Phelps, Abner, Col., d. 1873.

Abner Phelps resided in New Orleans, La., from 1837-1844. He lost his first wife and two children in a yellow fever epidemic. He served as a colonel in the Mexican-American War. In the 1850s, Phelps settled in San Francisco, Calif., where he died on Dec. 28, 1873. The Abner Phelps House at 1111 Oak St., San Francisco, still stands in the twenty-first century, as a privately-owned historic landmark.

From the description of Abner Phelps diaries, 1837-1849. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 698212638