*"Served in the 20th New York Cavalry, and served his country on the battle field for twenty-two months, receiving an honorable discharge August 10, 1865."
Husband of Mary Besaw
(Married Mary when he was 18 years old)
John was survived by his wife and one son.
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Obituary is published in The Spirit Lake Beacon, Feb. 5, 1904.
Reads in parts:
"Mr. Phelps erected the first building on the townsite of Terril, and the bereft widow is affectionately known as the "Mother of the Town"
"He was a large, powerful man, with apparent great resistance to bodily ills, but his health began to fail two years since. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia."
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Husband of Mary Besaw
(Married Mary when he was 18 years old)
John was survived by his wife and one son.
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Obituary is published in The Spirit Lake Beacon, Feb. 5, 1904.
Reads in parts:
"Mr. Phelps erected the first building on the townsite of Terril, and the bereft widow is affectionately known as the "Mother of the Town"
"He was a large, powerful man, with apparent great resistance to bodily ills, but his health began to fail two years since. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia."
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*"Served in the 20th New York Cavalry, and served his country on the battle field for twenty-two months, receiving an honorable discharge August 10, 1865."
Husband of Mary Besaw
(Married Mary when he was 18 years old)
John was survived by his wife and one son.
----------
Obituary is published in The Spirit Lake Beacon, Feb. 5, 1904.
Reads in parts:
"Mr. Phelps erected the first building on the townsite of Terril, and the bereft widow is affectionately known as the "Mother of the Town"
"He was a large, powerful man, with apparent great resistance to bodily ills, but his health began to fail two years since. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia."
----------
Husband of Mary Besaw
(Married Mary when he was 18 years old)
John was survived by his wife and one son.
----------
Obituary is published in The Spirit Lake Beacon, Feb. 5, 1904.
Reads in parts:
"Mr. Phelps erected the first building on the townsite of Terril, and the bereft widow is affectionately known as the "Mother of the Town"
"He was a large, powerful man, with apparent great resistance to bodily ills, but his health began to fail two years since. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia."
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