Mrs. Anna B. Phelps, widow of Brigadier General John W. Phelps died last Sunday at her home on Parker street after several years of ill health, at the age of 87. She was born in Northfield, Aug. 15, 1851, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Mattoon, and was of the fourth generation in the Mattoon line of the early settlers of this community.
As Miss Mattoon she completed her educational studies here and was married to Lambert Davis of this town by whom she had one son, Stanley, now deceased. In 1883, she married General Phelps of the U.S. Army, a native of Guilford, who had seen service in several wars and who commanded the 1st Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War. They made their home in Guilford and later in Brattleboro, until his death in 1884. Returning to Northfield she established her home here again with her sister, Miss Getrude Mattoon, who survives. Also surviving are her son, John Phelps and a granddaughter, Alice Davis of Brattleboro.
Interment was Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Phelps family plot in the cemetery at Guilford, where Rev. W.S. Carne officiated at the committal service. [The Northfield Press, Northfield, Massachusetts, Friday, October 14, 1938, p.1]
As Miss Mattoon she completed her educational studies here and was married to Lambert Davis of this town by whom she had one son, Stanley, now deceased. In 1883, she married General Phelps of the U.S. Army, a native of Guilford, who had seen service in several wars and who commanded the 1st Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War. They made their home in Guilford and later in Brattleboro, until his death in 1884. Returning to Northfield she established her home here again with her sister, Miss Getrude Mattoon, who survives. Also surviving are her son, John Phelps and a granddaughter, Alice Davis of Brattleboro.
Interment was Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Phelps family plot in the cemetery at Guilford, where Rev. W.S. Carne officiated at the committal service. [The Northfield Press, Northfield, Massachusetts, Friday, October 14, 1938, p.1]
Mrs. Anna B. Phelps, widow of Brigadier General John W. Phelps died last Sunday at her home on Parker street after several years of ill health, at the age of 87. She was born in Northfield, Aug. 15, 1851, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Mattoon, and was of the fourth generation in the Mattoon line of the early settlers of this community.
As Miss Mattoon she completed her educational studies here and was married to Lambert Davis of this town by whom she had one son, Stanley, now deceased. In 1883, she married General Phelps of the U.S. Army, a native of Guilford, who had seen service in several wars and who commanded the 1st Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War. They made their home in Guilford and later in Brattleboro, until his death in 1884. Returning to Northfield she established her home here again with her sister, Miss Getrude Mattoon, who survives. Also surviving are her son, John Phelps and a granddaughter, Alice Davis of Brattleboro.
Interment was Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Phelps family plot in the cemetery at Guilford, where Rev. W.S. Carne officiated at the committal service. [The Northfield Press, Northfield, Massachusetts, Friday, October 14, 1938, p.1]
As Miss Mattoon she completed her educational studies here and was married to Lambert Davis of this town by whom she had one son, Stanley, now deceased. In 1883, she married General Phelps of the U.S. Army, a native of Guilford, who had seen service in several wars and who commanded the 1st Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War. They made their home in Guilford and later in Brattleboro, until his death in 1884. Returning to Northfield she established her home here again with her sister, Miss Getrude Mattoon, who survives. Also surviving are her son, John Phelps and a granddaughter, Alice Davis of Brattleboro.
Interment was Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Phelps family plot in the cemetery at Guilford, where Rev. W.S. Carne officiated at the committal service. [The Northfield Press, Northfield, Massachusetts, Friday, October 14, 1938, p.1]
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