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January 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the United States Navy from
1840 to 1884, attaining the rank of Captain in 1871 and Rear Admiral in 1884. He served in
the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Pacific, and commanded the sloop Juniata during the critical
battle to capture Fort Fisher in January 1865.[1]
Family life[edit]
He married Margaret Riche Levy. They had one son, Thomas Stowell Phelps, Jr. (1848–1915), who
also attained the rank of rear admiral, and a daughter, Edmonia Taylor Phelps (1858–1909), who
married Theodorus B. M. Mason. Mother, father and son are buried in adjacent plots in Arlington
Cemetery.[1] The destroyer USS Phelps (DD-360) was named for him.