Descendants of William Phelps and
George Phelps of Crewkerne, England

George William Christy / Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzy" Stephens

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[168] Based on conversations with his grandaughter, Anna Christy Phelps. He died when she was a teenager. Also based on 1880 Census, Vol 39, E.D. 14, Sheet 16, Line 24 the family lived on Manning Street in Alton, Illinios, and that George was 'deaf and dumb' and employed as a 'Lightening Rod Agnt'.

A notarized document signed by Herbert's grandmother, attests to grandson Herbert Christy's birth at 714 South Fourth Street, between Ohio and Tennessee Streets, in Paducah in Oct 1898.

The 1900 census shows them still residing at that address:

Christy, G. W. Head Feb 1841
Lizzie Wife Sept 1848
George son June 1881

George's occupation at age 14 is given as "telegraph operator."

His headstone is inscribed, "Geo. W. Christy CO F 27 ILL INF". His miitary records are spelled "Cristy". He is listed as, "Cristy, George W Pvt F 27 IL US INF [from] ALTON." Mustered Aug 17, 1861, discharged "Jan 1, 1864; disabil."

His Civil War pension records are found under George W. Christy of Kentucky and California. George originally applied for his pension on 12 June 1889; his widow Lizzie applied for the pension on 28 July 1913, Certificate No. 766,157. This date is at variance with his death date of 5 Jul 1915.

Civil War Battles/Campaigns Engaged in by the 27th Illinois Infantry Regiment from 1861 late 1863
Belmont, New Madrid/Island No. 10, Siege of Corinth, Stone's River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga). The regimental history is found on Rootsweb.

[172] According to her grandaughter, Annie Christy Phelps, Lizzy was visiting Arkansas but living with family in Paducah, Kentucky when she died. Her body was transported home by train and Lizzie was buried in Paducah. Birth date is based on insurance application by Guy Christy to the "Modern Woodman of America," dated Aug 4, 1903, giving his mother's age as 53. Supplemental birth date info calculated from affadavit signed by Guy Herbert Christy's grandmother on July 29, 1931, in which she states she is 82 years old.

At the time of her death, all of her brothers except E.E. lived in Shaw, Mississippi. E.E. lived in Metropolis, Illinois. Her obituary in the Paducah Sun-Democrat reports that, "Another brother, the postmaster at Hickman, Ky., died recently."

Lizzy died 5-31-1932 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her body was transported by train to Paducah. Arrangements were made by E.E. Stephens, her brother. She was interred in the Stephens lot in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah on 6-2-1932.

Obituary: Mrs. Elizabeth Christy

Mrs. Elizabeth Christy, aged 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Nipper, 2404 Gaines street, at 5 p.m. Tuesday. She is survived by her daughter, one son, G. H. Christy of Oakland, Cal; four brothers, George H. Stephens, Walter H. Stephens and Charles L. Stephens, all of Shaw, Miss., and K.K. Stephens of Metropolis, Ill., and two granddaughters. Funeral services will be held at the F. H. Ruebel & Co. chapel at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Rev. L. A. Taylor, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church. The body will be sent to Paducah, Ky., for burial. Pallbearers will be: David A Gates, A. E. Townsend, J. A. Hanna, Charles Crook, Dr. S. S. Skinner and C. W. Beale.

Arkansas Newspaper clipping. Source unknown.

[144] In late 1897 or early 1898, Guy Herbert and Bessie Roberts Christy moved 190 miles southeast to Paducah, Kentucky. Their children Herbert Estelle and Annie Elizabeth were born in Paducah, Kentucky in 1898 and 1899, respectively. It appears likely that her grandparents, now in their 50s, moved with them.

Guy was a Farrier who "made horseshoes to fit and correct different hoof conditions and deformaties. These were used for horses used in drawing carriages, hacks, buggies, and buckboards of the era. Interested in his work, as he made unusual shoes, he formed the hobby of making an additional one for himself, until he had 84 shoes."

"In 1900, he had his collection nickel plated, placed in a frame lined with black velvet, and it then hung on the walls of his blacksmith shop."

"About 1916 [when he moved from Santa Cruz to San Francisco], during World War I, he removed the shoes, wrapped them individually, and placed them in a box. Before he passed away in 1947, at the age of 76, he asked me to take care of his prized shoes." (Harold Bartle "Bart" Phelps, August 10, 1980)

Bart and Betty Phelps donated the shoes in 1980 to the College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University at Pullman, Washington.

