Born in Four Corners, Jefferson, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Austin W Yager
and Hester Ann (Darlington) Yager
Sister of
Laura Isabelle (Yager) Skelton, Dwight Tinsley Yager, Mary M (Yager) Hatcher, Norman Stanley (Yager) Yeager, Eugenia Ann (Yager) Tedford, Viola Mae (Yager) Harrington, Myrtle Aldon (Yager) Axton and Unknown Yager
Wife of
Roscoe Carry Axton
— married
31 Jul 1910 in Dewey, Oklahoma, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Josie Myrtle (Axton) Weeks, Melvin Ross Axton, Leona Mattie (Axton) Reeves, Clyde Lee Axton, Clifford Roscoe Axton, Reva Mae (Axton) Rouse, Homer Leslie Axton and Katherine Arlena (Axton) Wheeler
Died
at age 73
in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2020
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Biography
Pheba was born in 1885. She was the daughter of Austin Yager and Hester Darlington.
She married Roscoe Carry Axton, 31 Jul 1910.[1]
Alternatively married 31 Jul 1909.
She passed away in 1958 and is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Oklahoma.[2]
Residence
1895, Harrison, Iowa[3]
1900, Cincinnate Township, Harrison, Iowa[4]
1910, Trail, Dewey, Oklahoma[5]
1920, Clark, Dewey, Oklahoma[6]
1930, Canute, Washita, Oklahoma[7]
1940, Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma[8]
Sources
- ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV2D-5Q8 : 23 March 2020), Roscoe C Axton and Phoebe R Yager, 31 Jul 1910; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #75111116
- ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3W-NFN : 4 April 2020), Phoeba Yager in household of Austin W Yager, Harrison, Iowa, United States; citing p. 180, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,360.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K5-194 : accessed 10 September 2020), Pheba R Yager in household of Dwight Yager, Cincinnate Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 7A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,436.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQX-8P4 : accessed 10 September 2020), Pheobe Yager in household of Dewite Yager, Trail, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 8A, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1250; FHL microfilm 1,375,263.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN16-GDV : accessed 10 September 2020), Pheoba R Axton in household of Benjamin F Axton, Clark, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 206, sheet 5A, line 46, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1462; FHL microfilm 1,821,462.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHM-CYV : accessed 10 September 2020), Phifa Axton in household of R C Axton, Canute, Washita, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1B, line 55, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1938; FHL microfilm 2,341,672.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJZ-XN4 : 6 March 2020), Pheba Ruth Arton in household of Roscoe Carrie Arton, Ward 4, Elk City, Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-10, sheet 9A, line 31, family 187, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3276.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pheba by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pheba:
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