Seneca Brownie Phelps

  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary. Son of Daniel Othniel Phelps of Cambridge, Washington, New York and Eliza Anthony of Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Seneca Brownie Phelps was born on 12 May 1833 in New York. He married Amanda McFall of Ohio on 12 May 1858 in Kingston, Missouri. Amanda McFall was born on 13 May 1841 in Ohio.

Children from the union of Seneca and Amanda with dates of birth:
1. Edelphia Amanda Phelps July 11, 1859
2. Charles Julius Phelps July 24, 1861
3. Daniel Orvis Phelps August 24, 1863
4. Elsie Elizabeth Phelps August 1, 1865
5. George William Phelps August 27, 1867
6. Sylvester James Phelps July 14, 1869
7. Richard Louis Phelps November 4, 1871
8. Laura Leona Phelps September 20, 1873
9. Edith Pearl Phelps February 21, 1876
10. Sadie Jewel Phelps March 21, 1878
11. Gertrude Eloise Phelps September 18, 1880
12. Jessie Fremont Phelps March 12, 1883
13. Guy Vernon Phelps August 11, 1885

Note: George William died in infancy.

Write-up below taken from the History of Clayton County, Iowa (1919).

Seneca Phelps was a young man when he came to Iowa, about the year 1849, and he became a pioneer of Delaware county, but about the year 1860 he removed thence to Fayette county, where he continued his activities as a farmer until 1894, when he came with his family to Clayton county and purchased a farm in Section 16, Lodomillo township, where he passed the residue of his life and where his widow still resides, his death having occurred December 29, 1904. This honored pioneer couple became the parents of thirteen children, concerning whom the following brief data may consistently be entered in this review: Edelphia is the wife of Frank J. Sargent, of Kinder, Louisiana, and at the same place resides also Charles J., the second of the children; Daniel O. maintains his home at Wood Center, Clayton county; Elizabeth is the wife of Moses Hockett, of Fremont, Iowa ; William is deceased ; Sylvester is a resident of Manchester, Delaware county ; Richard L., of this review, was the next in order of birth ; Laura is the wife of Charles Rhines, of Strawberry Point, this county ; Edith is the wife of Otis Bigelow, of Strawberry Point; Sadie is the wife of Eugene Bergins, and they reside in the state of Iowa; Gertrude is the wife of William Jones, of Volga City, Clayton county ; Jessie is the wife of Thomas Kilfoil, of Elkader, this county; and Guy resides at Edgewood, one of the progressive villages of Clayton county.
Gravesite Details
Newspaper obituary for Seneca has Date of Birth as May 12, 1834.

Seneca married Amanda McFall, daughter of George McFall and Elizabeth Augustine, on 12 May 1858. (Amanda McFall was born on 13 May 1841 in Mahoning County, OH, died in 1917 and was buried in Cass Township, IA, County Corners Cemetery.)