Phoebe Yates (Levy) Pember (1823 - 1913)

Born 18 Aug 1823 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 1913 at age 89 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Phoebe (Levy) Pember is Notable.

• Fact: Burial (11 March 1913) Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

Bio from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Phoebe Pember (1823-1913) was born to a wealthy and prominent family in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1862, widowed and childless, she accepted an offer to work as a nurse and administrator of Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia - the largest military hospital in the world during the Civil War. She managed the care and diets for over 700 patients housed in the hospital, and regulated the supply of whisky for medical purposes only. After the war Phoebe wrote her autobiography, A Southern Woman’s Story, which continues to be a valuable record of the conditions of hospitals during the Civil War ^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ Smithsonian National Postal Museum https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-2-health-saving-lives-caring-for-the-wounded-in-the-civil-war/phoebe

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 April 2021, 20:59), entry for Phoebe Yates Levy (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MMSD-NSK ); contributed by various users.