Phebe Jane Moffett

14 December 1846–5 August 1859 (Age 12)
Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, United States

The Life Summary of Phebe Jane

When Phebe Jane Moffett was born on 14 December 1846, in Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, United States, her father, Armstead Moffett, was 32 and her mother, Mary Jane Emett, was 20. She died on 5 August 1859, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 12.

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Family Time Line

Armstead Moffett
1814–1891
Mary Jane Emett
1825–1909
Phebe Jane Moffett
1846–1859
Martha Marinda Moffett
1848–1848
William Armstead Moffett
1850–1920
Mary Jane Moffett
1852–1901
Malinda Ann Moffett
1854–1876
Carlos Smith Moffett
1856–1876
Benjamin Franklin Moffett
1858–1874
Bethsina Delpha Moffett
1860–1861
Alvin Smith Moffett
1862–1885
Elizabeth Ann Moffett
1864–1958
Sariah Moffett
1866–1946
John Franklin Moffett
1874–1876

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (4)

1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
Age 1
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
1847
Age 1
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1854
Age 8
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

Name Meaning

Scottish, northern English, and northern Irish: variant of Moffatt .

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

Possible Related Names

Moffatt

Sources (4)

  • Phoebe J Moffit in household of Armistead Moffit, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Phebe Jane Moffett, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
  • Phoebe Jane Moffett, "Find A Grave Index"

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