Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameOrin PHELPS
Birth13 Apr 1811, Hubbardston, Massachusetts9106,9030
Death1896, Illinois9107
BurialCooper Cemetery, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois9107
FatherSewall PHELPS (1788-1830)
MotherCatharine WRIGHT (1791-1819)
Spouses
Birth26 Dec 1820, Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey9030,9108
Death18 Dec 1911, Fairbury, Illinois9108
BurialCooper Cemetery, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois9108
Marriage8 Apr 1841, Forest, Illinois9030
ChildrenByron (1842-1934)
 Charles (1843-1865)
 Leander (1845-1851)
 Margaret (1850-1945)
 Albert (1852-1944)
 Harriet (1855-1875)
 Edward (1857-1858)
Census notes for Orin PHELPS
1850 Illinois, Livingston County, Indian Grove, stamped page 152 (take 21 August 1850)
dwelling 62, family 62
Orin Phelps [?], age 38, male, farmer, real estate $280, born Massachusetts
Elizabeth ——-, age 29, female, born New Jersey
Byron ————, age 8, male, born Illinois
Charles ———, age 6, male, born Illinois
Leander ———, age 5, male, born Illinois
Margarett ——-, age 11/12, female, born Illinois
Caroline Jones, age 17, female, born New Jersey

1860 Illinois, Livingston County, Owego Township, Bell Prairie, p.261 (taken 25 August 1860)
dwelling 1828, family 1818
Orrin Phelps, age 45, male, farmer, real estate $5000, personal $1100, born Massachusetts
Elizabeth —-, age 39, female, born New Jersey
Charles ——, age 16, male, born Illinois
Margaret —-, age 10 female, born Illinois
Albert ———, age 7, male, born Illinois
Harriet ———, age 5, female, born Illinois
Christian Grover, age 21, male, farm laborer, born Ohio

1870 Illinois, Livingston County, Belle Prairie Township, p. 16? (taken 9 August 1870)
dwelling 120, family 120
Phelps, Orrin, age 58, male, white, farmer, real estate $12840, personal $1930, born Massachusetts
———, Elizabeth, age 49, female, white, keeping house, born New Jersey
———, Maggie, age 20, female, white, at home, born Illinois
———, Albert, age 17, male, white, at home, born Illinois
———, Hattie, age 15, female, white, at home, born Illinois
Haynes, Mathew, age 21, male, white, farm Laborer, born Pennsylvania

1880 Illinois, Livingston County, Township of Belle Prairie, E.D. 109, page 7C, stamped page 188
dwelling 40, family 41
Phelps, Orin, white, male, age 68, head, married, farmer, born Massachusetts, parents born Massachusetts
———, Elizabeth H., white, female, age 57[?], wife, married, keeping house, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
———, Albert G., white, male, age 28, son, married, farmer, born Illinois, father born Massachusetts, mother born New Jersey
———, Melinda H., white, female, age 26, daughter-in-law, married, keeping house, born Illinois, parents born Pennsylvania
———, Laura E., white, female, age 1, granddaughter, single, born Illinois, parents born Illinois
Jones, Charles, white, male, age 82, father-in-law, widowed, at home, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
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