer

Grandparents
  
William Henry Vanderbilt

James Watson Webb II (known as James Sr.) (1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion. He was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb.

Biography

He was born in 1884 to Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt (1860–1936) of the Vanderbilt family and William Seward Webb in Burlington, Vermont. He married Electra Havemeyer, daughter of Henry Osborne Havemeyer and Louisine Waldron Elder, and had five children:

  • Electra Webb (1910–1982), married Dunbar Bostwick
  • Samuel Webb (1912–1988)
  • Lila Webb (1913–1961)
  • J. Watson Webb Jr. (1916–2000)
  • Harry Webb (1922–1975)
  • James II died in 1960.

    References

    James Watson Webb II Wikipedia