Thomas Gabriel Phelps was the son of John C. Phelps and Fannie Ballinger.
"Dr. Thomas G. Phelps, 82 year old retired osteopath, passed away Saturday afternoon after several weeks' illness, dating from an attack of influenza in January.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Norman Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. LaVerne Rudolph, pastor of the First Christian Church, assisted by Rev. H. H. Tinsley, long time friend of the deceased. Interment was in the family lot in Edgewood Cemetery.
Thomas Gabriel Phelps was born August 10, 1858, near Gallatin, Missouri. When he was sixteen years of age, his mother passed away and the lad was forced to make his own way. He worked as a farm hand for relatives during the summer and teaching or attending school in the winter months for several years. He was married April 28, 1881 (60 years ago today) to Lizzie O. Boyle of Springhill, Missouri. The young couple bought a farm adjoining Sampsel where they farmed extensively for years.
Having become a Christian in 1876, Mr. Phelps was always an earnest student of the Bible, often teaching and preaching for several years. It was while he was away from home preaching that he got his first lesson in the principles and virtues of osteopathy. Being at that time in poor health himself and having an invalid wife and daughter, all of whom improved under osteopathic treatment, he moved his family to Kirksville where he matriculated in the American School of Osteopathy and graduated there in February 1903. He returned to Chillicothe where he opened an office and practiced at the same location for over 30 years. The gradual loss of his eyesight forced him to give up his practice a few years ago.
He acquired a large library of religious, professional and classic books. Another hobby of the doctor's was a diary which he had kept since 1881. He daily noted the weather and important happenings, both in his family life and world events.
Two years after the death of his first wife in 1913, he married Mrs. Ella Fairchild who proceeded him in death by four years. The doctor was a member of First Christian Church of this city, where for years he was an elder and teacher until blindness overtook him.
Dr. Phelps is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Evert Culling of Utica, Mrs. C. B. Holt of Newtown, Missouri, Mrs. O. M. Nichols of Kansas City, Mrs. W. S. Allen of Flint, Mich., and Mrs. R. E. Manning of Eagle Rock, Calif. Also one sister, Mrs. E. E. Titus of Harper, Kansas." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, April 28, 1941
"Dr. Thomas G. Phelps, 82 year old retired osteopath, passed away Saturday afternoon after several weeks' illness, dating from an attack of influenza in January.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Norman Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. LaVerne Rudolph, pastor of the First Christian Church, assisted by Rev. H. H. Tinsley, long time friend of the deceased. Interment was in the family lot in Edgewood Cemetery.
Thomas Gabriel Phelps was born August 10, 1858, near Gallatin, Missouri. When he was sixteen years of age, his mother passed away and the lad was forced to make his own way. He worked as a farm hand for relatives during the summer and teaching or attending school in the winter months for several years. He was married April 28, 1881 (60 years ago today) to Lizzie O. Boyle of Springhill, Missouri. The young couple bought a farm adjoining Sampsel where they farmed extensively for years.
Having become a Christian in 1876, Mr. Phelps was always an earnest student of the Bible, often teaching and preaching for several years. It was while he was away from home preaching that he got his first lesson in the principles and virtues of osteopathy. Being at that time in poor health himself and having an invalid wife and daughter, all of whom improved under osteopathic treatment, he moved his family to Kirksville where he matriculated in the American School of Osteopathy and graduated there in February 1903. He returned to Chillicothe where he opened an office and practiced at the same location for over 30 years. The gradual loss of his eyesight forced him to give up his practice a few years ago.
He acquired a large library of religious, professional and classic books. Another hobby of the doctor's was a diary which he had kept since 1881. He daily noted the weather and important happenings, both in his family life and world events.
Two years after the death of his first wife in 1913, he married Mrs. Ella Fairchild who proceeded him in death by four years. The doctor was a member of First Christian Church of this city, where for years he was an elder and teacher until blindness overtook him.
Dr. Phelps is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Evert Culling of Utica, Mrs. C. B. Holt of Newtown, Missouri, Mrs. O. M. Nichols of Kansas City, Mrs. W. S. Allen of Flint, Mich., and Mrs. R. E. Manning of Eagle Rock, Calif. Also one sister, Mrs. E. E. Titus of Harper, Kansas." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, April 28, 1941
Thomas Gabriel Phelps was the son of John C. Phelps and Fannie Ballinger.
