Where born: Bowling Green - Warren Co KY Son of: James E Phelps* & Annie* Married: by 1920 Ida May Beaker* Lived at: 1910 Carmi - White Co IL 1920-42 Mt Carmel; 16 ch: Gilbert E* (4 Oct 1916 Wabash) & Anna Rosella (8 May 1919 Mt Carmel-17 Jun 1996 Princeton IN m: Arthur Ray Sprinkle) & Vivian Lucille* (15 Dec 1920 Wabash m: Robert Colvin*) & Robert Lee (14 Sep 1922 Mt Carmel-21 Apr 1985 FL) & Mary Louise (ca 1924 IL-d m: ? Kendall res: Melbourne FL) & Norma Jean (4 Nov 1925 IL-10 Feb 2013 Chesapeake VA m: Raymond Renfrow; m: Virgil Spruell; m3: Ernest Wilton Minnick) & Wilma Maxine (ca 1926/7 IL d: m: ? Huffman) & Ronald (b & d 20 Jan 1931 buried Sand Hill Cem) & Betty Jean* (21 Apr 1932 Mt Carmel) & William Rayburn* (4 Feb 1935 Mt Carmel m: Jane Louise Greek*) & Patricia Ann* (24 Dec 1935 Mt Carmel) & Delbert Earl (ca 1938 IL res: Salem SC m: Theresa) & Peggy Sue (d: as infant) & 3 infant sons (d). (obits of Betty J Gilbert and William Rayburn and Norma Jean and Vivian*)