courtesy of Richard F. Oyler from Lenora J. Phelan and Her Irish Ancestors Eugene Thomas Phelan was born in Central City, Colo., January 12, 1866 of Irish ancestry. His father was…
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Edmund Rathbun fought at the Battle of Ticonderoga in 1758 and at the siege of Quebec in 1759. (French and Indian War) He moved his family first to Berkshire County,…
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John Rathbone in later years in America was called a “husbandman” (farmer), and it is likely that he worked as a boy as a farm laborer. It is probable that…
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Extracted from The Rathbun, Rathbone, Rathburn Family Historian, Volume 1, Number 2, April 1981, pages 28 – 29. John Rathbun Jr. born about 1655, probably in Dorchester, Massachusetts, shortly after…
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JAMES C. PHELAN The automobile garage owned by James Crusanthus Phelan, and named after him, is cleverly planned, well built, and managed according to up-to-date methods. Mr. Phelan’s father, who…
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