Site of Phebe Humphrey House Built 1759 Present house built and now occupied by Howard A. Bristol. From the Canton Collinsville area of CT, Phebe Humphrey Phoebe Humphrey was home alone at age 16 when she drove off two Hessian soldiers with a hot fireplace poker after they surprised her and demanded the bread she was baking. The local DAR chapter is named after her. 38″ x 26″ Weathered, old paint, first quarter 20th century.
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