Brief Life History 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, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (15)
- H A Phelps, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harman A Phelps, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harmon Austin Phelps, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
Spouse and Children
1819–1897 Male
1826–1917 Female
Parents and Siblings
1789–1869 Male
1795–1833 Female
Siblings (9)
1816–1888 Male
1817–1897 Male
1819–1897 Male
1821–1869 Female
1823–1900 Female
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
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1820 · Making Land more affordable
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1846
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Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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