History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, / by Paul Leake ... [Vol. 3]

HISTORY OF DETROIT

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resides at St. Thomas, Ontario; Miss Sylvia L. remains at the old home in
Detroit; Abbie C. is the wife of William R. Winn, of Columbus, Michigan;Dr. Lucien F. was the next in order of birth;.and ITarry N. resides
at New Smyrna, Florida.
The public schools of Detroit afforded Dr. Webb his early educational
advantages, which included those of the Central high school. In 1900
he entered the Detroit Homeopathic Medical College, in which admirable
institution he was graduated in 1904, with the well earned degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He has since been engaged in the active practice
of his profession in his native city and has proved an able and popular
exponent of the effective IIomeopathic school of practice. IHe is a
member of the staff of Grace Hospital and is doing effective service in
the educational work of his profession as a lecturer on materia medica
in his alma mater, the Detroit Homeopathic Medical College. The
Doctor is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the
Michigan State Homeopathic Medical Society, and the Detroit Homeopathic Practitioners Society. He is affiliated with the Alpha Sigma
college fraternity, is a stalwart Republican in his political allegiance,
and both he and his wife hold membership in the Baptist church.
On the 28th of October, 1908, Dr. Webb was united in marriage to
Miss Alice Louise White, who was born at Tyra, province of Ontario,
Canada, and who is a daughter of John and Ann (Potter) White, the
former a native of Cornwall, England, and the latter of Nova Scotia,
both being now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Webb have two children,Ellsworth R. and John Fletcher.
JoHN T. SPILLANE. One of the noblest veterans of the Civil war in
southern Michigan is John T. Spillane, who is now serving as captain
of the police force in Detroit. He was a drummer boy in the far-famed
Seventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted in Company K
of that regiment on the 19th of June, 1861, at which time he was a youth
of but fourteen years of age. Concerning his career as a young soldier
further data will appear in ensuing paragraphs in connection with an
item on the movements of the Seventh Michigan Regiment. After the
war Captain Spillane returned to Detroit, which beautiful city has since
represented his homne. He is essentially loyal and public-spirited in his
civic attitude and no measure or enterprise advanced for the well being
of this section of the state has ever failed of his heartiest support and
co-operation.
Captain Spillane of this notice was reared to adult age in the Fair
City of the Straits, to whose private schools he is indebted for his preliminary educational training. During the strenuous days preceding the inception of the Civil war he became fired with boyish enthusiasm to participate in the coming conflict. Being but fourteen years of age he could
not enlist as a regular soldier but on the 19th of June, 1861, his services
were acepted in the capacity of drummer boy for the valiant Company K
of the Seventh Michigan Infantry. In the following September his
regiment moved to Monroe, Michigan, to organize and then moved to
Washington, and in the winter of 1861 it camped near Poolesville, Maryland, doing picket duty on the north bank of the Potomac river and
engaging in the battle of Ball's Bluff, on the south side of the river.
The regiment then moved on to Alexandria, Virginia, later engaging in
the Peninsular campaign with the Army of the Potomac, then participating in the siege of Yorktown, and eventually participating in its
first heavy engagment-the battle of Fair Oaks. During his military
career Captain Spillane participated in as many as forty engagements,
among them being the battles of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard,