Phebe Jane Wheeler1,2
F, (16 February 1851 - 2 August 1933)
| Father* | Nathan Wheeler (2 Sep 1818 - 31 May 1879); Based on family history, Burial of Nathan, Photograph of Nathan and Margaret's children, and 1870 census. | |
| Mother* | Margaret Millikan (7 May 1818 - 1 Jan 1861) | |
Phebe Jane Wheeler|b. 16 Feb 1851\nd. 2 Aug 1933|p2536.htm|Nathan Wheeler|b. 2 Sep 1818\nd. 31 May 1879|p2539.htm|Margaret Millikan|b. 7 May 1818\nd. 1 Jan 1861|p2540.htm|John Wheeler|b. 19 Feb 1787\nd. c 1868|p2559.htm|Phoebe Stevens|b. 2 Aug 1792\nd. 10 Jun 1870|p2560.htm|Benjamin Millikan|b. 21 Feb 1783\nd. 1 Oct 1857|p2541.htm|Margaret Bales|b. 21 May 1785\nd. 22 Dec 1854|p2542.htm| | ||
| Charts | Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney |
| Relationship | 2nd great-grandmother of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 8 Jan 2007 |
| Reference | MMMMFC |
| Researcher | 0 |
| Unrelated | 0 |
| Jim Ancestry Verified | Y |
| Note* | Memories of Joe and Jennie Stanley by S. R. their grandson: Lowell is where Grandfather Stanley, in the early days, had a mill where he ground flour[?], corn, that sort of thing. He lived there for a while in Lowell after he left the farm. Lowell is a little 'ol town on the Spring River, between Baxter Springs and Galena. That's a part of Cherokee County. It's in the southeast corner of Cherokee County. After that he rented the farm to my dad. Mother's people were staunch Quakers. Grandpa Stanley and Grandma Stanley, they had this old time method of . . . I was staying there and each party at the breakfast table was supposed to read some scripture. Each one was supposed to go into silent prayer. Kind of a ritual. And I get ready to go to school, and meantime, the bacon and eggs was getting cold. And I . . . why they go through all of that . . . that's about all I remember. I kind of resented the ritual they went through, as a child. As a 13 year old. [ What do you remember about your grandparents?] All I remember about them was that they were devout Quakers. We went there and had dinner and we'd go home. One thing, that kind of stands out. As a young guy, he was so religious, when we'd go to see him on Sunday, he'd burn the funny papers printed on Sunday. You couldn't watch Maggie and Jiggs, or Mott and Jeff in those old time comics, that we used to look forward to seeing. Out in the country we didn't have any newspaper. We got a weekly. The folks took the weekly Kansas City Star. Got a newspaper every week. You ever read the book Pollyanna? Ever heard of it? [Yes.] When I was kid Pollyanna was running in this weekly newspaper as a serial. Every week we looked forward to getting the paper to read the continued story of Pollyanna. I don't remember what it was all about now, but I remember the story. I don't remember the story about the girl. I don't remember much about it. [What do you remember about their personalities?] Grandma Stanley, who was a Wheeler, she was very jovial. She'd like to cut up a little. One thing or another. But Grandpa he was an old grouch. He . . . I don't ever remember of him taking one of us kids and setting em on his lap. But little girls, yeah, he would put little girls on his lap. And of course, he'd telled us stories about him, being a little forgetful. [?] a tree in the apple orchard one time and sawed the limb off that he was sitting on. [When did he do that as a kid?] No. That's when he was a man. On the farm that Ern owns now. Then one time he was up on the barn. Doing some shingling or something, and I mean, he lost his foothold, and come sliding down off the roof. Hit dad in the back. He got hurt another time, some way or other. Had a little forgetfulness. I guess I have a little of that too. Of course he was . . . we kids didn't like him. He was too grouchy. [Too strict?] Yeah. Too strict. He had a little workshop out there. If we got into that, he'd "Get these kids out of here", and that sort of thing. It isn't that he wasn't a good man. But he was . . . we didn't like him. Because he didn't cater to us. We were something to put up with. I've never seen him display any affection for Grandma. Physically in any way. Never seen him put his arm around her. And I don't remember my dad kissing my mother. [Is that because that was the way it was back then?] I mean, I don't know, maybe that was the way it was. Lot of people didn't normally show affection for one another at that time. Her dad [that would be Nathan Wheeler] he was just the opposite. Most tender hearted old fellow you ever saw. And she telled me stories about him taking these kids up in their arms and reciting made up poetry that he'd make up himself to em. And all that sort of . . . just difference in personality. And everybody loved him. But Grandpa Stanley was respected but nobody liked him too well. He was a sharp business man. [How did he make his living, from the farm?] Well he made money in this milling business, that I told you about, on the river, near Lowell. At this mill, prior to that I don't know. Then he had the farm out there it was a good farm. [You said he had rented the farm. . .] To my dad, yeah. Grandpa got the best of him. Far as I know, Grandpa Stanley didn't have any income to speak of. Maybe he had a little money squirreled away. But his main income was the rent off his farm. He had 160 acres and he would rent it. He used go out there in the woods and haul wood to town. To burn wood in the stove. I used to go to the wood and help him saw wood with a crosscut saw. He'd come down with a team and wagon . . . just the running [gears?] of a wagon no box on it. Saw the wood and lay the poles on the wagon. Haul them to town. Saw them up with a hand saw. Called it a buck saw. But Grandma Stanley, she was jovial, very jovial. So were some of her people the Wheelers. For instance, Grandma . . . I was staying there when Morris was born. Well, I was old enough to know that my Mother was pregnant when I was going to school there. And [I] came home from high school one evening and Grandma Stanley says "Guess what happened down at your house today, Russel?" They had a telephone. Last night or whenever. I said, "what happened?" Says "they had twins out there." I supposed I turned red in the face and everything else. I don't know. I says, "so?" She says, "your Dad's old cow had twin calves last night." That's just an example of her wit. It embarrassed the hell out of me. That's kind of the way it was with Grandpa and Grandma Stanley., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley3 | |
