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- History of the Phelps Surname
- William Phelps 1630 Origins
- George Phelps 1634 Origins
- Richard Phelps 1633 Origins
- James Phelps 1786 Origins
- Phelps Origins in Europe
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- Colonial Voyages to Connecticut
- Phelps Arrival in America
- Phelps of Simsbury and Windsor
- Phelps Family Letters
- Phelps from New York to Illinois
- Nehemiah West Leads the Settlers West
- Hoosiers vs. Yankees: A Slave State or Not?
- The (Ill-fated) Boat Party
- Pioneer Architecture: From Log Cabins to Homes
- Galesburg Grows Amidst the Jackson Panic
- Founding of the Knox Manual Labor College
- Household Skills in Pioneer Galesberg
- Commerce is Established With Colton's Store
- Food and Clothing in Early Galesburg
- Family Origins in Illinois
- Phelps Family in California
- Bartle Family
- Bartle Family Genealogy
- The Daily Journal of Births and Deaths
- Bartle First American Ancestors
- Henry Hart Bartle Obituary
- Henry Hart Bartle 1858-1929 Biograpahy
- Nathanial Sanburn 1723, Kingston New Hampshire
- Francis G. Sanburn 1899, of Knoxville, Illinois
- William Toy Bartle Ministry
- Nathanial Sanborn, 1814, of Canandaigua, New York
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- First Known American Ancestors
- The Price of Slaves 1850
- Luther S. Beasley 1925 Obituary
- John T. Beasley 1883-1950
- John Beasley and Lizzie Bremser Marriage
- John T. Beasley 1950 Obituary
- Jane Beasley Raph Professional Life
- Jane Beasley Raph 2001 Obituary
- Annabeth Beasley Phelps, Mother and Provider
- Annabeth Beasley Phelps 2001 Obituary
- Brandy Station in the Civil War
- T/5 Myron K. Ricketts, WWII Veteran
- A Hero in Our Midst—Mac Butler's "Battlin' Blue Bastards"
- Ephraim Beazley 1797 Deeds and Records
- William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
- Bremser Family
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- Finding Heinrich Gottlieb Bremser
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- Henry Bremser 1864-1848 Bio
- Henry Bremser 1864-1948 Obituary
- Elizabeth Bremser 1888-1952 Biograhy
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- Bremsers Origins in Germany
- Bremser-Familiengeschichte (Deutch)
- Christy Family
- Claggett Family
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- Claggett First Ancestors in America
- Robert Clagget 1490 in England
- Edward Clagett 1670 Emigration to America
- Thomas Claggett 1703 of London and Maryland
- Thomas Clagett 1732 Will
- Samuel Claggett 1821, Revolutionary War Surgeon
- Samuel Claggett 1846 of Virginia
- Samuel Claggett and Julia F. Sanford Marriage Contract
- Bernard Johnson Claggett 1919 Bio
- The Price of Slaves 1850
- Julia {Sanford} Claggett 1876 Civil War Claims
- Deposition of Columbia Claggett
- Commision Standard Interrogitories
- Deposition of Sgt. Ereastus Weaver
- Deposition of Lt.Frank Foot
- Deposition of Julia Claggett
- Deposition of Thomas Claggett
- Testimony of Craven King
- Testimony of William Francis
- Testimony of Erastus Weaver
- Map of Clagget Farm
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- Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Brandy Station
- 121st NY Volunteers
- Complete Commission Transcript
- Claggett Family Move to Illinois from Virginia
- Sanford Ramey Claggett 1895 Obituary
- Ann Claggett Beasley 1898 Obituary
- Rev. Thomas John Claggett 1816, First American Episcopal Bishop
- Thomas J. Claggett 1901 Obituary
- Columbia Claggett 1904 Obituary
- Brice Clagett, Family Genealogist
- Claggett Coat of Arms
- Diuguid Family
- Klein Family
- Morgan Family
- Loveland Family
- Notable Family Members
- 1600-1699
- 1700-1799
- Richard Phelps, Bell-founder for English Churches
- Dr. Francis Phelps, Representative and Senator
- Judge John Phelps, Publisher, Judge, Merchant, and Entrepreneur
- Noah Phelps, A Spy at Ticonderoga, A Patriot of 1776
- Oliver Phelps, Land Speculator, Judge, Congressman
- William Wines Phelps, Judge, Mormon Publisher and Writer
