1. | John Michael PHELPS was born on 20 Jun 1842 in Blount Co, Tennessee; died on 11 Feb 1900 in Knox County, TN; was buried in 1900 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, TN. 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.
John married Mariah Jane KIDD on 21 Apr 1870 in Blount County, TN. Mariah (daughter of Edmund KIDD) was born on 26 Nov 1844 in TN; died on 18 Oct 1916 in Knoxville, Knox County, TN USA; was buried in 10/1916 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, TN, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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