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Birth Date
1810-10-25
Birthplace
Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
Death Date
1869-05-12
Occupation
Businessman
Business Owner
Source of File Attached
<p>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Phelps">John Jay Phelps.</a>” <i>Wikipedia</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 June 2024.</p>
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Phelps, John Jay (1810-1869)
Description
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John Jay Phelps was a businessman and founder of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. He married Rachel Badgeley Phinney on July 4, 1835. He had three children, Ellen Ada Phelps Dodge, William Walter Phelps, and Francis Alexander Phelps. He was the father of Englewood/Teaneck resident William Walter Phelps.
Source
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"Career of a Self-made man." <em>The Brooklyn Union,</em> 13 May 1869, p.2.
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J. J. Phelps
in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s
“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Phelps">John Jay Phelps.</a>” <i>Wikipedia</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 June 2024.
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Ludder, Rachelle
Colman, David
Business