"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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FRANCIS P. A. PHELPS, attorney at law, was born in Jackson County, Ind.,
December 4, 1822. His parents, George A. and Rebecca Phelps, removed to
this county in 1824, shortly after its organization, and settled on what was
subsequently the site of Brooklyn. In 1826, Mr. Phelps was elected Sheriff,
the second person who held that office, and removed to Martinsville. In
1828, he was elected Clerk of the county, the second incumbent of that
office, which position he held at his death, February 25, 1833, aged
thirty-six. He served as Drum Major of a Baltimore regiment in the war of
1812; his wife survived him until February 25, 1863, and strangely true!
died on the same day and month thirty years afterward. They were the
parents of five children, two of whom are living and reside in Martinsville.
Francis P. A. had but meager facilities for education in boyhood, yet later
attended two sessions at the county seminary. At the age of twenty-one, he
served as Deputy Sheriff, with full management of the office. In 1846, he
was elected Sheriff, re-elected in 1848, and on October 21 of that year
married Miss Eleanor E. Tull; they have seven children--Zerilda, Tull,
Allen H., Francis P. A., William C., Eleanor E. and Thursa R. After this
time, Mr. Phelps engaged in the drug business at Martinsville for five
years, during which he studied law, engaged in its practice in 1856, and in
February, 1883, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for this district. He
was a Whig, is aa Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He
has a good residence in town,and 220 acres adjacent.
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