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Alva Phelps

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 16, 1846 (32)
Gray County, Arkansas, United States
Place of Burial: Ada County, Idaho, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Griswold Comstock Phelps and Rhoda Squier
Husband of Margaret Bridges
Father of Juliette Ann Pratt; Mary Lovina Phelps and Walter Alva Phelps
Brother of Harriet Phelps; Laura Letcher; Mary (Polly) Phelps; William W Phelps; Rhoda Ann Whaley and 4 others

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About Alva Phelps

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Birth: Nov. 6, 1813 Bridgewater Township Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, USA

Death: Sep. 16, 1846 Gray County Kansas, USA

Alva was a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion.

At Ingalls the battalion crossed the Arkansas and marched towards the Cimarron River. At this crossing the first of three sick detachments, ten men and several families, were sent back along the Arkansas to Fort Pueblo to spend the winter. These three sick detachments met the Mississippi Saints at Fort Pueblo and, the following summer, collectively joined Brigham Young and the pioneers at Fort Laramie.

Ingalls is a city in Gray County, Kansas.

Father: Griswold Phelps (Griswell)

Mother: Rhoda Squires

(Information Provided by Dan)

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Parents:

Griswold Phelps (1791 - 1845)
Spouse:
Margaret Robison Phelps (1819 - 1892)
Sibling:
Alva Phelps (1813 - 1846)
William Phelps (1821 - 1906)*
*Calculated relationship

Burial:

Non-Cemetery Burial Specifically: Buried along the Oregon Trail

Created by: Bev Record added: Sep 25, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 77094326

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Alva Phelps's Timeline

1813
November 6, 1813
Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
1839
April 19, 1839
York, Stuben, Indiana, United States
1845
September 27, 1845
Zarahemla, Montrose, Iowa, United States
1846
September 16, 1846
Age 32
Gray County, Arkansas, United States
September 17, 1846
Age 32
Along the Oregon Trail, Ada County, Idaho, United States
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