When Samuel Winans Webster was born on 26 February 1827, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States, his father, Hiram B Webster, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Winans, was 21. He married Mary Louisa Pennabaker on 30 April 1860, in Shelby, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Brown, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 14 February 1899, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71.