Brief Life History of Phebe Alice
When Phebe Alice Pence was born on 22 February 1858, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Pence Jr, was 28 and her mother, Cynthia Ann Akers, was 29. She married Charles L. Harms on 19 April 1885, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Rural, Washington Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 26 February 1942, at the age of 84, and was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Taylorsville, German Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.
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- Alice P Harmes in household of Charles Harmes, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alice P, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Phoebe Alice Pence Harms, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Randolph, Indiana, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Penz or Benz . Compare Hartpence .
English (Yorkshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire): nickname from Middle English pense, plural of peni ‘penny’. This surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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