Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Rowe Clough was born on 25 September 1815, in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Nehemiah Clough, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Rowe, was 19. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Isaac P. Coffin. She lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870. She died on 4 November 1894, in Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Gilmanton Ironworks, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Pheby H. Coffin in household of Frank B. Coffin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Phoebe R Coffin, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Phobe R. Coffin in entry for Hadley T. Gilman, "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rowe (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, for someone who lived in a place so named. Compare Rawe and Rew .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Rolfe , Ralph , or Rough . Compare Rowson .
East German: habitational name from any of the places called Rowe, Rowa, Rowe(n). Compare Rowen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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