Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameVirginia Alberta WEBB
Birth Date?
OccupationOne Of Hallmark Cards First Employees
Spouses
Birth Datebef 1875
OccupationOwned And Operated Hardware Stores
ReligionChurch Of Christ
FatherBenjamin Harrison WARD (1843-1933)
MotherLydia Jane BUTTS (1855-1944)
Family ID7943
Notes for Virginia Alberta WEBB
Disable artist.

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From Find-a-grave:Virginia had mumps when she was about 9 years old and complications caused her to lose her hearing. Her parents felt she would need a vocation to support herself so they sent her to several art schools. While she was studying in Kansas City, she worked for two men who were starting a greeting card company. She was one of six artists who hand-painted the cards. That company became Halmark Cards.
She painted in oils and watercolors but mainly painted China well into her declining years. She was the second wife of Emmett Montress Ward.688

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