Phoebe Hessel: Brighton’s 108-Year-Old Soldier

Today’s article is about Phoebe Hessel who lived a remarkable life, in part as a man. According to her grave, she was born in 1713, so right at the end of the reign of Queen Anne and lived long enough to see George IV become king in 1821. If her age was correctly noted in Continue reading Phoebe Hessel: Brighton’s 108-Year-Old Soldier