This gravesite is in the historic Ottawa Indian Cemetery. According to Genealogy.com - (
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"Jane King Phelps was born Che-quah from the Chippewa tribe. Born 1766 died 1886. She and her brother Louis King left the Chippewas during War of 1812 and was adopt Ottawa. She married a Phelps."
The headstone reads:
Aunt Jane King
Phelps
1766 -- 1886
Godmother - Historian &
Medicine Woman
of the Ottawa Tribe
Events of 1766
January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism.
March 18 – American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act which has been very unpopular in the British colonies. The persuasion of Benjamin Franklin is considered partly responsible. The Declaratory Act asserts the right of Britain to bind the colonies in all other respects.
November 10 – The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 5 – James Christie holds the first sale at Christie's auction house in London.
Events of 1886:
January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885).
April 25 – Easter occurs on the latest possible date (the next time is in 1943).
May 8 – American pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that will be named Coca-Cola.
June 2 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only president of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.
August 20 – A massive hurricane demolishes the town of Indianola, Texas.
August 31 – An earthquake of between 7.3 and 7.6 on the Richter scale hits Charleston, South Carolina, leaving 40,000 homeless.
September 4 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
October 28 – In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade.