Ruth LUNCEFORD

1808 - 1862  (53 years)

• Name	Ruth LUNCEFORD
  Born	23 Aug 1808	Sugar Loaf, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Mar 1862	St Clair County, IL
  Person ID	I6853	TAP
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	George LUNCEFORD,   b. 8 Jun 1762, Lancaster County, VA ,   d. 8 Dec 1808, St Clair County, IL  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Nancy JUDY,   b. 15 Apr 1773, Pittsburgh, PA ,   d. 9 Dec 1852, St Clair County, IL  (Age 79 years)
  Married	10 Apr 1792	Sugar Loaf, Illinois
  Notes	Age 16 - George Lunceford came to the Illinois Territory as a soldier under George Rogers Clark in 1778. After the surrender of Indian Chief Kaskaskia, July 4th, which transferred the N.W. Territory from King George III, to Virginia, he made his home here. Age 17 - George enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, served three years in Captain Bailey's company of Regulars of the Illinois Regiment in the Virginia State Line under George Rogers clark, discharged 18 Feb 1783 as a private. Age 29 - George was married to Nancy (Mary Ann) Judy, a Dutch girl, whose father had, a few years prior to Clark's expedition swung around along the Virginia and Kentucky side from Pennsylvania to Sugar Loaf, south of Cahokia, Illinois. Age 46 - George Lunceford died December 8, 1808 at Sugar Loaf, Illinois
  Family ID	F8821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael FELPS/PHELPS,   b. 14 Mar 1797, TN ,   d. 27 Aug 1871, St Clair County, IL  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1826	St Clair County, IL
  Children	1. William L PHELPS,   d. 1864, Andersonville Prison- Civil War   2. George L PHELPS,   b. 7 Jan 1827,   d. 3 Dec 1868, St Clair County, IL  (Age 41 years) + 3. Henry Thompson PHELPS,   b. 9 Dec 1831,   d. 27 Dec 1862, Illinois  (Age 31 years)   4. Mary Jane FELPS / PHELPS,   b. 1834, St Clair County, IL ,   d. 1840, St Clair County, Illinois  (Age 6 years)   5. Jacob FELPS / PHELPS,   b. 21 Nov 1835, St Clair County, Illinois ,   d. 21 Dec 1840, St Clair County, Illinois  (Age 5 years)   6. Amos FELPS / PHELPS,   b. 1837, St Clair County, Illinois ,   d. 1850, St Clair County, Illinois  (Age 13 years)   7. Jacob Samuel FELPS / PHELPS,   b. 1846, St Clair County, Illinois ,   d. 1908  (Age 62 years)   8. Laura Cordelia PHELPS,   b. 9 Mar 1855,   d. 22 Nov 1874  (Age 19 years) + 9. David Michael PHELPS,   b. 30 Jan 1942, St Clair County, IL ,   d. 30 Apr 1920, Henry County, MO
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F8811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Documents

  Michael Felps & Ruth Lunceford Marriage Record

  
  

  Headstones

  Ruth Lunceford Phelps Headstone for Wife of Michael Phelps