Phoebe Ann Adams (born Sprague)

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Loren Palmer Tefft (son of Ezekiel A. ‘Squirrel Hunter’ Tefft and Mercy Wilbur)

1.	(infant) Tefft

2.	Florence G. Tefft

+3.	Ellen Beolia Tefft

4.	Lorrin Palmer Tefft

Sources

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg Township, Image 44 of 44, Andrew Adams, 38, Mass., farmer; Hannah Adams, 36, Rhode Island; Phoebe A. Adams, 14, NY [incorrectly shown as Mass. in the index]; Emeline Adams, 12, Pennsylvania; William Adams, 9, Ohio; John H. Adams, 3, NY [incorrectly shown as Mass. in the index].
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Wood County, Perrysburg, Page 133, Loren P. Tift, 31, New York, miller; Phebe A. Tift, 24, New York; Ellen Tift, 6, Ohio. Living next door are Loren’s parents: Ezekiel Tift, 61, Rhode Island, miller; Mercy Tift, 58, Rhode Island; Nathan Tift, 21, Ohio; Mercy Tift, 7, Ohio [Nathan is Ezekiel’s son, but the identity of Marcy is uncertain. She is likely Ezekiel’s granddaughter, and the son of Gardner Tefft, although Gardner’s daughter Marcy is enumerated with Gardner and the rest of his family in another 1860 census entry. Marcy may have been visiting Ezekiel when this census entry was made.]
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Wood County, Washington Township, Page No. 23, John N. Adams, 24, New York, farmer; Flavilla Adams, 25, Ohio; Hiram Cumming, 28, Ohio, farm laborer; Ella Teft, 16, Ohio, school teacher. Living next door are: Andrew Adams, 60, Mass., farmer; Hanna Adams, 58, New York. Living next door are: Phebe Ann Teft, 34, New York; Lorain Teft, 6, Ohio.
4. Rootsweb, Madison County, New York, Jul - Sep 1999 Queries, Adams, Sprague, Wilber, 6 July 1999, by Irene Watkins. The query seeks information on Phoebe Ann Sprague or Phoebe Ann Adams born in May 1836 in Madison County, NY. The query indicates Phoebe’s parents are Hannah Wilber and John Sprague; that Hannah then married Andrew Adams; that Hannah and Andrew had a daughter Emeline in 1837 in Crawford County, PA, and they moved to Perrysburg, OH. The query indicates Phoebe married in Wood County, OH, in 1851 under the surname Adams.
5. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Wood County, Page 261, Image 160 of 170, Palmer Tifft and Phoebe Ann Adams, married on 21 May 1851.
6. Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897 (available at archive.com). Page 625-26, biographical sketch of Hiram Cunning, who married Ella Tefft, daughter of L. P. and Phoebe Ann (Adams) Tefft. The sketch provides vital and biographical details and the names of Hiram’s parents (Hiram and Keziah (Raymond) Cunning), Hiram and Ella’s children (Oreanna, Hiram T., Flavilla, and Irene Myrtle), Phoebe’s three siblings (an infant child, Florence G., and Lorin P.).