In
May I wrote about some Quaker cousins of my great-grandfather, Nathan
Elias Albertson, on his father's side of the family. Then in June I
wrote about some of his Quaker cousins on his mother's side. Now that
it is July, I plan so do some writing about some of the Quaker
cousins of his wife, Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson. I am
starting with her father's side of the family. This is Mary's 1st
cousin, so she is my 1st cousin 3 times removed.
Mary's
father, Francis Hockett, had 11 brothers and sisters and 1
half-brother. I am beginning with a daughter of his oldest sister,
Elizabeth.
Elizabeth
had married John Allen Hinshaw at the Cherry Grove Meeting House in
Randolph County, Indiana in 1835. Their oldest two children were born
in Randolph County, but between Jun 1837 and Jun 1839 the family
moved to Henry County, which was a part of Iowa Territory as of 1838.
Six more children were born in Henry County. The 4th one born there
was Phebe, on 26 June 1845, the year before Iowa became a state.
Phebe's twin brother John was naturally born on the same date, but
sadly he died on the 4th of July, living only 8 days.
Phebe
was interesting to me because she never married, so there are no
descendants to tell her story. I was able to find her in a number of
censuses so some of her life can be described.
At
age 5, Phebe was listed on the 1850 census with her parents and 6
surviving siblings in Salem Township in Henry County. But it was just
the next year in February of 1851 that her father died. Elizabeth and
all 7 children, including Phebe, now age 10, are listed on the 1856
Iowa State Census. Phebe is age 14 on the 1860 census with her mother
and 3 siblings.
It
was probably in December of 1864 when Phebe's mother married Job
Smith who had at least 3 children.
By
the 1870 census the family was living in Tippecanoe Township in Henry
County, Iowa. Phebe at age 25 was found with the occupation
housekeeping in the household of Charles Maxwell with his wife and 4
children. Listed just before them was Phebe older sister, Sarah with
her husband Francis Lupton and their 5 children. Phebe had a two year
old niece in that family named Phebe. Listed just after the Maxwell
was Phebe's mother with her new husband, 3 Smith children and Phebe's
youngest sister Mary who was now 20. I found it interesting to
compare the real estate values reported for these 3 households. For
Francis Lupton it was $600, for Job Smith it was $3,500, and for
Charles Maxwell it was $10,300. It would be a fair supposition that
Phebe was a paid housekeeper for the Maxwell family.
When
the 1880 census was taken Phebe was now living with her youngest
sister, Mary, who was now married to Joshua Trueblood and had a 7
year old son, L. Carlton. Listed just before them was a Samuel Lupton
with Sarah his wife and now 8 children. It seems that Phebe continued
to live with Mary since the 1900 census has Carl Trueblood age 27
with his mother Mary and his aunt Phebe Hinshaw living in the
household. Mary died within that same year, but in the 1910 census
Lewis C. (no doubt Carl) Trueblood age 37 has a wife and 2 children
and an aunt, Pheba A. Hinshaw, in his household, still in Tippecanoe
Township.
The
state census for 1915 in Iowa has a listing for Phebe showing her as
single, age 69, born in Iowa, able to read and write, had 3 years of
school and her church was the Friends. Phebe died just a few days
after her 70th birthday in 1915 on July 1st, which would be 102 years
ago today. She was buried in Salem South Cemetery, Henry County,
Iowa. She is listed on a stone with her mother who had died in 1882,
so they are probably next to each other.
Hopefully
by describing some of these mentions of Phebe, she will not be
forgotten.
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