Harmon Austin Phelps

26 July 1819–7 February 1897 (Age 77)
East Smithfield, Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Harmon Austin

When Harmon Austin Phelps was born on 26 July 1819, in East Smithfield, Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jared Phelps Jr., was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Hackett, was 24. He married Adelia Davies on 8 October 1846, in Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Parks Bar Township, Yuba, California, United States in 1870 and Bolinas, Marin, California, United States in 1880. He died on 7 February 1897, at the age of 77, and was buried in Athens Cemetery, Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harmon Austin Phelps
1819–1897
Adelia Davies
1826–1917
Marriage: 8 October 1846

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
Age 1
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1846
Age 27
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (southwestern): patronymic from Philip .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Felps
Philip

Sources (15)

  • H A Phelps, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harman A Phelps, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Harmon Phelps, "United States Census, 1860"

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