Francis Philo Phelps

Francis Philo Phelps (1799-1886) \emdash also known as Francis P. Phelps \emdash of Dorchester County, Md. Born in Milford, Sussex County, Del., January 31, 1799. Son of Asahel Phelps and Agnes (Houston) Phelps; married, December 25, 1821, to Mary Jacobs (1803-1823); married, November 15, 1824, to Hannah W. White (1806-1890) (daughter of David Hall); father of Anna Phelps (who married James Wallace) and Francis Philo Phelps (1830-1904). Physician; member of Maryland state house of delegates from Dorchester County, 1828, 1839, 1842-43, 1861-62, 1867-68; member of Maryland state senate from Dorchester County, 1844-47, 1849, 1874-76; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md., November 18, 1886. Interment at Cambridge Cemetery.

Francis married Hannah White about 1827. (Hannah White was born on 27 Aug 1806 in MD,² died on 01 Feb 1890 in Dorchester Co., MD and was buried about 04 Feb 1890 in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD.)