Name/Title
Phelan-Walker Album, Photo 22 - John Rogers Phelan [1846-1870]Entry/Object ID
2008.2.370Description
Carte-de-visite of John Rogers Phelan [1846-1870] - son of John Phelan and Jane Walker. John is wearing the uniform of an Ensign in the United States Navy. He received the rank of Ensign on 12 March 1868.
John was lost at sea with the U.S.S. Oneida on 24 January 1870. See item # CAND-AN007-0023 to read T. A. Lyons, "The Loss of the Oneida," Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People (September 1880), Volume 20, Issue 5, pages 750-758.
Original, professional photograph from S. G. Rogers, Waynesburg, Penna.
Page 18, Photo 01.
BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE: US Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command: Officers of the Continental and U. S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 (www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/o/officers-continental-usnavy-mc-1775-1900.html : viewed 2018), Navy Officers, John R. Phelan entry. "Phelan, John R. / Midshipman, 17 April, 1862. Graduated June, 1866. Ensign, 12 March, 1868. Master, 26 March, 1869. Lost on the Oneida, 24 January, 1870."Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Carte de VisiteCollection
Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum CollectionMade/Created
Studio
Rogers, S. G. (Studio)Date made
circa 1868Place
Location
Pennsylvania / Greene County / WaynesburgLexicon
Search Terms
Fringe chair, Military, Navy, Phelan family, VeteransOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
WAYN-AN008-0022Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Phelan, John Rogers [1846-1870]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Phelan-Walker Album - Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalAcquisition Date
2023Notes
The Phelan-Walker Album is preserved in original order. Personal inscriptions and image captions indicate that the album may have once belonged to Mary (Phelan) Hogue [1846-1934], Waynesburg College, Class of 1864. The album was likely passed to her daughter, Jane Phelan "Jany" Hogue [1881-1972], Waynesburg College, Classes of 1904 and 1905, who provided it to her family's alma mater for preservation.
Mary (Phelan) Hogue [1846-1934] was the daughter of John Phelan [1806-1874] and Jane (Walker) Phelan [1808-1876]. Mary's husband was Asa Brownfield Hogue [1841-1915], son of Solomon Hoge [1803-1877] and Rachel Huss [1811-1890]. Relatives of both families are represented in the album, as well as other individuals from their community and acquaintance. Notable among the images are Mary's brother John Phelan [1846-1870] and his shipmate Thomas Logan Tulloch [1845-1870], both of whom were lost at sea, off the coast of Yokohama, Japan, with the U.S.S. Oneida on 24 January 1870.
The album is archived at the Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum (Miller Hall, 51 W. College St.; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2023.
SOURCE CITATION: Phelan-Walker Album, Photo 22 - John Rogers Phelan [1846-1870]; circa 1868, image by S. G. Rogers, Waynesburg, Penna.; item no. WAYN-AN008-0022, Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).