Phoebe's Story
Birth: February 22nd, 1848 | female | in Harris Grove, Harrison, Iowa
Death: July 17th, 1850 | 2 years old | in Wyoming on the Mormon Trail
Memorial: Stone 1 | left column
Phoebe was born to John Webb and Catherine Naramore, both from New York. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Webb Family joined the James Pace Company in 1850 to journey to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, premature birth, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Cholera, a bacterial disease caused from contaminated water, infected many of the travelers. While in Wyoming, cholera struck many members of the company. Two-year-old Phoebe fell victim to the disease and passed away. She is buried on the Mormon Trail somewhere in Wyoming.