From obituary published 6-9-1916, unknown paper:
Sylvester A. Phelps died, was born in Beachville, County of Oxford, Canada. At 70 years, 7 months and 3 days he passed away quietly at half past one at the Arlington Hotel on June 3, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Al Halloday and Mrs. Geo. Galland besides Mr. and Mrs. Ara Phelps were present at the time. Mr. Phelps had lived in Pine Island, Verndale, Alexandria and Bemidji for 12 years andd the last 4 years in Mentor. He married Gratia Pike, June 22, 1867 and she died February 9, 1902 in Alexandria, Minnesota. There were eleven children, Rena and Horce having died, there remained: Mrs. Milly Conkle of Pine Island, Mrs. Lottie McClelland of Duluth, Mrs. Chas. Brown of Mentor, Melford Phelps of Bemidji, Homer of Glenwood, Ara of Mentor, Mrs. Nina Blanchard of Lengby, Mrs. May Kruse of McComb, Grover Phelps of Saskatchewan. The funeral was held at the Congregational church on Tuesday, June 6, 1916 with Wm Dale Minister presiding.
Wonderful Results Worked Out by an Old Man Alone and Unaided. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FARM NORTH OF BEMIDJI. What S. A. Phelps Has Done in Beltrami County With a Capital of $1. Less than a mile north of the head of Lake Bemidji is the forty acre farm of S. A. Phelps which everybody ought to see. Two years ago this month Mr. Phelps who is a gray haired man, perhaps sixty years of age, arrived in Bemidji with a few household goods and $1 in money. He purchased forty acres north of the head of the lake making his first payment with his quarterly pension money, for Mr. Phelps is an old soldier. He built him a little log hut and commenced to clean up his forty acres. Without a horse, without a helper, with nothing but his two hands Mr. Phelps toiled on his little farm. Today it is paid for, the brush has been cleaned from the whole farm, one of the most substantial and neatest appearing fences in the whole county has been built around it, a large and immaculately clean log house has been built 100 yards back from the road and two and one half acres has been cleared and made into a garden every foot of which is producing some of the finest vegetables ever grown. The place is a beauty spot with its comfortable home set far back in a magnificent grove and no passerby can withhold his tongue from praising it. If a solitary old man with his two bare hands can do this what cannot a strong young man do with a Beltrami county farm? (Bemidji Pioneer, Sept 1, 1904)
Sylvester A. Phelps died, was born in Beachville, County of Oxford, Canada. At 70 years, 7 months and 3 days he passed away quietly at half past one at the Arlington Hotel on June 3, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Al Halloday and Mrs. Geo. Galland besides Mr. and Mrs. Ara Phelps were present at the time. Mr. Phelps had lived in Pine Island, Verndale, Alexandria and Bemidji for 12 years andd the last 4 years in Mentor. He married Gratia Pike, June 22, 1867 and she died February 9, 1902 in Alexandria, Minnesota. There were eleven children, Rena and Horce having died, there remained: Mrs. Milly Conkle of Pine Island, Mrs. Lottie McClelland of Duluth, Mrs. Chas. Brown of Mentor, Melford Phelps of Bemidji, Homer of Glenwood, Ara of Mentor, Mrs. Nina Blanchard of Lengby, Mrs. May Kruse of McComb, Grover Phelps of Saskatchewan. The funeral was held at the Congregational church on Tuesday, June 6, 1916 with Wm Dale Minister presiding.
Wonderful Results Worked Out by an Old Man Alone and Unaided. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FARM NORTH OF BEMIDJI. What S. A. Phelps Has Done in Beltrami County With a Capital of $1. Less than a mile north of the head of Lake Bemidji is the forty acre farm of S. A. Phelps which everybody ought to see. Two years ago this month Mr. Phelps who is a gray haired man, perhaps sixty years of age, arrived in Bemidji with a few household goods and $1 in money. He purchased forty acres north of the head of the lake making his first payment with his quarterly pension money, for Mr. Phelps is an old soldier. He built him a little log hut and commenced to clean up his forty acres. Without a horse, without a helper, with nothing but his two hands Mr. Phelps toiled on his little farm. Today it is paid for, the brush has been cleaned from the whole farm, one of the most substantial and neatest appearing fences in the whole county has been built around it, a large and immaculately clean log house has been built 100 yards back from the road and two and one half acres has been cleared and made into a garden every foot of which is producing some of the finest vegetables ever grown. The place is a beauty spot with its comfortable home set far back in a magnificent grove and no passerby can withhold his tongue from praising it. If a solitary old man with his two bare hands can do this what cannot a strong young man do with a Beltrami county farm? (Bemidji Pioneer, Sept 1, 1904)
From obituary published 6-9-1916, unknown paper:
Sylvester A. Phelps died, was born in Beachville, County of Oxford, Canada. At 70 years, 7 months and 3 days he passed away quietly at half past one at the Arlington Hotel on June 3, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Al Halloday and Mrs. Geo. Galland besides Mr. and Mrs. Ara Phelps were present at the time. Mr. Phelps had lived in Pine Island, Verndale, Alexandria and Bemidji for 12 years andd the last 4 years in Mentor. He married Gratia Pike, June 22, 1867 and she died February 9, 1902 in Alexandria, Minnesota. There were eleven children, Rena and Horce having died, there remained: Mrs. Milly Conkle of Pine Island, Mrs. Lottie McClelland of Duluth, Mrs. Chas. Brown of Mentor, Melford Phelps of Bemidji, Homer of Glenwood, Ara of Mentor, Mrs. Nina Blanchard of Lengby, Mrs. May Kruse of McComb, Grover Phelps of Saskatchewan. The funeral was held at the Congregational church on Tuesday, June 6, 1916 with Wm Dale Minister presiding.
