E.D. Phelps

PHELPS, CARR

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Date: 1/14/2011 at 20:18:21

Phelps, E. D., express manager, was born in Spring Green, Wisconsin, February 19th, 1866, and lived there until four years old, when his parents moved to Madison, Wis., and lived there eleven years. From Madison he went to Ackley where he learned the printers' trade. In 1881 he went to Sanborn and in 1882 came to Spencer, where he worked some time in the News and Reporter offices. He then opened a store which he ran for about six months. In 1884 he received an appointment as postal clerk in U. S. railroad mail and held that office for four years. A change in administration caused his removal at the expiration of his term of four years appointment. He was recently appointed messenger for the Adams Express Company, his regular runs being between Sanborn and Chamberlain. He was married June 15th, 1887, to Miss Orrie Carr. They have one child, Edward Milton.

Source: A History of Clay County, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889.