Charles Phelps
Charles Phelps was born on April 28, 1850, in Brandon, Vermont, to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Reynolds. His father was a laborer who owned $50 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Brandon, and he married Laura Carlisle there on September 19, 1868. They had at least nine children: Charles, born around 1869; Cora, born around 1871; George, born around 1877; Elmer, born around 1880; Ellen, born around 1880; Clarence, born around 1886; Lewis, born around 1889; Florence, born around 1890; and Flora, born around 1893. They lived in Goshen, Vermont, and Phelps worked as a farm laborer. They moved to Leicester, Vermont, in the early 1900s. His wife died in 1914. By 1920, Phelps was living in his son Elmer’s household in Manchester, Connecticut. He died of “general arteriosclerosis” in Waterbury, Vermont, on January 21, 1934.
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(2185)Phelps, Charles1850-04-281934-01-21
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (3509) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps et al., 1 January 1863
  • (3512) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 5 March 1863
  • (3689) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps et al., 2 May 1863
  • (6654) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps et al., 13 November 1862
  • (7978) [associated with] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 16 October 1861
  • (8010) [associated with] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 7 March 1862
  • (8111) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 25 March 1864
  • (8114) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 26 February 1863
  • (8121) [writer] ~ Jarvis Phelps et al. to John W. Pitridge, 14 May 1865

People - Records: 5

  • (2185) Phelps, Charles is the [sibling of] (2182) Pitridge, John W.
  • (2185) Phelps, Charles is the [child of] (2183) Phelps, Jarvis
  • (2185) Phelps, Charles is the [child of] (2184) Phelps, Hannah
  • (2186) Phelps, Franklin is the [sibling of] (2185) Phelps, Charles
  • (2187) Phelps, Amanda is the [sibling of] (2185) Phelps, Charles

Places - Records: 2

  • (520) [birth] ~ Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont
  • (1684) [death] ~ Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, available from Ancestry.com.