Arthur Curtis Phelps (1881-1942)

Vital Statistics

 * Sex : Male
 * Born: 19 at Marsailles, Lasalle County, Illinois
 * Died: 7 at Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA at 61 years
 * Interment: 10 at Exeter Cemetery; Exeter, Filmore County, Nebraska

Parents

 * Father: Daniel Curtis Phelps (1845-1915)
 * Mother: Eliza Ruth Baker (1851-1922)

Siblings

 * Sibling: Mary Alice Phelps (1869-1906)
 * Sibling: Jesse Willard Phelps (1871-1911)
 * Sibling: Anna Eliza Phelps (1873-1908)
 * Sibling: Charles Francis Phelps (1876-1925)
 * Sibling: Emily Elizabeth Phelps (1878-1956)
 * Sibling: Arthur Curtis Phelps (1881-1942)
 * Sibling: Maude Evalyn Phelps (1887-1921)

Spouses

 * Spouse: Lua Maude Manning (1882-1950)

Offspring

 * Child: Merwin Owen Phelps (1902-1980)
 * Child: Delmore Phelps (1904-1975)
 * Child: John Arthur Phelps (1911-1984)
 * Child: Elizabeth Jane Phelps (?-?)

Biography
"Arthur Phelps at Geneva, Nebraska, ran a hand laundry, moved to Friend, Nebraska, and was a rural route mail carrier (14 miles a day with horses). Then moved to Hardy, Nebraska and bought a real estate and insurance business (local and Canada land) and died in 1942, October, and buried in Exeter." Merwin O. Phelps. Arthur also bred Morgan horses. The horses included Captain Kellogg, born June 1, 1928, a chestnut with cream mane and tail, registered with the American Morgan Horse Association #7647. His sire, Rojeneiro #7308, a chestnut born 1921; his dam Acadia #4274, a chestnut born 1922. Captain Kellogg sired Phelps Duchess #5667, a chestnut born May 6, 1941. There was also Phelps Gold Dollar #8374, a chestnut born April 29, 1940 sired by Tehachapi Allan #7910, a chestnut born 1934. Obituary: A. C. Phelps Buried Here: Committal services were held at the Exeter Cemetery and the body of A. C. Phelps of Superior was laid to rest here Saturday afternoon. Funeral services had been held at Superior. Mr. Phelps grew up in Friend and married Lua Manning of Exeter. Following their marriage, they made their home at Geneva for a few years and then went to Hardy, and for the past 30 years have lived at Superior where Mr. Phelps was manager of an insurance, real estate, and investment company. Surviving are his wife and four children, Merwin, Delmore, and Betty of Lincoln and John of Portland, Oregon, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Morey of Lincoln. Many friends from Superior and Lincoln accompanied the body to its last resting place.

Birth: Date:19 Jul 1881 Location:at Marsailles, Lasalle County, Illinois

Burial: Date:10 Oct 1942 Location:at Exeter Cemetery; Exeter, Filmore County, Nebraska

Death: Date:7 Oct 1942 Location:at Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA

partner: Lua Maude Manning (1882-1950) Marriage: : Date:25 Dec 1901 Location:at Friend, Saline, Nebraska, USA

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