Background
Phelps, Stephen was born on February 6, 1839 in Lewistown, Illinois, United States. Son of Myron and Adaline (Rice) Phelps.
Phelps, Stephen was born on February 6, 1839 in Lewistown, Illinois, United States. Son of Myron and Adaline (Rice) Phelps.
Bachelor of Arts, Jefferson (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Pennsylvania, 1859. Graduate Western Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, 1862. Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Jefferson College, 1881, Lenox College, 1881.
Doctor of Laws, Coe College, 1915.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1863. Pastor successively Sioux City, Iowa, Waterloo, Janesville, Cedar Valley, Vinton, until 1881. 1st president Coe College, 1881-1887.
Pastor 1st Church, Council Bluffs, 1887-1896.
Founder, and professor homiletics and pastoral theology, Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1891-1902. Pastor Essex, Iowa, and Bellevue, Nebraska, until 1916.
Also professor Bible instruction, Bellevue College, 1904-1916. Honorary retired because of age.
Commissioner.
Married Amelia McComb, June 20, 1862 (died 1881). Married second, Sarah Frances Miller, December 25, 1882.