Phoebe Lodema Merrill
Alternate Names
Phoebe Lodema Stillman (Married Name)
Phoebe Lodema Jackman (Married Name)
Phoebe Lodema Collett (Married Name)
Phoebe Lodema Thompson (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1832 August 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1909 January 18 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born
1832 August 5
Date Details
Occurred On 1832 August 5
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 13)
Members in Company
Role
Laundress
Traveling Group
Clark Stillman
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 14)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Clark Stillman (Age 19)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Sylvanus Collett
1865 March 6 (Age 32)
Married
William Adamson Thompson
1880 (Age 47)
Died
1909 January 18 (Age 76)
Media
Phoebe Lodema Merrill (1832 - 1909) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Pioneer
Deseret Evening News
"Mormon Battalion Veteran Buried", Deseret Evening News, (23 January 1909), Page 26.
"Two Brave Women Who Shared Hardships with Mormon Battalion", Deseret Evening News, (24 July 1907), Page 8.
Meeting minutes, Salt Lake Valley
Meeting minutes, Salt Lake Valley.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Survivor of Old Battalion Dies", Salt Lake Telegram, (20 January 1909), Page 3.
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Page 277.