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Note: N18946 Given name (Phoebe), maiden surname (Baldwin) and status (died twelve years ago) in October, 1915, from the obituary of Henry Wise - "The Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 28, 1915
Given name (Phoebe), CONFLICTING MAIDEN SURNAME (Baldin), married surname (Wise) and status (deceased) in January, 1937, from the obituary of J. Houston Wise - "The Democrat Messenger" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, January 19, 1937
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1850 (September 16) census data from the census images for Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 310B - image 48 - line 18) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 19 years old and living with her husband and 1 son. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as ÒPhebeÓ in this census.
1860 (July 20) census data from the census images for Morris Township (Post Office-Days Store), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 73 - Image 9 - line 24) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 30 years old. She was living with her husband and 2 sons. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as ÒPhebaÓ in this census.
1870 (July 20) census data from the census images for Morris Township (Post Office-Waynesburg), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 5 - Image 5 - line 24) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 38 years old and keeping house. She was living with her husband and 2 sons. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as ÒPhebeÓ in this census.
1880 (June 8) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 80 - page 9 - image 9 - line 40) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 49 years old and keeping house. She was married and living with her husband and 2 sons. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. The locations of birth of her father and mother are not listed. Her given name is listed as ÒPhebeÓ in this census.
1900 (June 6) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 95 - sheet 4A - image 7 - line 31) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 69 years old and born in March, 1831. She was the mother of 2 children, both of whom were living. She had been married for 51 years and was living with her husband and 1 son on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as ÒPhoebeÓ in this census.
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IN MEMORIAM.
"Home without a mother."
After patiently enduring much suffering from systic [sic] trouble, and comforted with the utmost care and attention, and the most careful and skillful medical aid that could be obtained, the Angel of Death called in the early morn on Nov. 11, 1903, (NOTE: THE DAY OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN ANOTHER SOURCE) for the sweet life of Mrs. Henry Wise (nee Miss Phoebe Baldwin), of Time, Greene county, Pa., to depart from her sojourn here and enter into that celestial city, prepared for the blessed, and receive the golden crown. The deceased was in her seventy-third year and has resided at her late home since her marriage, fifty-five years ago. She was very industrious, economical and a model homemaker; and also noted for her genial and generous hospitality. She was an estimable and faithful christian woman in every sense of the word, having been a faithful member of the Beulah Baptist church for half a century. She loved her Savior and walked close to His side. She was faithful to God, to her family, and kind to her many friends. She was also a faithful, loving mother and a devoted wife and her loved ones have the comfort of knowing that she was a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ in whom she put her whole trust. In her dying hour she leaned on him and was not afraid to cross the dark valley of death and sang and prayed in her dying moments that the Lord would come and take her. She had been brought face to face with death at different times and always expressed a willingness, if it was God's will to sever the fond ties here on earth, to depart to that beautiful mansion beyond the skies. She most tenderly and sincerely requested the family, in her dying hour, to be prepared to meet her on that bright shore. She possessed the true christian character which shone forth as a bright light to comfort her dear one, while she lay suffering upon a bed of sickness. She endured her suffering uncomplainingly and was ever watching and waiting for the coming of her Lord. She with that great courage and fortitude which characterizes the true christian selected the text from which her funeral sermon was to be preached, John the fourteenth chapter and second verse; "In my Father's house are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you." She also selected the hymns to be sung. Among them were: "What a friend we have in Jesus," "Nearer my God to Thee" and "God be with you till we meet again." She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, Henry Wise, and two sons: J. H. and William Wise, also one sister, Mrs. Harvey Burns, and one brother, James Baldwin, all of Time, Greene county, Pa. The funeral services were held at her late home on Thursday, November 19, 1903, at two o'clock p. m. The sad rites were conducted by Rev. J. F. Franks, of the First Baptist church of Claysville, Pa. He made a very able, impressive and touching address on the true christian character of the deceased. She was followed to her last resting place in the Beulah cemetery by a large number of relatives and friends.
Source - "The Waynesburg Democrat" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Friday, December 4, 1903
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The following information is found in the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Death Register 2, 1903-1915, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 176 - line 17, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org). The URL is http://www.fordyce.org/genealogy/GCRecords/deathsbook2alpha.txt:
Surname: Wise
Given Name: Phebia (sic)
Color: white
Sex: female
Age: 73 years
FatherÕs name (if minor):
MotherÕs Name (if minor):
Married or Single: married
Place of Birth: Morris Twp.
Occupation: Housekeeper
Date of Death: November 27 (sic) 1903
Place of Death: Time
Cause of Death: General Debility
Duration of Last Illness: 6 months
Place of Interment: Bulah (sic)
Date of Interment: Nov. 19, 1903
Date of Record:
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The following inscription is from a picture of her monument on Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Beulah Cemetery, Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Phoebe Baldwin Wise, added December 11, 2008, Memorial #32120320, created by Cherie Atkinson Clark:
HENRY WISE
JAN. 10, 1826
OCT. 17, 1915
ÑÑÑ
PHOEBE BALDWIN
HIS WIFE
MAR. 18, 1831
NOV. 17, 1903
WISE
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