"Dr. Thomas G. Phelps, 82 year old retired osteopath, passed away Saturday afternoon after several weeks' illness, dating from an attack of influenza in January.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Norman Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. LaVerne Rudolph, pastor of the First Christian Church, assisted by Rev. H. H. Tinsley, long time friend of the deceased. Interment was in the family lot in Edgewood Cemetery.
Thomas Gabriel Phelps was born August 10, 1858, near Gallatin, Missouri. When he was sixteen years of age, his mother passed away and the lad was forced to make his own way. He worked as a farm hand for relatives during the summer and teaching or attending school in the winter months for several years. He was married April 28, 1881 (60 years ago today) to Lizzie O. Boyle of Springhill, Missouri. The young couple bought a farm adjoining Sampsel where they farmed extensively for years.
Having become a Christian in 1876, Mr. Phelps was always an earnest student of the Bible, often teaching and preaching for several years. It was while he was away from home preaching that he got his first lesson in the principles and virtues of osteopathy. Being at that time in poor health himself and having an invalid wife and daughter, all of whom improved under osteopathic treatment, he moved his family to Kirksville where he matriculated in the American School of Osteopathy and graduated there in February 1903. He returned to Chillicothe where he opened an office and practiced at the same location for over 30 years. The gradual loss of his eyesight forced him to give up his practice a few years ago.
He acquired a large library of religious, professional and classic books. Another hobby of the doctor's was a diary which he had kept since 1881. He daily noted the weather and important happenings, both in his family life and world events.
Two years after the death of his first wife in 1913, he married Mrs. Ella Fairchild who proceeded him in death by four years. The doctor was a member of First Christian Church of this city, where for years he was an elder and teacher until blindness overtook him.
Dr. Phelps is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Evert Culling of Utica, Mrs. C. B. Holt of Newtown, Missouri, Mrs. O. M. Nichols of Kansas City, Mrs. W. S. Allen of Flint, Mich., and Mrs. R. E. Manning of Eagle Rock, Calif. Also one sister, Mrs. E. E. Titus of Harper, Kansas." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, April 28, 1941
"Dr. Thomas G. Phelps, 82 year old retired osteopath, passed away Saturday afternoon after several weeks' illness, dating from an attack of influenza in January.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Norman Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. LaVerne Rudolph, pastor of the First Christian Church, assisted by Rev. H. H. Tinsley, long time friend of the deceased. Interment was in the family lot in Edgewood Cemetery.
Thomas Gabriel Phelps was born August 10, 1858, near Gallatin, Missouri. When he was sixteen years of age, his mother passed away and the lad was forced to make his own way. He worked as a farm hand for relatives during the summer and teaching or attending school in the winter months for several years. He was married April 28, 1881 (60 years ago today) to Lizzie O. Boyle of Springhill, Missouri. The young couple bought a farm adjoining Sampsel where they farmed extensively for years.
Having become a Christian in 1876, Mr. Phelps was always an earnest student of the Bible, often teaching and preaching for several years. It was while he was away from home preaching that he got his first lesson in the principles and virtues of osteopathy. Being at that time in poor health himself and having an invalid wife and daughter, all of whom improved under osteopathic treatment, he moved his family to Kirksville where he matriculated in the American School of Osteopathy and graduated there in February 1903. He returned to Chillicothe where he opened an office and practiced at the same location for over 30 years. The gradual loss of his eyesight forced him to give up his practice a few years ago.
He acquired a large library of religious, professional and classic books. Another hobby of the doctor's was a diary which he had kept since 1881. He daily noted the weather and important happenings, both in his family life and world events.
Two years after the death of his first wife in 1913, he married Mrs. Ella Fairchild who proceeded him in death by four years. The doctor was a member of First Christian Church of this city, where for years he was an elder and teacher until blindness overtook him.
Dr. Phelps is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Evert Culling of Utica, Mrs. C. B. Holt of Newtown, Missouri, Mrs. O. M. Nichols of Kansas City, Mrs. W. S. Allen of Flint, Mich., and Mrs. R. E. Manning of Eagle Rock, Calif. Also one sister, Mrs. E. E. Titus of Harper, Kansas." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, April 28, 1941
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