Isom Phelps (1846 - 1922)

Born 29 Dec 1846 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Melinda Jane (Douglas) Phelps — married 19 May 1869 in Macon, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1922 at age 75 in Payne, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Isom Phelps served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 2nd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry

Isom Phelps was a homesteader in Payne County, Oklahoma. Join the Homesteaders Project.

Isom farmed for a while in Missouri and Kansas, then joined the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April, 1889 and settled in Payne county where the family remained for his lifetime. He passed away on 9 June, 1922 in Payne County, Oklahoma.

• Census (1850) Adair county, Adair, Missouri, United States

• Census (1860) Vacaville, Solano, California, United States

• Census (1880) Miami, Miami, Kansas, United States
• Marital Status Married
• Occupation Farming

• Census (1890) Payne, Oklahoma Territory, United States

• Homestead Land Warrant (5 Nov 1895) Cherokee, Payne, Oklahoma Territory, United States

• Census (1900) Cherokee & Walnut Townships, Payne, Oklahoma Territory, United States
• Marital Status Married

• Census (1910) Cherokee, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
• Marital Status Married

• Census (1920) Cherokee, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
• Marital Status Married

• Military (1861-1865) Missouri
• Pension (31 Jul 1922) Missouri, United States
• Pension (1907) Oklahoma, United States
• Military Service (1862) Missouri

Sources

Civil War service and pension records

• "Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFYF-PLJ : 4 December 2014), Isam Phelps, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Eleventh State Militia, Cavalry, Mo-S, NARA microfilm publication M405 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1964), roll 248.Note: this entry shows Isom's service beginning in 1862 in the Missouri State Militia, 11th Cavalry Regiment.
• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-L16N : 3 April 2015), Isom Phelps, 1907. Note: This entry links to an image of the actual payment card for Isom Phelps as a pensioner of the Civil War. It names the two units in which he served and states that payment began on 16 Jan 1907 to Isom as an invalid and began on 31 July 1922 to Melinda as his widow.
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M25-3VY : 12 December 2014), Isom Phelps, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,807. Note: this entry links to an image of the actual payment card for Melinda Phelps as widow of Isom Phelps. The card also notes that Isom served as a private in the Missouri State Militia in both Company B of the 11th Cavalry and also in Company M of the 2nd Cavalry.
• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHQ1-SZ5 : 24 March 2016), Isom Phelps, 1922. Note: This card is dated 31 July 1922 and marks the change after Isom's death to payment to his widow, Melinda
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M25-M4N : 12 December 2014), Isom Phelps, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,807.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9Y6-KTY : 4 December 2014), Isham Phelps, Private, Company M, 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M390 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 881,572. Note: this entry shows Isom's service in the Missouri State Militia, 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

Primary Records

• Oklahoma State Department of Health, Vital Records Division, ok2explore, Online Database. Accessed 18 Sep 2017. Citing: Phelps, Isom; Gender: M; Death month 6, Day, 9, year 1922. Death County: Payne
• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28G-3N7 : 6 December 2014), Isom Phelps and Malinda Jane Douglass, 19 May 1869; citing Macon,Missouri; FHL microfilm 986,960.
• US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Homestead Certificate no. 1115, Application No 3531, of the land office at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, citing: Isom Phelps, North-East quarter of Section Thirty in township nineteen North of range one East of Indian Meridian in Oklahoma Territory containing 160 acres. Issued Fifth day of November in 1895.

US Census Records

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1F-P6J : accessed 29 October 2017), Isom Phelps, Cherokee, Payne, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 169, sheet 3A, line 38, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1482; FHL microfilm 1,821,482.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLWM-5K8 : accessed 29 October 2017), Isom Phelp, Cherokee, Payne, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 184, sheet 7B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1269; FHL microfilm 1,375,282.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGD-H3J : accessed 29 October 2017), Isom Phelps, Cherokee & Walnut Townships, Payne, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 5A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,341.
• 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census, (online Index to original census, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK, Accessed 29 Oct 2017) citing: Isom Phelps,age 44; Melinda Phelps, age 42; Lillie Phelps, age 14; Fredric Phelps, age 12; Frank Phelps, age 12; Perley Phelps, age 9; Etta Phelps, age 6. In Payne County, Oklahoma Territory.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5C-2SC : 29 August 2017), I Phelps, Miami, Miami, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 353B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0388; FHL microfilm 1,254,388.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDK8-D8N : 28 July 2017), J Phelps in entry for Edward Phelps, 1860. Note: Isom's entry is "I Phelps" but is indexed as "J Phelps" on FamilySearch. His father is recorded as Edward instead of Ezekiel, but ages, place of birth, and sex match up correctly for all 6. Also, in the same dwelling are Rhoda (Phelps) Preston and her husband Samuel Preston and Elizabeth Jane (Phelps) Moore and her husband John Moore.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZS-QS1 : 12 April 2016), Isham Phelps in household of Ezekiel Phelps, Adair county, Adair, Missouri, United States; citing family 54, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts.