William Thompson PHELPS

1830 - 1865  (35 years)

• Name	William Thompson PHELPS
  Born	1830	TN
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1865	Sultana on the MS River near Memphis,TN
  Person ID	I12059	TAP
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2014

  
  

  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	Nancy Fletcher JAMES
  Married	3 Mar 1853
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F8802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sultana Monument at Military Cemetery in Memphis, TN
  		Unknown Soldier Headstone at Memphis, TN Military Cemetery
  		Sultana Monument Inscription for William Thompson Phelps
  		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		Presidential Certificate for William Thompson Phelps Certificate for his supreme sacrifice during the civil war
  		William Thompson Phelps Memorial Announcement Newspaper announcement of the planned memorial for William T. Phelps
  		Memorial Service & Eulogy for William Thompson Phelps by James Sturgeon

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		William Thompson Phelps Memorial Marker - Died in Sultana Disaster
  		Sultana Monument Located at Mt Olive Cemetery in Knoxville, TN
  		William Henry & Ida Thiele Phelps & Son Robert W 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!)

  
  

• Notes

  At the end of the civil war, brothers, William Thompson Phelps and John Michael Phelps, who were union soldiers and had been held in a confederate prison, were freed and returning home on the steamship Sultana when a boiler exploded and the ship sank. William Thompson died in the incident but his brother John Michael survived.