Edwin McNamee Phelps
Full Name: Edwin McNamee PhelpsDate of birth: August 30, 1841
Date of death: August 19, 1912
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 87 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) (2) | Democrat | Anaqua / Victoria | Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
(1) Anaqua post office closed by 1919. Anaqua was located approximately 5 miles west of present city of McFadden. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
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House District 87
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 Legislatures: 18th (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Anaqua / Victoria Counties in district: Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
(1) Anaqua post office closed by 1919. Anaqua was located approximately 5 miles west of present city of McFadden. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Edwin M. Phelps, pp. 612-613. Clerk in the General Land Office of the State of Texas. Born 8/30/1842 in Vincennes, Indiana. Relatives: Truman Phelps - father, Edwin M. Phelps - son. Mother Miss Cornelia McNamee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Biographical sketch, p. 269. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Texas Cavalry, Terry's Texas Rangers. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General in the service of the State. Retired with rank of Colonel in 1911. Reprint of military record in obituary, "Col. Phelps Will Be Buried Today," San Antonio Express, 8/21/1912, p. 3, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "After the war was over he lived at Victoria, where he had several offices of trust, representing that county in the Eighteenth Legislature in 1883." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Biographical sketch, Edwin M. Phelps, pp. 163-164. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Other Resources
- Edwin McNamee Phelps, birth date 8/30/1841 in Indiana; death date 8/19/1912 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; retired; father Truman Phelps; mother Cornelia McNamee. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Edwin M. Phelps, birth date 8/30/1841, death date 8/19/1912, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, with spouse Mary J. Phelps. Includes obituary from The Houston Post, 8/20/1912, and funeral article, Austin American-Statesman, 8/21/1912. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. E.M. Phelps, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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