Beach, Phebe F., 1837-

Phebe F. Beach was the niece of Phebe Perkins Beech (the spelling of the family name varied) and Joseph Palmer Fessenden, who was a Congregationalist clergyman in Kennebunkport (1820-1829) and South Bridgton, Maine (1829-1861). Phebe was adopted by her aunt and uncle and lived with them in Bridgton. In 1858 she taught school in New Gloucester, Maine. In August 1860 she married a man named Arthur [Jordan?]; a child was born in January 1862 and died two months later. Her husband enlisted in April and was killed at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, in August 1862.

From the description of Diary, 1857-1862 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009172