When Phoebe Dulcene Hodges was born on 6 May 1868, in Oregon, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Hodges, was 33 and her mother, Anna Jane Lakey, was 34. She married John William Sweeney on 27 July 1890, in Kittitas, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Polk, Oregon, United States in 1870 and East Kittitas, Kittitas, Washington, United States in 1880. She died on 29 March 1928, in Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Turlock Memorial Park, Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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English: variant of Hodge with genitival or post-medieval -s. Occasionally, however, the name may be topographic for a person who lived or worked at the house of someone named Hodge or Roger.
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