Isaac E. Phelps (1841-1921), Architect-Builder
Isaac E. Phelps was born in May 1841, in New York. He lived in Wahoo for at least forty years and worked as a carpenter. Phelps was married to a woman named Nancy and had at least one child, a daughter named Mary. Phelps died in 1921 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, in Wahoo, Nebraska.[2][3][4][5] He was not found in the 1870 U.S. Census data for Nebraska.
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
[hide]Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Educational & Professional Associations
1880: carpenter, Wahoo, Nebraska.[2]
1900: occupation indecipherable, Wahoo, Nebraska.[3]
1910: carpenter, Wahoo, Nebraska.[4]
Buildings & Projects
Saunders County Courthouse (1874), Wahoo, Nebraska.[1]
Notes
References
1. Oliver B. Pollak, Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community [Images of America Series] (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 29. [725.1.P771n]
2. 1880 United States Census, s.v. “Isaac E. Phelps,” Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.
3. 1900 United States Census, s.v. “Isaac E. Phelps,” Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.
4. 1910 United States Census, s.v. “Isaac E. Phelps,” Wahoo Ward 3, Saunders County, Nebraska, accessed through AncestryLibrary.com.
5. “Isaac E. Phelps,” FindAGrave.com, November 25, 2012, accessed April 21, 2015, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101259038&ref=acom
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Isaac E. Phelps (1841-1921), Architect-Builder,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 21, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, May 21, 2025.
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