Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Phelps Sr. was born on 9 October 1877, in Bloomfield, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, his father, Orange Jay Phelps, was 50 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Hazelton, was 42. He married Mary Elzora Bachman on 24 January 1901, in Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 14 Hood School, La Plata, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 20 October 1960, in La Plata, Colorado, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States.
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- Wesley Phelps in household of Oran* Phelps, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Wesley Phelps, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Wesley Phelps, "Find A Grave Index"
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1880
Historical Boundaries: 1880: La Plata, Colorado, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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