| Nickname | Jenny | |
| Married Name | Stanley2 | |
| Nickname | Phebe2,4 | |
| (Witness) Photo |  Sons and daughter of Nathan Wheeler and Margaret (Millikan) Wheeler and their spouses Top Row: John F. & Molly, Isaac C. & Sarah, Benjamin A. & Abigail Bottom Rw L-R: Phebe & Joe Stanley, Cora & Samuel E., and Willis H. & Elma. Identified by James Martin presumedley on photograph. Photo owned by James Martin. , Principal=Nathan Wheeler, Principal=Margaret Millikan | |
| Birth* | 16 February 1851 | High Point, NC2,5 |
| (Witness) Census | 4 August 1860 | Monroe Township, Morgan Co., IN, 1860 Census, IN, Morgan Co. Nathon Wheeler, (age:) 42, M(ale), (occupation:) Brick Mason, (value of real estate:) 750, (value of personal estate:) 300, (birth place: North Carolina) do Margret Wheeler, (age:) 42, F(emale), (birth place: North Carolina) do Isaac C do, (age:) 16, M(ale), (occupation:) Farm Hand, (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) Daniel J do, (age:) 14, M(ale), (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) B A Wheeler, (age:) 12, M(ale), (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) W H do, (age:) 10, M(ale), (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) Feebee J do, (age:) 9, F(emale), (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) John F do, (age:) 7, M(ale), (birth place: North Carolina) do, (attended school within year) Mary A do, (age:) 4, F(emale), (birth place:) Indiana Samuel do, (age:) 3, M(ale), (birth place: Indiana) do George Steavens, (age:) 55, M(ale), (occupation:) Farm Hand, (value of personal estate:) 3000, (birth place:) North Carolina, (cannot read and write), Principal=Margaret Millikan, Principal=Nathan Wheeler6 |
| Marriage* | 4 August 1872 | Wheeler genealogy gives August 3, 1872 as date., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley2,5 |
| Residence* | after 4 August 1872 | Cherokee Co., KS, Moved to., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley5 |
| Note* | 16 July 1915 | Lafayette, KS, Postcard to Eva in Columbus Kans from Mother: Dear Eva we are at E M? is a mild? morning but not much wind is pretty warm through day if they have ? they all well? children ad? nice and all good looking none of them have red hairbut all of them have Brow or black Deofes? had quick? an elictric? Stores? last night that not much rain ? ? ? EM has about day and of half of west and will be through as ever Signed Mama7 |
| Residence | 3 February 1919 | 722 West Maple, Columbus, Cherokee Co., KS, Notice stated that daughter died at home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stanley on this date., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley8 |
| Residence | after 3 February 1919 | 2118 Pennsylvania Ave, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO, Obituary of Phebe says residence was at 2118 Pennsylvania Ave in Joplin, MO this is the same address mentioned in the 1925 J. H. Stanley will., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley4,9 |
| Death* | 2 August 1933 | Joplin, MO, Wheeler genealogy gives August 1, 1933 as date. Bible is probably correct. Newspaper clipping states it happended on a Wednesday which would make it August 2, 1933. Obituary states that "she was stricken while walking on Main street near the Joplin National Bank building with her daughter, Mis Arefa Stanley, and died in a physician's office, where she was carried by pedestrians. Death was due to apoplexy." Stated home was at 2118 Pennsylvania avenue. Survived by four daughters (McKinney of Columbus, KS, Cox of Lamar, CO, Werner of Chaska, MN, and Arefa of Joplin, MO) and son. "All of Mrs. Stanley's children will be here for the services." Various other relatives attended. Obituary states "she was the widow of Joseph H. Stanley who died in Joplin in July, 1929." States she was born in NC on February 16, 1851. Says she was a member of the Friends church. States home was 2118 Pennsylvania avenue in Joplin.5,2,9 |
| Burial* | after 4 August 1933 | Timber Hill Cemetery AKA Oak Hill Cemetery, North of Riverton, KS, Funeral services held at Bethany Presbyterian church in Joplin on Saturday, August 5, 1933 (assuming newspaper was printed on August 4).5,9,10 |
Family | Joseph Henry Stanley | |
| Marriage* | 4 August 1872 | Wheeler genealogy gives August 3, 1872 as date., Principal=Joseph Henry Stanley2,5 |
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Citations
- Tombstone state Phebe; Daughter Eva Mary Stanley uses Phebe from the J.H. and Phebe Stanley bible. Obituary use Phoebe.
- [S22] Unknown family info, Stanley Bible, Abstract of Concordence Bible of Joseph H. and Phebe J. Stanley (n.p.: n.pub., 11 April 1962); unknown present owner, unknown location.
- [S46] Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). Unknown repository (unknown repository address).
- [S27] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Stanley, J.H. Will"; Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
- [S120] 1860 US Federal Census: Indiana, Morgan Co., Monroe Township, Mooresville Post Office, Dwelling 463 Family 472 Page 66. Roll: M653_284; Page: 610; Image: 67.
- [S28] Letter from unknown author (unknown author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown repository address).
- [S26] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Funeral Notice"; Funeral Notice of Flora Alice Stanley., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S25] Unknown article title, Unknown Newspaper-Clipping Only, unknown location, August 4 1933. Joplin newspaper?
- [S35] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Cherokee County, Kansas (n.p.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), pg.348.