Brief Life History of Emma Esther
When Emma Esther Phelps was born on 28 February 1861, in Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Porter Phelps, was 37 and her mother, Martha Jane Ellsworth, was 37. She married Charles Frederick Grant on 22 December 1886, in Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1927, in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sennett Rural Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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- Emma Phelps in household of Porter Phelps, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emma Esther Phelps Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grant in entry for Ervin S. Sheldon and Lettie M. Grant, "New York, Church and Civil Marriages, 1704-1995"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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.
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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