Captain
Elijah
Covington
Phelps
Born in Lumbustown Butler County Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of James L. Phelps
and Ellender (Jones) Phelps
Brother of
Julian N Phelps, James F. Phelps, Richard J.l. Phelps, John S. Phelps, Nancy (Phelps) Goodwin, William H Phelps, Mary Ann (Phelps) Wells, Julia Ann (Phelps) Willis, Francis Marion Phelps, Temperance (Phelps) Garrison and Singleton Phelps
Husband of
Mary Ann (Long) Phelps
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Long) Waddle
— married
20 Feb 1844 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at age 40
in Columbia, Maury Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2014
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Biography
- Elected Captain of Company "G" of the Kentucky 11th. Died of disease at Columbia Tennessee. He never witnessed a battle.
- Burial: Lumbustown Cemetery , Butler County, Kentucky
Elijah was born about 1825. He passed away after 1863.
Sources
- Marriage Record
- 1850 US Census
- 1860 US Census
- American Civil War Soldiers
- US Civil War Soldiers Records and Profiles 1861-1865
- US Registers of Death of Volunteers 1861-1865
- Find A Grave: Memorial #33277302 retrieved 11 May 2018
- Research
Verbal Family history
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Lessie Phelps
:
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup E-L485
- Everett Huffman :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup U5
-
~3.12%
Jacklyn (James) Decker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T199634 [compare], Ancestry member JacklynDecker
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T199634 [compare], FTDNA kit #435414
-
~3.12%
Connie (Willis) Vincent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member connie_vincent
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Everett Huffman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HU3391384 [compare], FTDNA kit #N111639
-
~1.56%
Krystal Vincent :
23andMe, GEDmatch RB6201257 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Pam Logan :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Georgia (X) Cooley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 972georgia
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T483449 [compare], FTDNA kit #290964
-
~1.56%
Anna (Johnson) Blessitt :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T578427 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Theresa (Weightman) Chacon :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Liz (Cunningham) Dockendorf :
23andMe, GEDmatch M162544 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Donna (Decker) Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A145935 [compare], Ancestry member MyFamilyTreeAndMore
-
~0.39%
Melinda Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A202340 [compare]
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