When Phebe Ann Parish was born on 20 February 1815, in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, David Parish, was 31 and her mother, Charlotte Braymer, was 28. She married Martin Munson Ford on 2 April 1831, in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 18 August 1846, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 31.