Phoebe Bell

Brief Life History of Phoebe

When Phoebe Bell was born on 10 September 1805, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Bell, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Lawrence, was 38. She had at least 2 sons and 5 daughters with Sample Sweeney. She was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sample Sweeney
1805–1880
Phoebe Bell
1805–1887
Elizabeth Sweeney
1832–1896
Sarah Clokey Sweeney
1835–1915
Alexander Sweeney
1837–1912
Rebecca Sweeney
1839–1916
John R. Sweeney
1841–1908
Catharine H Sweeney
1845–1923
Mary E. Sweeney
1848–

Sources (5)

  • Phoebe B Sorceniy in household of Sample Sorceniy, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Phoebe Bell Sweeney, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Phebe B Sweany in household of Sample Sweaney, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).

English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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