Phebe M. Hughes ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Broad Mountain, Schuylkill, PA. ² The 1870 census recorded Jonathan Okem, shoemaker, 47, living with wife Phoebe, 45; Elizabeth, 19; Ella, 15; William, 13; Robert, 9; Phoebe, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Broad Mountain in New Castle Township.

2. Census in 1880 in Wadesville, Schuylkill, PA, USA. ³ The 1880 census recorded Johnath Oakum [sic, as written by census taker], laborer, 56, living with wife Phoeby M., 55; Robert, laborer, 18; and Pheaby, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
On the same page is Jonathan's sister-in-law who married his deceased brother Daniel Okum, and then married Samuel Heckman who died in the army: widow Mary Heckman, 63, and her son Ellwood, laborer, 31; and Mary's daughter Lydia Smith, 27, with her son George E., 9, and daughter Ellen M., 7. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Phebe married Jonathan Okom, son of Jacob Ocum and Catharina Wolfe. (Jonathan Okom was born on 2 Sep 1822 in , Berks, PA ⁴, christened on 13 Oct 1822 in Rehrersburg: Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berks, PA, died on 12 Oct 1902 in Saint Nicholas, Schuylkill, PA ⁴ and was buried on 14 Oct 1902 in Saint Clair: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA ^{1 4}.)