1807–1874

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Born: De­cem­ber 18, 1807, New York Ci­ty.

Died: No­vem­ber 2, 1874, New York Ci­ty.

Buried: Green-Wood Ce­me­te­ry, Brook­lyn, New York.

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Biography

Phoebe was the daugh­ter of Hen­ry Wor­rall (of Ug­hill, Brad­field Par­ish, Sheff­ield, Eng­land) and Do­re­tha Blanche Wade; wife of Wal­ter Clarke Pal­mer (mar­ried 1827); and mo­ther of com­pos­er Phoe­be Knapp.

She was a well known 19th Cen­tu­ry evan­gel­ist, in­volved with the ho­li­ness move­ment.

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