Phoebe FoglesongAge: 69 years1857–1926
- Name
- Phoebe Foglesong
- Given names
- Phoebe
- Surname
- Foglesong
- Married name
- Phoebe Blackburn
 Birth | June 6, 1857 32 24 |
 Birth of a brother | John Foglesong about 1859 (Age 18 months) Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Anne Foglesong November 15, 1859 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Anne Foglesong May 5, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | August 14, 1860 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Levi Foglesong June 19, 1861 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | Levi Parker Foglesong August 28, 1862 (Age 5 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Roger Whitfield — Malinda Clark — View this family September 10, 1864 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a half-sister | Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield June 17, 1865 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Emma M Whitfield September 25, 1867 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 11 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a half-sister | Rosa Whitfield March 13, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | September 23, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jonas Clark Sr October 15, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Rosa Whitfield February 10, 1872 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | George Washington Blackburn — View this family December 1, 1875 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Price Lee April 24, 1886 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Malinda Clark April 12, 1892 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Foglesong October 22, 1893 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Mary Foglesong December 20, 1907 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a husband | George Washington Blackburn July 20, 1910 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 60 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | October 21, 1926 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Indian Creek Christian Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Levi Parker Foglesong Birth: February 28, 1825 — Rush, Indiana, United States Death: August 28, 1862 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Malinda Clark Birth: January 16, 1833 28 25 — Indiana, United States Death: April 12, 1892 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 17, 1848 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Mary Foglesong Birth: March 10, 1849 24 16 — Indiana, United States Death: December 20, 1907 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Martha Foglesong Birth: February 13, 1851 25 18 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 22, 1893 — Tipton, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Foglesong Birth: 1853 27 19 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 22, 1944 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John William Foglesong Birth: January 20, 1855 29 22 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: May 21, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years herself |
Phoebe Foglesong Birth: June 6, 1857 32 24 — Indiana, United States Death: October 21, 1926 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
John Foglesong Birth: about 1859 33 25 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: |
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10 months younger sister |
Rebecca Anne Foglesong Birth: November 15, 1859 34 26 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: May 5, 1860 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Henry Levi Foglesong Birth: June 19, 1861 36 28 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 19, 1930 — Indiana, United States |
| Mother’s family with Roger Whitfield |
| step-father |
Roger Whitfield Birth: February 10, 1843 — England, United Kingdom Death: February 20, 1901 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Malinda Clark Birth: January 16, 1833 28 25 — Indiana, United States Death: April 12, 1892 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: September 10, 1864 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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9 months half-sister |
Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield Birth: June 17, 1865 22 32 — Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: August 20, 1938 — Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Emma M Whitfield Birth: September 25, 1867 24 34 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: June 5, 1952 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Rosa Whitfield Birth: March 13, 1870 27 37 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: February 10, 1872 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| Family with George Washington Blackburn |
| husband |
George Washington Blackburn Birth: July 26, 1847 38 28 — Indiana, United States Death: July 20, 1910 — Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Phoebe Foglesong Birth: June 6, 1857 32 24 — Indiana, United States Death: October 21, 1926 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: December 1, 1875 — Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Levi Parker Foglesong - Household
Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Malinda Clark - Household
Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
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