Biography
U.S. Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command: Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 (www.history.navy.mil : 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."Education
United States Naval Academy, Class of 1866