THE MAILLET AND PHEBE/PHOEBE (CAMPBELL) MINOR FAMILY
-Special Thanks to Ruth Patrignani for sharing information and photographs of the Minor family-

photographed 1999
Transcriptions of Gravestones at Campbell Chapel Cemetery -left to right


Phebe Minor
Sept 29, 1893
aged 74yr 8m 20d
"Her happy soul has not aged as may to one pure bright eternal day"
Maillet Minor 
Died Mar 1, 1871
aged 53y 6m 10d
Rebecca Anna d/o M&P Minor aged 4mo

infant s/o M&P Minor

infant s/o M&P Minor

Maillet MINOR was born abt 26 Aug 1817 in Ohio. He was the son of Stephen and Ann MINOR1.On 19 Oct 1845 he married Phebe/Phoebe CAMPBELL in Fountain Co, Ind2. Phebe was born 9 Jan 1819 probably in Butler Co, Ohio3. She was the daughter of Albert and Rebecca (BAKE) CAMPBELL.

Maillet was a physician by trade4. By 1870 he had retired from that profession5. Maillet and Phebe had 8 children, three of whom died as infants. One child, Philip, was deaf6. On 1 Mar 1871 Maillet MINOR died. Phebe lived another 22 years in the area. She died 19 Sep 1893 and was the first person buried at Campbell Chapel Cemetery after the Chapel was built.

CHILDREN OF MAILLET AND PHEBE/PHOEBE (CAMPBELL) MINOR7:
 

  1. Rebecca Anna d. aged 4mos
  2. infant Son
  3. infant Son
  4. Eliza J. Minor b. 28 Feb 1849 Fountain Co., Ind; d. 20 Apr 1931 Fountain Co., Ind.; married Henry Clay Dearing 2 Jan 1873 Fountain Co., Ind;
  5. John A. Minor b. 3 Apr 1853; married Harriet Shipman 9 Nov 1876 Fountain Co., Ind
  6. Rhoda C. Minor b. 3 Apr 1853; 20 Dec 1933 Montezuma, Parke Co., Ind; married 1st George Dearing 24 Apr 1873 Fountain Co., Ind; 2nd Hiran Augustus Webster 19 Mar 1892 Fountain Co., Ind.
  7. Philip M. Minor b. 19 May 1855; d. Nov 1927; married 1st Katie (Unknown); 2nd Mary (Unknown)
  8. Malinda E. Minor b. 19 Feb 1856; d. 1934; married Samuel Tolbert 23 Sep 1880


PICTURE OF PHEBE/PHOEBE (CAMPBELL) MINOR

NOTES:

1. Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country and its Pioneers, pg 629 (from Ruth Patrignani; also name of Stephen's wife from Ruth)

2. Fountain County Marriage Records Bk 2 pg 143, County Clerk's Office, Covington, Indiana.

3. Phebe Minor's birthdate calculated from gravestone.

4. Maillet Minor household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fountain Co, Indiana, Troy Covington twp, pg 6 ln 27; Mailet Minor household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fountain Co, Indiana, population schedule, Cain twp.

5. Maillet Minor household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fountain Co, Indiana, population schedule, Cain twp.

6. Phebe Minor household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fountain Co, Indiana, population schedule, Village of Ryorcen, ED 74 sht 14.

7. Detailed information on Children of Maillet and Phebe/Phoebe Minor from research of Ruth Patrignani.

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