Wonderful Results Worked Out by an Old Man Alone and Unaided. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FARM NORTH OF BEMIDJI. What S. A. Phelps Has Done in Beltrami County With a Capital of $1. Less than a mile north of the head of Lake Bemidji is the forty acre farm of S. A. Phelps which everybody ought to see. Two years ago this month Mr. Phelps who is a gray haired man, perhaps sixty years of age, arrived in Bemidji with a few household goods and $1 in money. He purchased forty acres north of the head of the lake making his first payment with his quarterly pension money, for Mr. Phelps is an old soldier. He built him a little log hut and commenced to clean up his forty acres. Without a horse, without a helper, with nothing but his two hands Mr. Phelps toiled on his little farm. Today it is paid for, the brush has been cleaned from the whole farm, one of the most substantial and neatest appearing fences in the whole county has been built around it, a large and immaculately clean log house has been built 100 yards back from the road and two and one half acres has been cleared and made into a garden every foot of which is producing some of the finest vegetables ever grown. The place is a beauty spot with its comfortable home set far back in a magnificent grove and no passerby can withhold his tongue from praising it. If a solitary old man with his two bare hands can do this what cannot a strong young man do with a Beltrami county farm? (Bemidji Pioneer, Sept 1, 1904)
Sylvester A. Phelps died, was born in Beachville, County of Oxford, Canada. At 70 years, 7 months and 3 days he passed away quietly at half past one at the Arlington Hotel on June 3, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Al Halloday and Mrs. Geo. Galland besides Mr. and Mrs. Ara Phelps were present at the time. Mr. Phelps had lived in Pine Island, Verndale, Alexandria and Bemidji for 12 years andd the last 4 years in Mentor. He married Gratia Pike, June 22, 1867 and she died February 9, 1902 in Alexandria, Minnesota. There were eleven children, Rena and Horce having died, there remained: Mrs. Milly Conkle of Pine Island, Mrs. Lottie McClelland of Duluth, Mrs. Chas. Brown of Mentor, Melford Phelps of Bemidji, Homer of Glenwood, Ara of Mentor, Mrs. Nina Blanchard of Lengby, Mrs. May Kruse of McComb, Grover Phelps of Saskatchewan. The funeral was held at the Congregational church on Tuesday, June 6, 1916 with Wm Dale Minister presiding.
Wonderful Results Worked Out by an Old Man Alone and Unaided. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FARM NORTH OF BEMIDJI. What S. A. Phelps Has Done in Beltrami County With a Capital of $1. Less than a mile north of the head of Lake Bemidji is the forty acre farm of S. A. Phelps which everybody ought to see. Two years ago this month Mr. Phelps who is a gray haired man, perhaps sixty years of age, arrived in Bemidji with a few household goods and $1 in money. He purchased forty acres north of the head of the lake making his first payment with his quarterly pension money, for Mr. Phelps is an old soldier. He built him a little log hut and commenced to clean up his forty acres. Without a horse, without a helper, with nothing but his two hands Mr. Phelps toiled on his little farm. Today it is paid for, the brush has been cleaned from the whole farm, one of the most substantial and neatest appearing fences in the whole county has been built around it, a large and immaculately clean log house has been built 100 yards back from the road and two and one half acres has been cleared and made into a garden every foot of which is producing some of the finest vegetables ever grown. The place is a beauty spot with its comfortable home set far back in a magnificent grove and no passerby can withhold his tongue from praising it. If a solitary old man with his two bare hands can do this what cannot a strong young man do with a Beltrami county farm? (Bemidji Pioneer, Sept 1, 1904)
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