Bios: Zadock Walker Phelan, 1838 - & R. H. Phelan 1836 - : Waynesburg, Greene County Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Diane E Goldhammer. diane105@JUNO.COM Typed by :Sherry Norton - dnorton@earthlink.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Typed by :Sherry Norton - dnorton@earthlink.net History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, By Samuel P. Bates, Chicago, 1888 Pg. 691 ZADOCK WALKER PHELAN, manufacturer, foundryman and machinist, is a member of the firm of Bower & Phelan, Waynesburg, Penn., where he was born June 21, 1838. He is a son of John and Jane (WALKER) PHELAN. His mother was born in Fayette County, Penn. His father, a native of Greene County, was an attorney by profession, practiced in Waynesburg for many years and represented his county in the State Legislature. His family consists of five sons and one daughter. Z. W., the third in the family, was reared in Waynesburg and educated in the college. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade and carried on the furniture business in Waynesburg; then went to Kansas and shared the struggles of that young State, and in 1884 he began his present business. Mr. Phelan's wife was Miss Harriet, daughter of J. Wesley CHAMBERS of Washington County, Penn. They have three children - Anna W., John Charles and Zadock Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Phelan are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held many important positions. He is a strong advocate of the temperance cause and votes the Prohibition ticket. He was the first county chairman of the party, and a candidate on the first ticket issued by the party. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Typed by :Sherry Norton - dnorton@earthlink.net History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, By Samuel P. Bates, Chicago, 1888 Pg. 691-2 R. H. PHELAN, attorney and counsellor at law, was born at Waynesburg, February 21, 1836, and is a son of Hon. John and Jane (WALKER) PHELAN, his mother was a native of Maryland, and was of English and Irish descent. His father, who was an attorney, was born in this county, of which he was prothonotary for about twelve years. He was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1867, and served two terms. He died August 31, 1874. R. H. Phelan is the second in a family of six children. He was reared in Waynesburg and attended the common school and college. He went to the territory of Kansas in 1854 and remained until 1861, when he returned to Waynesburg and subsequently studied law in the office of his father and Hon C. A. Black. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and has been in active practice ever since. Mr. Phelan is a Democrat. He has been a member of the town council, and is a trustee of the Presbyterian Church. His grandfather, Richard H. Phelan, was born in Ireland, and case (sic) to Greene County, Penn., at an early date. He served on the first grand jury in 1796. R. H. Phelan is president of Green Mount Cemetery Company, treasurer of the Waynesburg Park Company, and a director in the Farmers' and Drovers' National Bank of Waynesburg. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~