Upon arriving in Santa Cruz in late 1907, he apparently attempted to find work in San Francisco. Conditions were not favorable there, and he then went to Nevada to the silver mines, to see if he could find work there. By 1909 he had his own blacksmith shop in Santa Cruz. However, as fewer and fewer horses where needed, and thus blacksmiths, he moved into welding. By 1915 the family went to San Francisco where Guy learned welding at the Heald School. He was employed there from the middle of 1916 to the middle of 1917, and again in late 1921 for about two years. He was the welding and blacksmith instructor the second time.

At one point in the 1940s, Guy and Bessie managed an apartment house in Oakland, California near Lake Merrit. After Guy died, the family expected to find some money hidden in the house, and Anna (or Betty) Christy Phelps and Bart Phelps looked throughout the house several times without any results. Shortly afterwards, Betty had a dream and she told Bart to look in the heater compartment over the top of the door. There they found $1500 in an envelope.

A note from the Madison County, Illinois, county clerk, dated July 30, 1935, states that no record can be found for Guy's birth as records were not kept until later.

A wedding certificate gives his wedding date as June 16, 1897, in Illinois. The city's name is illegible. Burial plot documents shown location as Cypress Lawn, Colma, California as Grave 11, Lot 318, Section Palm. Death certificate used for all dates shown.

[446] 1880 Census Vol 39, ED 14 Sheet 16 Line 24

According to her mother's obituary, Sarah was visiting her daughter in Little Rock when she died on Tuesday, May 31, 1932. The obiturary reports that Carrie resided at 2404 Gaines Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.

On Sept 10, 1882, a friend wrote eight year old Carrie a "Forget Me Not" card which was found in the inside leaf of an ancient copy of Robinson Crusoe, published in 1869:

Dear Carrie,

As oer Life stormy sea we go
each with the same great port in view
Remember thought apart we vow
That one firm friend still thinks of you

Your loving cousin,

Eva B. Wagoner
Upper Alton

According to the 1880 census, thirteen year old Eva Wagoner lived with her father J.C. and sister May Wagoner on Broadway St. in Upper Alton. J.C. was born in Pennsylvania, as were both his parents; the two girls were born in Illinois. J.C. was a retail grocer. He was born in 1830; May in 1863; and Eva in 1867. Eva was 15 years old when she wrote the poem to her friend Carrie. Carrie would have been eight.

It may be fair to surmise that this is the time the Christy family left Alton, Illinois.

[7973] While George's name is not previously found, he is listed in the 1900 census as living with his parents in Paducah.

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[3833] DEATH: Irving "Mike" Phelps

DEATH: It was to grandmother's house -- Rose Hill -- that Irving P. (Mike) Phelps came as a boy on visits to Aiken.

DEATH: He was the son of William Walter Phelps, Jr. and Nina Paris Phelps, and his grandparents, the Sheffield Phelpses, became prominent members of Aiken's Winter Colony at the last turn of the century. He was a nephew of the late Miss Claudia Phelps, the last member of the family to occupy Rose Hill.

DEATH: The first William Walter Phelps, whose father organized the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, served in Congress and was appointed minister first to Vienna and later to Berlin.

DEATH: Mike Phelps' parents in later years acquired the handsome Dutch colonial home on South Boundary at York Street, and they were regular winter visitors.

DEATH: Mike himself attended Buckley School, Fountain Valley School in Colorado and the University of Virginia. He served in the Army Air Corps as a bombardier/navigator on B-26s during World War II.

DEATH: His working career was spent in the newsprint industry, and he was a top salesman for the Mead Corp., the Great Northern Paper Co. and Kruger Paper and Pulp. About 10 years ago he and his wife, Patricia, acquired a home on Sumter Street, while still maintaining a home at Beverly, Mass. He continued in his work as his health permitted.

DEATH: Mr. Phelps died at his home here Easter Sunday at age 75. His funeral at All Saints Anglican Church was attended by an overflow crowd, including most of the Winter Colony who were in town.

DEATH: Richard D. Sears III had known Mr. Phelps for some 40 years, since he and his wife were members with the Phelpses of the Myopia Hunt Club at Southhamilton, Mass.

DEATH: "He worked with newspaper people to whom he sold newsprint, and he had a great many friends," Mr. Sears said. "He was a wonderful salesman, a fine raconteur with a rich collection of stories and jokes. He was the life of the party."

DEATH: Since becoming a resident of Aiken, Mr. Phelps had acquired many more friends, and he will be greatly missed here. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family.

DEATH: Aiken Standard, April (5?), 2000

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