John Michael PHELPS

1842 - 1900  (57 years)

• Name	John Michael PHELPS
  Born	20 Jun 1842	Blount Co, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1900	Mount Olive Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, TN
  Died	11 Feb 1900	Knox County, TN
  Person ID	I12049	TAP | George Fulp's Full Tree, George/Michael Branch
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Henry Valentine FELPS/PHELPS,   b. 1799, TN ,   d. 14 May 1857, Blount Co, Tennessee  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Rhoda LEBOW,   b. 18 Apr 1815, Illinois ,   d. Apr 1880, Blount Co, Tennessee  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1828	Claiborne County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F4433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mariah Jane KIDD,   b. 26 Nov 1844, TN ,   d. 18 Oct 1916, Knoxville, Knox County, TN USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1870	Blount County, TN
  Children	1. Sarah Effie PHELPS,   b. 05 Dec 1873   2. John E PHELPS,   b. Oct 1876  [Natural]   3. Rhoda M PHELPS,   b. Nov 1844,   d. 18 Oct 1878, Knox County, TN  (Age 33 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F4518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. John Edward PHELPS,   b. 2 Oct 1876,   d. 3 Nov 1904  (Age 28 years)
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F8809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Michael Phelps Inscription on Sultana in Knoxville, TN
  		Sultana Monument at Military Cemetery in Memphis, TN
  		Sultana Survivors 1894 Meeting in Knoxville, TN
  		Sultana Monument Dedication July 4, 1916 - Mt Olive Baptist Church Cemetery.jpg
  		Sultana Monument Dedication - July 4, 1916 Mt Olive Baptist Church Cemetery Knoxville, TN

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		John Michael Phelps Civil War Discharge Papers
  		John Michael Phelps G.A.R. Record
  		Memorial Service & Eulogy for William Thompson Phelps by James Sturgeon

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Sultana Monument Located at Mt Olive Cemetery in Knoxville, TN
  		John Michael and Mariah Jane Kidd Phelps Headstone
  		John Michael Phelps Headstone

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Sultana Monument in Knoxville Monument to those who died on the steamship Sultana Disaster at the end of the Civil War
  		The Sultana Story The worst maritime disaster in American History
  		The Sultana's Last Voyage A Memorial Plaque located at the Sultana's last Port of Call - Memphis, Tennessee

  
  

  Recordings

  1972 Audio Recording of William Esco Phelps Esco discusses the Civil War experiences of his father and uncles

  
  

  Videos

  Short Video on the Sultana Steamship Disaster The Sultana sinking was the worst maritime disaster in American History. John Michael Phelps survived but brother William Thompson Phelps died. (May be Slow to Start - Wait for it!)

  
  

  Trees

  John Michael Phelps Family Tree

  
  

• Notes

  At the end of the civil war, brothers, John Michael Phelps and William Thompson Phelps, who were union soldiers and had been held in a confederate prison, but were freed and were returning home on the steamship Sultana when a boiler expolded and the ship sank. John Michael survived the incident but his brother William Thompson died. John Michael reported that the last thing he heard his brother say to people hanging on to him was "get off, you are going to drowned me" His body was never found.