Background
Phelps, Erskine Mason was born on March 31, 1839 in Stonington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles H. and Ann (Hammond) Phelps.
Phelps, Erskine Mason was born on March 31, 1839 in Stonington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles H. and Ann (Hammond) Phelps.
Educated Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts.
In banking house of Allan, Copp & Nesbitt, Saint Louis, 1857-1861, then went to Boston, and in 1864 removed to Chicago and founded a wholesale boot and shoe house in partnership with George East. P. Dodge (Phelps, Dodge & Palmer), 1865-1889. Sold out to Edwards-Stanwood Shoe Company, of which was director Director Merchants Loan & Trust Company, Commonwealth Edison Company.
Member Democratic National Committee, 1888.
Married Anna Wilder, October 26, 1865.