John PHELPS
SOURCES:
1. Family Records
2. 1860 Catawba County, North Carolina Census
DEATH:
John was killed as a result of the Civil War
NOTES:
Catawba County was formed from Lincoln County in 1842.
"A History of Catawba County" at LDS Genealogical Society in Salt
Lake City. Living in Catawba Co., NC in 1860. Died as a soldier in the
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Civil War. He enlisted 31 Oct 1861.
A cousin, Estella Whitehall, said that John was born about 1835 in
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North Carolina. However, in the North Carolina 1860 census of Catawba
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County, it shows that he is 34-. She (Estella) also said that Great
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grandmother Candace told her family that "a neighbor saw John Phelps,
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his brother & neighbor laying on a battlefield badly wounded and in
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dying condition. They carried him to an old vacant house and left him
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to be picked up later. But they never saw him again." He had been home
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on furlough and saw his baby daughter, Candace, just two months old
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(March 1862?) just before his death. He is said to have been a very
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good, kind man to his neighbors and friends.The battle of Sharpsburg
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(about 9 miles north of Harpers Ferry, VA.;referred to as Antietum by
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the Union) took place in the middle of September 1862. Reference: A
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Short History of The Civil War by James L. Stokesbury.
On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate Forces met along a little
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creek known as the Antietam in one of the most violent clashes in
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American military history.
E-Mail from Tom Neely, 8 May 1998 on my query about JOHN PHELPS:
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Residence Catawba County NC; 38 years old. Enlisted on 10/31/61 at
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Catawba County, NC as a Private. On 12/31/61 he mustered into "F" Co.
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NC 38th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (date not
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stated) He was listed as: * Left behind (date and place not stated)
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(No further record) * Wounded 9/18/62 Sharpsburg, MD (Estimated day)
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Sources: - North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster At the time he was
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wounded the 38th North Carolina was a member of Pender's Brigade, A.
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P. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. When
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I get home this evening I will see if I can locate a report from the
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Official Records that describes his unit's fighting on the day he was
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wounded.
Tom Neely
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NAME Nancy Katherine /Rector/ GIVN Nancy Katherine
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NAME Nancy Katherine /Rector/ SURN Rector
She was listed as a child in Alexander Co., NC with her mother in
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NOTE She was listed as a child in Alexander Co., NC with her mother in CONC
1850. Living
in Catawba Co., NC in 1860.
She married her second husband Solomon Deal in Catawba Co., NC. They
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had one
child: Daniel Deal, born Jan 1868, d. Feb 1868.
Nancy was living in Missouri when she met and married her third
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husband
Nathaniel Porritt. They were married in Franklin Co., Missouri in the
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presence
of her brother A. B. Rector. A distant relative said that A.B. Rector,
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the
relative's grandfather said that they settled at Villa Ridge,
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Franklin,
Missouri abt 1866-1868. They later relocated to the Clifton, Preston,
Franklin, Idaho area.
Nancy Katherine Rector was baptized a member 15 June 1878. She was
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later
sealed to both her first and third husband.
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OBJE TITL Nancy Katherine Rector
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NAME William /PHELPS/ GIVN William
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NAME William /PHELPS/ SURN PHELPS
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NAME Fillin /PHELPS/ GIVN Fillin
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NAME Fillin /PHELPS/ SURN PHELPS
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NAME Sarah Ann Elizabeth /PHELPS/ GIVN Sarah Ann Elizabeth
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NAME Sarah Ann Elizabeth /PHELPS/ SURN PHELPS
Living in Catawba Co., NC in 1860.
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NAME Candace Elmeda /PHELPS/ GIVN Candace Elmeda
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NAME Candace Elmeda /PHELPS/ SURN PHELPS
She lived in Bancroft, Idaho for several years. She was my
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NOTE She lived in Bancroft, Idaho for several years. She was my CONC
grandmother's, (Rose Swensen's) mother-in-law. Estella Whitemill, a
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NOTE She lived in Bancroft, Idaho for several years. She was my CONC cousin
to me and neice to my great grandmother, wrote and told me in
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NOTE She lived in Bancroft, Idaho for several years. She was my CONC 1977
that she knew my great grandmother very well. Her family visited
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NOTE She lived in Bancroft, Idaho for several years. She was my CONC several
times a year. Estella said that she was a lovely lady and
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hard for her family. She took in washing and ironing using a
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a wash board and stove irons. Estella dosen't ever remember
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her husband, John Taylor. He was a member of the church but not
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Estella said that she dosen't think that John was good to his
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she didn't want to be buried by him. She wanted to be buried
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mother and sister Rosa. Rosa was Estella's mother. When she
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family had her body sent from Elko, Nevada where she died at
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daughter Lillie's home to Idaho Falls. She was buried next to her
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Nancy Rector and sister Rosa. Candace probably came to Idaho
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originally with her mother.
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DEAT NOTE She was living with her daughter, Lil at the time of her death.
Lil
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DEAT NOTE She was living with her daughter, Lil at the time of her death.
Lil CONC lived in Elko, Elko Co., Nevada.
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He married Nancy Katherine Rector 1855 at North Carolina . Nancy Katherine Rector was born at of Alexander, North Carolina 25 Jul 1838 daughter of Louis Rector and Sara Warren .
They were the parents of 4
children:
William Phelps
born Abt 1856.
Fillin Phelps
born Abt 1858.
Sarah Ann Elizabeth Phelps
born 18 Jan 1860.
Candace Elmeda Phelps
born 7 Jan 1862.
John Phelps died 18 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland .
Nancy Katherine Rector died 5 May 1909 at St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho .


