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Phoebe Josephine <I>Gilbert</I> Simmons

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Phoebe Josephine Gilbert Simmons

Birth
Darke County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Dec 1914 (aged 70)
Saline County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Friend, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Pheobe Josephine Gilbert Simmons was born 25 March 1844 to Louisa Winans and Jonas Gilbert in Darke County, Ohio. She came to Nebraska with her parents in 1865 by wagon train. After a journey lasting 52 days, the wagon train reached its destination on Turkey Creek, in what later became Saline County. On April 16, 1866 she married William Marion Simmons at Fort Kearney, Kearney County, Nebraska. To this union 12 children were born, only 9 of which lived to adulthood.
Pheobe Josephine Gilbert Simmons was born 25 March 1844 to Louisa Winans and Jonas Gilbert in Darke County, Ohio. She came to Nebraska with her parents in 1865 by wagon train. After a journey lasting 52 days, the wagon train reached its destination on Turkey Creek, in what later became Saline County. On April 16, 1866 she married William Marion Simmons at Fort Kearney, Kearney County, Nebraska. To this union 12 children were born, only 9 of which lived to adulthood.


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