On Sunday, August 14 at 1:30 PM, the Kishwaukee Trail Chapter NSDAR (Illinois) will have a ceremony at Old Marengo Cemetery in Marengo, Illinois. They will mark the grave of Phebe Ashley Mead Weed, daughter of an American Revolutionary Patriot.
Phebe Ashley was born on Poultney, Vermont, the sixth child of 13 children. Her uncle Thomas Ashley, Ethan Allen and Nehemiah Howe helped settle the small farming community where she grew up.
Phebe's father, William Ashley, served in the American Revolution and fought for our country's freedom in the Vermont militia.
Young Phebe grew up knowing that her grandmother, Beulah Wheeler Howe, was also a freedom fighter known for being among thirteen women who saved the children and citizens of Poultney from a British invasion.
--Brock-Perry
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