Phoebe Coleman
ID # 3644, (1824-1915)
| Father | John W. Coleman (1786-1862) |
| Mother | Margaret Hayes (1790-1882) |
| Birth | Phoebe Coleman was born on 29 December 1824 at Beverly Township, Gore District, Upper Canada. |
| Marriage | She married Gabriel Cornwell on 19 March 1845 at Gore District. MS248 reel 1, Vol. 4, pages 26 & 27 Gore District Marriage Register Gabriel Cornwall and Phoebe Coleman, both of Brantford, were married on March 19, 1845. Witnesses John Cornwall and Mary Ann Cornwall. By Publication (of Banns) Gabriel and Phoebe are shown in a list of marriages performed by Thomas Fawcett, Wesleyan Minister. Gabriel and Phoebe are listed on page 26, and the clergyman is shown on page 27. The surname for the second witness, Mary Ann Cornwall, could be interpreted otherwise, but an examination of the handwriting for Gabriel's name and that of the witness John, makes it clear enough that her surname is Cornwall. Thomas Fawcett, the clergyman who married Gabriel and Phoebe, was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. Something of his history appears in this tree. The locations where he served aren't clear on all points, but since his first wife died in 1848 and is said to have died at Brantford and he is said to have served on the Brantford Circuit, then he was probably the regular Wesleyan Methodist minister in Brantford at the time. |
| Death | She died on 5 September 1915 at Boone County, Illinois, at age 90. |
| Burial | She was buried at Poplar Grove Cemetery. |
| Note | The Bell-Cornwell Family Record has it that she was born in Brantford, but this is not correct. The family was in Canada and shows up in Beverly assessments by the time of the birth of Pheobe in 1824. Add to that, Phoebe's obituary in the Republican-Northwestern of September 7, 1915, tells that she was born in Beverly, Canada. |
| Last Edited | 14 Sep 2023 |