Source:
History of Litchfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers……
Published: Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co.,  1881.


LUTHER PHELPS.  Capt. Luther Phelps, son of Daniel Phelps, was 
born in Windsor, Conn., May 22, 1781.  Soon after his parents removed 
to Colebrook, where his father for a number of years kept a hotel.  He 
was reared a farmer, and educated at a common school.  March 19, 1816, 
he united in marriage with Maria Hoskins, of Winsted, Conn.; their 
family consisted of two children, Elizabeth M. and Martin Luther.  Mr. 
Phelps died Oct. 11, 1851, and Mrs. Phelps died March 4, 1862.  Having 
been captain of a military company in Colebrook, he was popularly 
known as Capt. Phelps.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)