Phoebe Lodema Merrill was born 5 August 1832 in Elba, Genesee County, New York to Samuel Merrill (1780-1878) and Phoebe Odell (1788-1862) and died 18 January 1909 Parker, Fremont County, Idaho of unspecified causes. She married Clark Stillman (1827-1867) 1846 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She married Parmino Adams Jackman (1822-1860) 16 October 1851 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Biography
Phoebe Merrill marched west as a nurse with The Mormon Battalion in 1846-47 with her brother Philemon and Sister Albina. They went with the Sick Detachment to Pueblo CO where her sister gave birth.
Marriage & Family
2nd Marriage: Jackman
Her 2nd husband, Parmenio Jackman ran a successful wagon freighting company in Southern California in the late 1850's until they were ambushed and killed by indians.
3nd Marriage
After the death of her husband, Phoebe Lodema Merrill Jackman married Sylvenus Collett.
4th Marriage
Upon Sylvenus' death she married William Thompson. She, at some time, moved to Rexburg, Idaho and died there on January 18, 1909, and is buried in the Rexburg, Idaho cemetery with her husband, William Thompson.
Research Note
The order of marriage and deaths for Mr Collett and Mr Thompson is confusing...
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Parmenio Adams Jackman (1852-1908) | |||
| Madora Catherine Lodema Jackman (1855-1913) | |||
| Flora Albina Jackman (1857-1857) | |||
| Robert H Jackman (1858-1864) | |||
| Luella Ione Jackman (1860-1920) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Merrill Collett (1865-1929) | |||
| Daniel Francello Collett (1867-1930) | |||
| Marion Merrill Collett (1870-1938) | |||
| Mary Collett (1870-1950) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Emily Phelps Merrill (1804-1890) | |||
| Justin Jared Merrill (1806-1889) | |||
| Lucy Ann Merrill (1808-1884) | |||
| Philemon Merrill (1810-1812) | |||
| Samuel Bemis Merrill (1812-1891) | |||
| Ferdinand Daniel Merrill (1814-1823) | |||
| Polly Matilda Merrill (1817-1891) | |||
| Melissa Ruth Merrill (1818-1831) | |||
| Philemon Christopher Merrill (1820-1904) | 12 November 1820 Byron, Genesee County, New York | 16 September 1904 San Jose, Graham County, Arizona | Cyrena Dustin (1817-1906) Mary Jane Smith (1833-1871) Rhoda Sylvia Collett (1837-1927) |
| Daniel Morgan Merrill (1823-) | |||
| Albina Mariam Merrill (1826-1914) | 25 July 1826 Byron, Genesee County, New York, United States | 28 November 1914 Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, United States | Thomas Steven Williams (1827-1860) |
| Phoebe Lodema Merrill (1832-1909) | 5 August 1832 Elba, Genesee County, New York | 18 January 1909 Parker, Fremont County, Idaho | Clark Stillman (1827-1867) Parmino Adams Jackman (1822-1860) William Adamson Thompson (1833-1896) Sylvanus Collett (1835-1901) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Phoebe Merrill (1863-1954) | |||
| Rebecca Ruby Merrill (1866-1954) | |||