Elkanah Phelps (1793 - 1884)

Born 1 Oct 1793 in Oneida Co., New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 16 Feb 1884 at age 90 in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States

Biography

PHELPS ELKANAH, Res. Main St.; born Oct 1, 1795, in Oneida Co., N. Y.; came to Genessee Co. in 1800, and in 1815 came to Erie, Pa.; remained there til 1845, when he came to Lake Co., Ind.; in 1870 he came to Rochelle; married Lucina Miller Nov. 17, 1815; she was born at Saratoga, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1799; had eight children, four living: Mary J. (now Mrs. Himebaugh), Charlotte L. (now Mrs. Bruce), Chas. W. and Elkanah W. ; are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 668.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #89721139