1842–1897

Introduction

Born: June 10, 1842, Bel­cher­town, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: De­cem­ber 10, 1897, Spring­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Spring­field Ce­me­te­ry, Spring­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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Biography

Edward was the son of Will­iam Phelps and Ma­ry Hunt, and hus­band of Har­ri­et E. Gould­ing.

He was play­ing the or­gan at a Spring­field church by age 16.

Around age 19, he be­gan work­ing for the Spring­field Re­pub­li­can news­pa­per. He went on to work at the Ev­en­ing Un­ion and The Home­stead, and even­tu­al­ly ran his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny.

Sources

Music

  1. Over the Line

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Phelps (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),