Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Palmer was born on 29 October 1788, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Aaron Palmer, was 50 and her mother, Mary Reed, was 47. She married Reuben Graves on 7 December 1810, in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died in 1859, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Phebe Graves in household of George Brother, "United States Census, 1850"
- Phoebe Palmer Graves, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
- Phebe Burt, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1789 · The United States Constitution
Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Life Summary of Phebe When Phebe Palmer was born on 29 October 1788, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Aaron Palmer, was 50 and her mother, Mary Sherman Reed, was …
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