Dorcas (Campbell) PHELPS   

Died 9 March 1896

 

PHELPS, MRS.SAMUEL ( DORCAS CAMPBELL)

 

Died Mar. 9, 1896 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Nirum Black at age 74.  Born in Delhi, Delaware Co., N.Y. Aug 12, 1821, She married Samuel Phelps Feb. 1839.  They came to Sycamore in 1858.  She was mother to 11 children--none surviving.  Husband died Oct. 1880.  Interment in Ohio Grove cemetery.  Survivors are: Mrs. Sarah Ann Black; Mrs. Phoebe Westlake; Mrs. Caroline Foster; Mrs. J.R. Chatfield; Mrs. Della Gordon; all of Sycamore: James Phelps of Pierce; Be Phelps of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Mary Ewings, Davis City, Ia: Mrs. Emma Ewings, Missouri.

 

Sycamore True Republican - 14 March 1896

 

Notes:

 

1) Dorcas' parents were Jabez and Polly (Roff) CAMPBELL of New York.

 

2) Dorcas' brother, John R. Campbell, had come to De Kalb Co. Ill. from N.Y. 5 years previous.  The Phelps farm was near the Campbell farm.