John M. Phelps
By 1845, John Phelps was living in Gilmer County in the Kanawha River valley, having married Mary Loudin.[2] After his first wife's death, Phelps married Susan Jane Hagerman at Malden, Kanawha County, West Virginia.Phelps became the chaplain, and held the position for less than a year before resigning on March 18, 1863[7]: 269 "on account of business and family affairs."[2] Meanwhile, his son Oliver also served in the unit, beginning as first lieutenant on March 5, 1862,[7]: 270 and receiving a promotion to captain of B Company on February 1, 1864.Phelps again won election to the Seventh and Eighth legislature, serving from 1869 to 1870, when he was replaced by William A. Alexander of Frazier's Bottom.