Brief Life History of Phebe Ellen
When Phebe Ellen Mathews was born on 19 December 1838, in Hardin, Ohio, United States, her father, Jonathan Mathews, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Donaldson, was 22. She married John Cooney on 3 March 1856, in Hardin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa, United States for about 15 years and Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 23 March 1917, in Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Coon Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States.
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- Feebe E Cooney in household of John Cooney, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Phebe E. Mathews, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Phoebe Ellen Mathews, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856
Historical Boundaries 1856: Walla Walla, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Walla, Walla, Washington, United States
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Carroll, Iowa, United States [Spreads across Carroll and Guthrie counties]
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Mathew ; a variant of Matthews . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages.
History: Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c. 1600–c. 1657), who came to VA from London c. 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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