Married to Elijah Beardsley Phelps on 30 Dec. 1821 in Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.
The Connecticut newspaper Hartford Courant, issue 8 Jan 1822, had a Marriage NOTICE (not marriage date) indicating that Elijah and Wealthy are now married. It reads as follows: "--At Canaan, Mr. Elijah B. Phelps of New Milford, to Miss Wealthy Lawrence.--"
She died in 1824 in Lenox, Litchfield Co., Massachuetts, age 22. She was "of New Milford" when she died.
She was buried at Church On the Hill Cemetery
According to the Connecticut Newspaper Notices, Vol 27 (on Ancestry.com), Hale Collection, March 2, 1824, pg. 567
"Phelps Mrs. Wealthy Lenox, Mass. Wife of Elijah B. Phelps, late of New Milford, Conn. Age 22."
They had no children. Elijah went on to marry Jane Wright, one of his former students.
Married to Elijah Beardsley Phelps on 30 Dec. 1821 in Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.
The Connecticut newspaper Hartford Courant, issue 8 Jan 1822, had a Marriage NOTICE (not marriage date) indicating that Elijah and Wealthy are now married. It reads as follows: "--At Canaan, Mr. Elijah B. Phelps of New Milford, to Miss Wealthy Lawrence.--"
She died in 1824 in Lenox, Litchfield Co., Massachuetts, age 22. She was "of New Milford" when she died.
She was buried at Church On the Hill Cemetery
According to the Connecticut Newspaper Notices, Vol 27 (on Ancestry.com), Hale Collection, March 2, 1824, pg. 567
"Phelps Mrs. Wealthy Lenox, Mass. Wife of Elijah B. Phelps, late of New Milford, Conn. Age 22."
They had no children. Elijah went on to marry Jane Wright, one of his former students.
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