Lucinda Phelps
1788-April 25, 1876
Niles Democrat, Saturday, April 29, 1876, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
At the residence of her son Prof. Wm. F. Phelps at Wynona, Miinnesota, on Tuesday evening last, Mrs. Lucinda Phelps, consort of Halsey Phelps, deceased, formerly of this city, in the 88 year of her age. Mrs. Phelps was born at Hebron, Washington county, New York.
Niles Mirror, Wednesday, May 3, 1876, page 5, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
OBITUARIES
From the Winona Republican, April 26.
"Under our obituary head to-day will be found a notice of the decease of Mrs. Lucinda, mother of Prof. Wm. F. Phelps, of this city, at the advanced age of nearly 88 years. Born in 1788, Mrs. Phelps has lived to see nearly three generations pass away. The oldest of a family of seven children, she survived them all. She was the mother of nine children, two of whom, daughters, preceded her to the "Better Land," while seven still survive to cherish her memory as one of the kindest and best of mothers. She retained to a remarkable degree her faculties to the last, and yielded up her life as calmly, peacefully and painlessly as--
"One who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lied down to pleasant dreams."
For nearly half a century Mrs. Phelps was a member of the Christian church, living and acting the religion she professed and dying in the assured hope of the Christian a "exceeding great reward."
The funeral services will take place at the residence of Prof. Phelps this evening at half-past 7 o'clock, and the remains will be conveyed to Niles, Mich., for interment, leaving here by the midnight train."
Mrs. Phelps was from Auburn, N.Y. She came here with her husband in the fall of 1844, where they resided until 1859, when he died. After this she lived with her son, John H. Phelps, at Burr Oak, in this State, most of the time until she went to Minnesota, two years since. For 35 years she has been nearly blind. During the war she spent nearly all her time knitting socks for the soldiers. She has two sons and a daughter now living in this city.
The funeral services were held at the residence of Mr. H. Palmer, who married one of her daughters.