Amanda Phelps
Amanda Phelps was born on May 22, 1859, in Brandon, Vermont, to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Reynolds. Her father was a laborer who owned $50 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Brandon, and she married Antoine Bush there on November 20, 1881. They had at least three children: Carroll, born around 1887; Anna, born around 1892; and Bernard, born around 1896. They lived in Brandon, and her husband worked as a farm laborer and “plumber’s helper.” Her husband died in 1939, and by 1940, she was living in her daughter Anna’s household in Brandon. She died there on February 9, 1944.
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(2187)Phelps, Amanda ~ Bush, Amanda1859-05-221944-02-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 13

  • (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
  • (6648) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Amanda Phelps, 4 January 1862
  • (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
  • (7981) [associated with] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 30 November 1861
  • (8003) [recipient] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 20 January 1862
  • (8006) [associated with] ~ John W. Pitridge to Jarvis Phelps and Hannah Phelps, 13 February 1862
  • (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

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

Places - Records: 1

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

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; Rutland Daily Herald, 10 February 1944.