EM Phelps Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

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Edwin M. Phelps

August 30, 1842 - ??

Born in Vincennes, IN on August 30, 1842.
Moved with family to TX around 1852.
Educated at Aranama Collge.
Possibly resided in Bexar County, TX.

Mustered into Company G at Houston, TX on September 16, 1861.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in May 1863.
Reduced in Rank to 3rd Lieutenant by Decmeber 1863.
Present in March 1864.
Appointed as Regimental Adjutant by war's end.

Returned to his plantation after the war.
Married Miss Mary Bickford of Refugio County, TX on October 1, 1868.
Member of the County Commissioners' Court of Victoria County from 1874 to 1882.
Acted as a representative in the 18th TX Legislature.
Appointed United States collector of customs at Del Rio, TX in 1885, serving four and a half years.
Acted as assistant adjutant-general of TX.
Member of the Masonic fraternity.

Also Identified As:
	E. N. Phelps
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	Unidentified
Parents:
	Honorable Truman Phelps b. member of the LA legislature member of the TX legislature
Siblings:
	Unknown
Spouse(s):
	Miss Mary Bickford from Refugio County b. m. EM Phelps on October 1, 1868
Children:
	Unknown
Gravesite:
	Unlocated

1850 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?

1860 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
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1870 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Parentage	Student?	Literate?

1880 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)

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1900 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Street Address, Dwelling, Family, (image)

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Related Links:
	Texans Who Wore the Gray: Edwin M. Phelps "Terry's Texas Rangers," Confederate Veteran, May 1902, p. 208. (Reunion) "Terry's Texas Rangers: Monument to that Gallant Cavalry Regiment," Confederate Veteran, November 1907, p. 498 "Family Tradition in AG Department," Dallas Morning News, November 8, 1954 (offsite) Transcription of Sidney Johnson's Texans Who Wore the Gray: Edwin M. Phelps
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Johnson, Sidney S. Texans Who Wore the Gray. Tyler, Texas, 1907. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Phelps) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Phelps) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Bexar County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Bexar County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Bexar County, TX)

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