Individual Details
Samuel "Ambrose" Phelps
(20 Mar 1832 - 4 Aug 1891)
On the 1860 U. S. Census of Jay, Essex Co., New York, Ambrose Phelps appears with his wife Joann and children Alfred and Carrie. Ambrose's occupation is Bloomer. Alfred is 6 years old, born in New York. Carrie is 2 years old born in Michigan.
On the 1870 U. S. Census of Antwerp, Jefferson co., New York, Ambrose Phelps appears with his wife Joanna and children Alfred, 17, Truman 5, and Friend 6/12. Alfred and Friend were born in New York and Truman was born in California.
Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, Friday, March 20, 1891, Volume XIX, Issue 360, Section Second Part, Page 9: Pensions Granted. Washington, March 19---The following pension have been granted, Michigan, Original, Ambrose M. Phelps.
Alma Record, Alma, Michigan, Friday, August 14, 1891, Page 7, Col. 2: Found dead in the Road. Ambrose Phelps, an old and respected citizen was found dead Tuesday afternoon on the road leading to Quinnesec, one mile from Norway. He left Norway after dinner with a saddled bronco. It is not known whether he was thrown from his bronco or died from excessive heat. He was subject to heart disease.
Sault Ste. Marie News, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Saturday, August 15, 1891, Page 4, Col. 2: Ambrose Phelps a prominent Norway merchant, died from heart disease last week while horse-back riding.
On the 1870 U. S. Census of Antwerp, Jefferson co., New York, Ambrose Phelps appears with his wife Joanna and children Alfred, 17, Truman 5, and Friend 6/12. Alfred and Friend were born in New York and Truman was born in California.
Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, Friday, March 20, 1891, Volume XIX, Issue 360, Section Second Part, Page 9: Pensions Granted. Washington, March 19---The following pension have been granted, Michigan, Original, Ambrose M. Phelps.
Alma Record, Alma, Michigan, Friday, August 14, 1891, Page 7, Col. 2: Found dead in the Road. Ambrose Phelps, an old and respected citizen was found dead Tuesday afternoon on the road leading to Quinnesec, one mile from Norway. He left Norway after dinner with a saddled bronco. It is not known whether he was thrown from his bronco or died from excessive heat. He was subject to heart disease.
Sault Ste. Marie News, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Saturday, August 15, 1891, Page 4, Col. 2: Ambrose Phelps a prominent Norway merchant, died from heart disease last week while horse-back riding.
Events
| Birth | 20 Mar 1832 | Willsboro, Essex Co., New York |  | ||
| Residence | 1850 | Ausable, Clinton Co., New York | | ||
| Residence | 1860 | Jay, Essex Co., New York | | ||
| Residence | 1870 | Antwerp, Jefferson Co., New York | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1875 | Relation to Head of House: Head - Schroon, Essex, New York, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Menominee, Michigan, USA | | ||
| Death | 4 Aug 1891 | Norway, Dickinson Co., Michigan | | ||
| Burial | Ambose Phelps, Quinnesec Cemetery, Quinnesec, Dickinson Co., Michigan | | |||
| Residence | Marital Status: Widowed - Michigan | |
Families
| Spouse | Johanna B. Hanmer (1838 - 1880) |
| Child | Alfred Henry Phelps (1854 - 1924) |
| Father | Samuel Truesdell Phelps (1804 - 1868) |
| Mother | Dorcas Frisbie (1807 - 1867) |
Endnotes
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4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..