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Burton Harmon PHELPS

HUSBAND:
[F114]. Burton Harmon PHELPS. [PC T2].
Born 4 MAY 1806 at Greene, Chenango County, New York; son of Samuel PHELPS [F228] and Rebecca ROZA [F229].

A Samuel PHILLIPS was in Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1820 Census. Could this be Phelps instead of Phillips? He has a male child who would be about the right age as Burton.

In 1823, a post route was established from Perry, Genesee county, through Perrysburg, Nashville, and Forestville to Fredonia, the mail to be carried on horseback, once in two weeks. A post-office named Hanover, was established at Forestville, May 15, 1823, Albert H. Camp, postmaster. Unfortunately for the inhabitants around Kensington, the name of Hanover drew to Forestville nearly all the mail designed for them; and the name of Hanover post-office was changed to Forestville, Oct. 15, 1823. On the 22d of March, 1824, it was again changed to Hanover; and in 1833 it again took the present name of Forestville. (http://www.newyorkroots.org/chautauqua/younghistory/part10.html).

He married Amanda Melvina WEBB [F115] about 1831 or 1832 in Forestville, Chautaqua County, New York. The Village of Forestville is within the Town of Hanover and in the northeast part of the county. We do not know if the Phelps family or the Webb family was living in in the vacinity of Forestville, but probably the Webb family.

On 12 April 1838 Oliver Cowdery was brought before the High Council in Kirtland, Ohio for a hearing. Frederick G. Williams accused a member named Davis, Oliver Cowdery, John Boynton, Warren Parrish, and Burton H. Phelps of passing counterfiet money. This was supposed to have happened about the Spring of 1837. Oliver was said to have left Kirtland shortly after these acquisations. Possibley Burton did also. (S14).

In the 1840 Census a Buxton H. Phelps (Probably a transcriber error-probably Burton) was living in Rochester Precinct, Peoria County, Illinois. (S12).

In the 1850 Census he was living in District 16 in Clinton County, Missouri. {S9d}. Family members in the household were:
B H Phelps 45
Amanda Phelps 40
Chancey Phelps 18
Calvin Phelps 16
Jane Phelps 14
Julia Phelps 11
Hannah Phelps 9
Mary Phelps 2

In the 1860 Census he was living in Ridgley, Platte County, Missouri. {S9b}. Family members in the household were:
B H Phelps 54
Amanda Phelps 50
Hannah Phelps 17
Mary Phelps 12
Polly A Phelps 8

Daughter Julia and her husband left Ridgley and moved to Payson, Utah in 1860.

Company A of the 4th Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, was organized at St. Joseph under Captain Burton H. Phelps on 28 February 1862. (S11). Burton was made a captain on 24 December 1861. He resigned on 1 June 1862. (S13). It it my guess that Burton and the rest of the family left Missouri not long after this.

He is said to have married (2) Nellie PEARSON (PARSON, PERSSON) and (3) Brigita NILDOTTER, who were both related. They were Swedish. However, these marriages to a Burton Phelps may have been his nephew. If this is true, it would have been about 1865-1866.

In the 1870 Census he was living in Payson, Utah County, Utah. {S9e}. Family members in the household were:
Burden Phelps 64
Nellie Phelps 32 [So it appears he did marry Nellie.]
Emily Olsen 18
Johannah Olsen 15
Nellie Olsen 12
Jessina Olsen 6
Osella Phelps 3 [If this is a child of Burton and Nellie, they would have been married about 1866, probably about the time of his removal from Missouri to Utah.]

In the 1880 Census he was living in Payson, Utah County, Utah. {S9c}. Family members in the household were:
B. H. Phelps 74
Nellie Phelps 52
Lucinda Olsen 16
Rosella Phelps 13
Burton H. Phelps 8

He died 7 MAY 1885 in Payson, Utah County, Utah.

WIFE (1):
[F115]. Amanda Melvina WEBB. [PC T2].
Born 12 SEP 1809 (1829-S3,S5,S8) at Dolgeville, Herkimer County, New York, daughter of (Elder) James Henry WEBB, Jr. [F226] and Hannah GRISWOLD [F231].

Some family traditions say that Amanda is the daughter of Betsy Faville, the first wife of Elder James Webb. Records show that Betsy Faville died on 27 June 1808, and was buried in the Faville, Peck or Sherwood Cemetery in the Town of Manheim, which cemetery lies 2 Miles northwest on Route 83 from Dolgeville. She probably died from complications at the time of the birth of her son, John, which was on 17 MAY 1808. {S7}. Since Betsy died in 1808, and Amanda was born in September 1809, Amanda is the daughter of James and Hannah. Hannah was apparently indeed called in to care for the young children of James and Betsy, as traditions say, probably immediately in June 1808 when Betsy died and James had a newborn child to care for. Hannah soon married James, and Amanda was their first child.

Family tradition also states that Amanda was born about two months premature, weighing only 3 pounds at birth and that she had to be fed at first with an eyedropper. A bed was created for her out of lambswool that was placed in a bowl.

Amanda is said to have been born at Hanover or Forrestville, Chautaqua County, New York, but it is most likely that she was born in Manheim Township (now called Dolgeville), in Herkimer County, New York, as given in source 2, and which is where James lived. Sources 3 and 5 say she was born in 1829, but this is obviously an error, especially considering the birth years of her children, and also her age as stated in the census records.

She married Burton Harmon PHELPS [F114] about 1831 or 1832. They were in Ashtabula County, Ohio in January 1834; and in Sangamon County, Illinois in April 1839. They were in Clinton, Missouri for the 1850 Census {S6}.

She died 12 JUN 1871, probably in Payson, Utah County, Utah.

CHILDREN of Burton Harmon PHELPS [F114] and Amanda Melvina WEBB [F115]:
  1. Chancey (Chauncey) PHELPS.
  2. Calvin M. PHELPS. Born 9 January 1834 at Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Married Elizabeth FITZGERALD, daughter of Theodrick FITZGERALD and Fanny KIRKPATRIC, about 1856 or 1857.
  3. Ruth Jane (Janie) PHELPS. Born in 1836 in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She married (1) Henry Jefferson MAYO on 20 September 1854. They "went west." She married (2) Amos CARPENTER. {S10}.
  4. [F57]. Julia Amanda PHELPS. [PC T2]. Born 30 April 1839 at Peoria or Rochester (probably Rochester), Sangamon County, (probably Rochester in Peoria County. See S12), Illinois. She married Warren Reed TENNEY [56] on 8 MAY 1859 at Ridgley, Platte County, Missouri. They moved to Utah in 1860. They lived for a short time in Payson, Utah, then moved to northern Arizona. She left her family in 1883 and moved to Denver and started a milinery shop. Amanda returned to her family in 1885-1886 and taught school for a year at Pleasanton, New Mexico. In 1886-1887 she was in Chicago. By July 1896 she was in San Francisco, California. She died on 14 January 1912 at Berkley, Alameda County, California. She was cremated and her ashes, and those of her daughter Ruth Ella TENNEY, were moved on 24 June 1935 to the Alpine Cemetery at Alpine, Apache County, Arizona where they were buried beside her husband.
  5. Hannah PHELPS. Born about 1843 in Illinois.
  6. Mary PHELPS. Born about 1848 in Illinois.
  7. Polly Ann PHELPS. Born 9 APR 1852 at Lee, Platte County, Missouri.


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