Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Cope was born on 25 January 1808, in Perryopolis, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Dickinson Cope, was 27 and her mother, Rebecca Cook, was 24. She married Thomas Hazen on 15 January 1824. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Redstone, Jefferson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 28 May 1890, in Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
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- Phebe Hazen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Phebe Cope Hazen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Phoebe Hazen, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): from Middle English cope ‘cloak, cape’ (from Old English cāp reinforced by the Old Norse cognate kápa), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cloaks or capes, or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. Compare Cape .
Americanized form of German Koob or Kopp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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