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Jeffrey Orson Phelps / Jane Humphrey
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Jeffrey Orson Phelps / Jane Humphrey
| Husband: Jeffrey Orson Phelps | |||
| Born: | 3 Aug 1820 | at: | Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Married: | at: | ||
| Died: | 6 Aug 1888 | at: | |
| Father: | Jeffery Orson Phelps | ||
| Mother: | Pollina Salome | ||
| Notes: | [13767] | ||
| Wife: Jane Humphrey | |||
| Born: | at: | Canton, Connecticut | |
| Died: | at: | ||
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| Name: | Harriet Humphrey Phelps | ||
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| Spouses: | A. L. Eno | ||
| Name: | Jeffrey Orson Phelps [13811] | ||
| Born: | 30 Aug 1858 | at: | |
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| Died: | at: | ||
| Spouses: | Bertha Jane Adams | ||
| Name: | Charlotte Wilcox Phelps | ||
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| Spouses: | James K Crofut | ||
| Name: | Mary Jane Phelps | ||
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| Spouses: | Joseph R.Ensign | ||
Pedigree Chart for: Jeffrey Orson Phelps
/--Noah Phelps
/--Noah Amherst Phelps
| \--Lydia Griswold
/--Jeffery Orson Phelps
| | /--Ezekiel Wilcox
| \--Charlotte Wilcox
| \--Rosanna Pettibone
|--Jeffrey Orson Phelps
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| /--Ebenezer Salome
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\--Pollina Salome
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\--Mary Pinney
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Pedigree Chart for: Jane Humphrey
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|--Jane Humphrey
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[13767] Jeffery O. Phelps was a financier of much ability, and his wide interests demanded much of his attention. He was prominently identified with the promotion of the Connecticut Western Railroad Company, of which he was a director, and was on the directorate of the National Exchange Bank of Hartford. Politically, a staunch Democrat, he sat in the State Legislature for the session of 1856, occupying concurrently the office of town clerk of Sims- bury. In 1867 his constituents elected him to the State Senate, and as such he came prominently and creditably before the people of the State. A Methodist of fixed conviction and steadfast purpose, he enjoyed the confidence and friendship of a very wide circle, and by his sound business judgment and strong personality rarely failed to carry through to successful culmination those projects to which he gave personal and resolute attention. He died August 6, 1899. His first wife was Jane, daughter of Colonel Austin N. and Amelia (Higley) Humphrey. She was born in Canton, Connecticut,
[13811] He graduated at Williston Academy. He took up a number of the business interests of his father, taking part also in State administrative activities. He was one of the projectors of the Connecticut corporation, Blodgett & Clapp. The original firm, which the incorporated company succeeded was one of the oldest in Hartford, and Mr. Phelps for a number of years was treasurer, succeeding his father to the presidency of the company immediately after the latter's death in 1899, since which time he has continued in that office. A prominent Democrat, Mr. Phelps has held many public offices, among them that of State Legislator, having been elected to the session of 1884. He served as clerk of the insurance committee, and was a member of the water board for two terms of three years each. In 1907 Mr. Phelps was appointed judge of probate for Simsbury, which office he still holds. Mr. Phelps resides in the old Phelps homestead at Simsbury, and has made a scientific hobby of farming and stock-breeding. His herd of A. R. Jersey cattle has brought him into prominence in agricultural circles. According to the April, 1916, record of the Herd Improvement Association, No. I, of Hartford County, " Topsy of Fern Dell, a cow owned by State Cattle Commissioner J. O. Phelps, Jr., of Simsbury, outclassed all former butterfat records of the state. She produced 36.9 Ibs. of milk each day, and tested 7.6 per cent of butterfat, thus making in a month 1,125 Ibs. of milk and 85.5 Ibs. of butterfat. This amount of fat, according to Jersey figures, would churn just loo Ibs. of butter." Because of his knowledge of scientific stock farming, Mr. Phelps was in July, 1913, appointed State Commissioner of Domestic Animals. Mr. Phelps is a member of the American Jersey Cattle Club. It is not only in this generation that the Phelps family has endeavored to advance the standard of American stock ; his greatgrandfather is reputed to have been one of the first in the country to import a merino ram, paying for the animal he then secured what was, at that time, most probably considered a fabulous price, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-memorial; Representative Citizens By Samuel Hart, American Historical Society, American Historical Society Published by The American historical society, incorporated, 1917 Item notes: v. 2
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