Augustine Webber, M.D., prominent pioneer Hopkinsville [KY] physician, church, and civic leader, was born in Va., Feb. 9, 1790, son of Revolutionary War veteran Phillip Webber and his wife Ann, who died in Hopkinsville, Apr. 11, 1822, at the age of 71, and is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery. He graduated from Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., in 1811, and practiced at Danville, Ky., two years before moving to Hopkinsville in 1813. Dr. Webber won the respect and following of the local people and his very successful practice continued for 44 years.

Dr. Webber became a member of the New providence (now First) Baptist Church, Aug. 11, 1818, only two months after the congregation was organized and he served as one of the first trustees. He was ordained a deacon July 13, 1822, and on Jan. 1, 1826, the church passed a resolution "because of his rare spiritual gifts, we grant him license to exercise his talents in preaching the gospel." In addition, he was active in the organization of Bethel Female High School (later Bethel Female College), in Apr. 1854, and served as one of the original trustees of the school.

An active participant in civic affairs, Dr. Webber was a director on the board of the Christian Bank (first bank in Hopkinsville), when it was chartered by the state legislature Jan. 25, 1818. He chaired a railroad convention in Hopkinsville Apr. 25, 1846, in an effort to build a railroad from Hopkinsville to Eddyville, on the Cumberland River. The attempt was not successful.

Dr. Webber first married in Hopkinsville Sept. 15, 1816, to Nancy Tannehill (Dec. 13, 1796 - Oct. 26, 1840). They were the parents of 13 children: 1. Infant Daughter, 1818; 2. Charles Wilkins Webber (1819-1856), ornithologist and writer of books about the "Great American Southwest," died on the campaign with William Walker to Nicaragua; 3. Elizabeth R. Webber, born 1820, married Hopkinsville merchant James J. Lampton Aug. 11, 1842; 4. Mary Jane Webber (1822-1824); 5. Julia Webber (1824-1889), married Apr. 26, 1849, farmer Robertson T. Torian (1809-1882), for whom the "Blue Lantern" landmark home on the Cadiz Road was built between 1851 and 1855; 6. Sarah Jane Webber (1826-1827); 7. Catherine A. Webber (1829-1910), married Sept. 12, 1847, Co. Judge and Hopkinsville Post Master, Major John W. Breathitt (1825-1912), great grandparents of Ky. Gov. Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt; 8. Mary Webber (1832-1900), unmarried; 9. Caroline F. "Carrie" Webber (1833-1920), married Dec. 8, 1865, Dr. Edward A. Arnold, Instructor at the Naval Academy and a Surgeon in the Union Army during the War Between the States, parents of Miss Julia S. Arnold (1870-1942), 50-year veteran teacher at Clay St. School and Hopkinsville High School; 10. Infant Webber, 1835; 11. William H. Webber, born in 1836; 12. Ada Webber, born in 1838, married Oct. 6, 1863, George F. Pentecost; and 13. Rachael Webber, born in 1840.

Dr. Webber second married in Hopkinsville Feb. 18, 1846, Elizabeth Shipp Phelps (Apr. 2, 1795 - May 21, 1875), widow of Judge John H. Phelps (July 6, 1788 - Feb. 27, 1842). Dr. Webber first resided on the northwest corner of 13th and Bethel Streets, but later lived in the two-story brick house on Weber (note spelling) Street, which still bears his name, behind the Courthouse. He moved to New Orleans in 1867, then to Louisville in 1871, where he died Dec. 23, 1873. Dr. Webber was the last person buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, West 13th Street, Hopkinsville.

James Phelps had two elder brothers, Hiram Abiff, an attorney at Hopkinsville, and Laban Shipp,
deceased at twenty-six years of age. The elder Phelps died in 1842. His widow married Augustine Webber, of Hopkinsville, in February, 1846, and survived him about eighteen months, dying in 1875 at the residence of her stepson in this city.

1860 WEBBER A. Christian County KY 679 Hopkinsville Federal Population Schedule KY 1860 Federal Census Index KY107128438

1840 WEBBER AUGUSTIN M. Shelby County KY 114 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule KY 1840 Federal Census Index KYS4a2736943
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1830 WEBBER AUGUSTIN Christian County KY 005 Hopkinsville Federal Population Schedule KY 1830 Federal Census Index KYS2b176102
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1820 WEBBER A. DR. Christian County KY 027 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule KY 1820 Federal Census Index KY35378418
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Chapman, Sally White married Webber, Seth on 19 Feb 1786 in Amelia County, Virginia
Thomson, Anna married Webber, Philip on 04 Feb 1778 in Louisa County, Virginia