ARTHUR CARL PHELPS, born 2 September 1917 in Borland, Pleasants County, W.Va., was the son of Lloyd B. Phelps and Effie E. Higgins, married in Pleasants County in 1901. Arthur C. Phelps married Edith Sneathen 20 April 1943 in Jefferson County, Ohio.

1930 Census, Island Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio
#123
Lloyd B. Phelps, Head, 55, Boiler Fireman Elec. Power Plant, b. W.Va.
Effie E. Phelps, Wife, 46, b. W.Va.
Guy B. Phelps, Son, 22, b. W.Va.
Ralph A. Phelps, Son, 24, b. W.Va.
Freda E. Phelps, Daughter, 16, b. W.Va.
Alice I. Phelps, 14, b. W.Va.
Arthur C. Phelps, Son, 12, b. W.Va.

1940 Census, Knox, Jefferson County, Ohio
#364 - State Route 152 Knoxville Village
Lloyd Phelps, Head, 65, b. W.Va.
Effie Phelps, Wife, 55, b. W.Va.
Guy Phelps, Son, 33, b. W.Va.
Arthur Phelps, Son, 22, Laborer in Paper Mill, b. W.Va.

Arthur C. Phelps enlisted 12 March 1941 at Cleveland, Ohio. He had 1 year of high school, was single, and resided in Jefferson County, Ohio, according to the transcribed enlistment record on Ancestry. The record on Fold3 indicates he had 4 years of college, was a salesperson and was married. [Conflicts!]

In fact, Arthur C. Phelps, son of Lloyd and Effie, married Edith Sneathen, daughter of Walter Henry Sneathen and C. Mary Stoffer, 20 April 1943. - See Marriage Record. - She remarried in 1948.