Maude Ellen Phelps

1889 - 1955  (65 years)

• Name	Maude Ellen Phelps  [1]
  	Marriage license was issued under the name "Miss Maude E. Phelps." Death certificate indicates that her father was Edward Roper and her mother was Electa Phelps. In 1900 she was enumerated in Howell County in the household of Edward Phelps, as a granddaughter. An Electa Phelps appears as the daughter of Edward Phelps in the 1880 census. Since Maude was born in 1889 or 1890, her birth should have been recorded in the 1883-1893 birth and death records, but it is not found under either Roper nor Phelps. A June 1897 marriage is recorded in Howell County between Electa A. Phelps and Seth Roper. Presumably, then, Maude was the child of these two people. Perhaps since she was being raised by her grandparents in the 1900 census, she went by their surname. Her father as "Edward" Roper on her death certificate may be accounted for by confusion with the grandfather who raised her, Edward Phelps, and her stepfather, Seth Roper. The Family TreeMaker website of Phyllis N. Parli (Perry, OK), cites the Bible of Edward Dwight Phelps (Maude's father), which includes Maude's date of birth (23 July 1889, Mountain View, Howell County) and her mother's date of birth: Electa Elora Phelps, 30 June 1868). It also lists Electa's marriage to Seth Roper on 9 June 1897, and Electa's death on 25 August 1905, of consumption. Seth Roper and wife "Lectie" Roper are found in the 1900 census in Goldsberry township of Howell County, married 4 years. It is not known why Maude is not with them--but she was probably not the child of Seth Roper since they did not marry until 1897.
  Born	23 Jul 1889	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 May 1955	Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Buried	27 May 1955	Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Kansas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1064	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family	William Webster "Webb" Smith,   b. 16 Nov 1882, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1957, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1905	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Date issue was licensed, taken from the cover of the marriage license. License itself and return not filmed.
  Children	1. Roy Smith,   b. Abt 1907, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Vivian Smith,   b. Abt 1909, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Helton Smith,   b. Abt 1911, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Faye Smith
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2744] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1961,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 11 Oct 2012), for Maude Ellen Smith, certificate no. 14592, Barton County, Missouri (1955). . [S2738] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 170 [loose, jacket only], for William W. Smith-Maude E. Phelps (1905); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .