PHELPS, EDWIN M.
Edwin M. Phelps, of Austin, was born at Vincennes, Ind., August 30, 1842, at the home of his maternal grandfather. His father, Hon. Truman Phelps, was an able lawyer and a colleague of Judah P. Benjamin in the Louisiana legislature. He was a later member, too, of the Texas legislature. The subject of this sketch at ten years of age came with his parents to Texas and grew to manhood here. He was educated in Aranama College. When war was declared in 1861 he promptly volunteered as a member of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, better known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to a lieutenantcy in Co, G, in 1863, and was acting adjutant of the regiment at the close of the war. After the surrender he returned to his Texas plantation. He was a member of the county commissioners' court of Victoria county from 1874 to 1882, inclusive; and was a representative in the eighteenth Texas legislature, where he achieved an enviable reputation as a law maker; being especially strong in committee work. He was in 1885 appointed United States collector of customs at Del Rio, serving four and a half years. For many years he has been the assistant adjutant-general of Texas, and his services in this important post have been of the greatest value to the state. Col. Phelps is a devoted member of the Mason fraternity. He was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1868, to Miss Mary Bickford, of Refugio county. Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson)
Edwin M. Phelps, of Austin, was born at Vincennes, Ind., August 30, 1842, at the home of his maternal grandfather. His father, Hon. Truman Phelps, was an able lawyer and a colleague of Judah P. Benjamin in the Louisiana legislature. He was a later member, too, of the Texas legislature. The subject of this sketch at ten years of age came with his parents to Texas and grew to manhood here. He was educated in Aranama College. When war was declared in 1861 he promptly volunteered as a member of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, better known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to a lieutenantcy in Co, G, in 1863, and was acting adjutant of the regiment at the close of the war. After the surrender he returned to his Texas plantation. He was a member of the county commissioners' court of Victoria county from 1874 to 1882, inclusive; and was a representative in the eighteenth Texas legislature, where he achieved an enviable reputation as a law maker; being especially strong in committee work. He was in 1885 appointed United States collector of customs at Del Rio, serving four and a half years. For many years he has been the assistant adjutant-general of Texas, and his services in this important post have been of the greatest value to the state. Col. Phelps is a devoted member of the Mason fraternity. He was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1868, to Miss Mary Bickford, of Refugio county. Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson)
PHELPS, EDWIN M.
Edwin M. Phelps, of Austin, was born at Vincennes, Ind., August 30, 1842, at the home of his maternal grandfather. His father, Hon. Truman Phelps, was an able lawyer and a colleague of Judah P. Benjamin in the Louisiana legislature. He was a later member, too, of the Texas legislature. The subject of this sketch at ten years of age came with his parents to Texas and grew to manhood here. He was educated in Aranama College. When war was declared in 1861 he promptly volunteered as a member of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, better known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to a lieutenantcy in Co, G, in 1863, and was acting adjutant of the regiment at the close of the war. After the surrender he returned to his Texas plantation. He was a member of the county commissioners' court of Victoria county from 1874 to 1882, inclusive; and was a representative in the eighteenth Texas legislature, where he achieved an enviable reputation as a law maker; being especially strong in committee work. He was in 1885 appointed United States collector of customs at Del Rio, serving four and a half years. For many years he has been the assistant adjutant-general of Texas, and his services in this important post have been of the greatest value to the state. Col. Phelps is a devoted member of the Mason fraternity. He was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1868, to Miss Mary Bickford, of Refugio county. Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson)
Edwin M. Phelps, of Austin, was born at Vincennes, Ind., August 30, 1842, at the home of his maternal grandfather. His father, Hon. Truman Phelps, was an able lawyer and a colleague of Judah P. Benjamin in the Louisiana legislature. He was a later member, too, of the Texas legislature. The subject of this sketch at ten years of age came with his parents to Texas and grew to manhood here. He was educated in Aranama College. When war was declared in 1861 he promptly volunteered as a member of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, better known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to a lieutenantcy in Co, G, in 1863, and was acting adjutant of the regiment at the close of the war. After the surrender he returned to his Texas plantation. He was a member of the county commissioners' court of Victoria county from 1874 to 1882, inclusive; and was a representative in the eighteenth Texas legislature, where he achieved an enviable reputation as a law maker; being especially strong in committee work. He was in 1885 appointed United States collector of customs at Del Rio, serving four and a half years. For many years he has been the assistant adjutant-general of Texas, and his services in this important post have been of the greatest value to the state. Col. Phelps is a devoted member of the Mason fraternity. He was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1868, to Miss Mary Bickford, of Refugio county. Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson)
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