Captain Charles Duncan Phelps

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Charles D Phelps BIRTH 26 Jan 1801 Madison County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 2 Dec 1864 (aged 63) Coles County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Ashmore Cemetery Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 112876887 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 1 CAPT. CHARLES D. PHELPS, deceased, late of Ashmore Tp., one of the pioneers of Coles Co.; was born in Madison Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1801 he was a son; of Jarrot and Millie (Duncan J Phelps, both natives of Virginia. He was married March 3, 1825. to Miss Mary A. Coons, a daughter of John and Polly (Crosswhite) Coons; she was born in Fayette Co., Ky., about eight miles from Lexington, July 29, 1809. In 1830, he removed to Coles his Co., arid settled on the farm now occupied by his widow and youngest son; he purchased and entered about 300 acres of land, was an industrious and successful man, a leading member of the Christian Church, and led a life consistent with his professions. Coming to Coles Co. before the Black Hawk war, they had the Kickapoos and Pottawatomies for their neighbors. On the breaking-out of the Black Hawk war he volunteered as a soldier, was commissioned a Captain, and assisted in the capture of the Chief, Black Hawk. He died Dec. 2, 1864; of nine children eight were living at the time of his death, and six are living at the present time, viz., Josiah, now a resident of this township Jarrot, of Shell City, Mo.; Mildred A. wife of Addison Bowen; of Johnson Co., Kan. Mary A., wife of Thomas Adair, of Johnson Co., Kan. Samuel W., who served in the late war, and now lives in Schuyler Co., Mo., and Charles D., residing on the homestead; John C, a member of the 123d I. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., in February, 1863; Susan E., wife of William O’Brien, died April 19, 1866; Fountain served in the late war, and died in 1871, in Schuyler Co., Mo. Mrs. Phelps still resides on the old place, about two miles south of Ashmore; she has passed through many and severe hardships of those pioneer days, and is now hale and strong at nearly 70 years of age.

HISTORY OF COLES COUNTY. William E. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. Chicago 1879

Family Members Spouse Photo Mary Ann Coons Phelps 1809–1899

Children Photo Susan E Phelps O'Brien unknown–1866

Photo Josiah Phelps 1828–1909

Photo Jarrot Phelps 1830–1883

Photo Fountain Turner Phelps 1835–1871

Photo Samuel Walter Phelps 1845–1927

• Charles Duncan Phelps
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• Birth: Jan 26 1801 - Madison Co, Kentucky
• Death: Oct 2 1864 - Ashmore Twp., Coles, Illinois
• Parents: Jarret Patterson Phelps, Mildred "Milly" Phelps (born Duncan)
• Wife: Mary Ann Phelps (born Coons)
• Children: Rodney Anson Phelps, John C. Phelps, Joseph Phelps, Jarrot Phelps, Fountain J. Phelps, Mary A. Adair (born Phelps), Mildred Ann Phelps, and names of 4 more children
• Siblings: Nancy Jane Green (born Phelps), Elisabeth Turner (born Phelps), Martha Patsy Simmons (born Phelps), Sallie Ann Embry (born Phelps), Josiah Phelps, Susan Dee Grosshart (born Phelps), George Phelps, and name of one more sister