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Phoebe Ann <I>Degarimore</I> Loving Hoover Casteel

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Phoebe Ann Degarimore Loving Hoover Casteel

Birth
Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death
23 Jul 1967 (aged 97)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 218, Plot 98
Memorial ID
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PHOEBE CAME TO COLORADO SPRINGS IN A COVERED WAGON FROM COFFEVILLE KANSAS, WHERE SHE GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH FRANK AND JESSE JAMES. SHE HOMESTEADED A PLOT OF LAND WHERE THE OLD CITY AUDITORIUM IS NOW AT THE CORNER OF WEBER AND KIOWA STREETS. SHE LATER TRADED GENERAL WILLIAM JACKSON PALMER HER LAND THERE FOR A GENERAL STORE AND LAND IN BLACK FOREST. SHE HAD MANY PIECES OF "QUEEN" PALMER'S CUT GLASS DISHES AND OTHER THINGS GIVEN TO HER BY THE GENERAL AND MRS PALMER. SHE WAS A COLORFUL AND STRONG LADY WHO PROUDLY TOLD OF SEEING COVERED WAGONS TO MEN WALKING ON THE MOON. HER PIONEER SPIRIT WILL LIVE AS A SETTLER OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
PHOEBE CAME TO COLORADO SPRINGS IN A COVERED WAGON FROM COFFEVILLE KANSAS, WHERE SHE GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH FRANK AND JESSE JAMES. SHE HOMESTEADED A PLOT OF LAND WHERE THE OLD CITY AUDITORIUM IS NOW AT THE CORNER OF WEBER AND KIOWA STREETS. SHE LATER TRADED GENERAL WILLIAM JACKSON PALMER HER LAND THERE FOR A GENERAL STORE AND LAND IN BLACK FOREST. SHE HAD MANY PIECES OF "QUEEN" PALMER'S CUT GLASS DISHES AND OTHER THINGS GIVEN TO HER BY THE GENERAL AND MRS PALMER. SHE WAS A COLORFUL AND STRONG LADY WHO PROUDLY TOLD OF SEEING COVERED WAGONS TO MEN WALKING ON THE MOON. HER PIONEER SPIRIT WILL LIVE AS A SETTLER OF COLORADO SPRINGS.

Gravesite Details

Buried 7/26/1967
Source: City of C/S burial search
Source Date: 3/2/09



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