- William Wines Phelps Letters to Wife
- William Wines Phelps Revelation Given
- William Wines Phelps in Church History
- William Wines Phelps Letter from Liberty Jail 1834
- Samuel Shethar Phelps, Jurist, Congressman, and Senator
- Nathanial Sanborn, Pioneer Settler of Canandaigua, New York
- 1800-1849 A-M
- Alfred Aaron Phelps, Wild West Show Rider
- Austin Phelps, Congregational Minister, Educator
- Charles Edward Phelps, Congressman, Judge, Author
- Delos Porter Phelps, Lawyer, U.S. Assistant Treasurer
- Edward John Phelps, American Lawyer, Diplomat
- George M. Phelps, Master Telegraph Instrument Maker, Inventor
- Dr. Guy Rowland Phelps, Founder, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Judge James Phelps, Judge, Congressman
- Judge John Jay Phelps, Publisher, Judge, Merchant, Entrepreneur
- John Smith Phelps, Lawyer, Legislator
- John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General, United States Volunteers
- Mary Phelps Rich, Pioneer Saint in Tazewell County, Illinois
- Francis G. Sanburn, Pioneer Resident of Knoxville, Illinois
- 1800-1849 N-Z
- Mary Anne Phelps Rich, Mormon Pioneer
- Rev. Philip Phelps, Founder, First President, Western Theological Seminary
- John Wesley Phelps, Deputy Sheriff of Hartford County, Connecticut
- Stephen Sumner Phelps, Illinois Pioneer
- Thomas Stowell Phelps, Civil War Naval Officer
- William Walter Phelps, Congressman, Ambassador, Judge
- 1850-1899
- 1900-2020
- Phelps Family Arms & Crest
- Selected Family Wills
- Thomas and Katherine Phylypp Wills 1556, Over Teyne, Checkeley, England
- William Phelps 1672 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
- Anthony Phillipps 1648 Will, Nether Teane, England
- Francis Phylyppe 1648 Will, Checkley, England
- Thomas Phylypp 1556 Will, Over Teyne, England
- George Phelps 1687 Will, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Timothy Phelps 1639 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
- Natnaniel Phelps 1702 Will, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Thomas Clagett 1708 Will, Calvert, Maryland
- Thomas Clagett 1732 Will, Prince Georges, Maryland
- Julia F Sanford 1727 Marriage Indenture
- Ephraim Beazley 1797 Wills & Deeds, Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Ephraim Beasley 1797 Deed Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Ephraim Beasley 1798 to Elizabeth Beazley
- Ephraim Beasley 1798 Will, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Henry Beazley 1804 Indenture, Spotsylvania, Virginia
- William Beazley 1828 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
- William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
- William Beazley 1852 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
- Cornelius Beazley 1834 Will
- Ephraim Beazley 1833 Mortgage
- John Loveland 1649 Will
- Ephraim Beazley 1798 Henry Beazley 1815 Indenture
- James Phelps of North Caroline 1786 Estate
- Robert Valentine Phelps 1905 Australia
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Notable Phelps Family Members
George M. Phelps, Master Telegraph Instrument Maker and Inventor
George May Phelps was born on 10 Nov 1820 in Watervliet, New York. He began his adult life working for his uncle Jonas H. Phelps as an apprentice machinist in Troy, New York.
At age 30 in 1850 he set up his first shop on the corner of First and Adams St. in Troy, N. Y., in company with William Gurley, still in operation today as Gurly Precision Instruments. Among Phelps' first patents were designs for speed governors. During the 1840s, he observed the growth of the telegraph and the inventions of Samuel Morse. There was a shortage of telegraph instruments in that day and considerable competition between conventional Morse technology and newer printing telegraph systems.
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| George M. Phelps, Master Telegraph Instrument Maker and Inventor |
The best printing telegraph of that day was built by Royal E. House. It was a complicated instrument and could only be built rather slowly in one factory in New York City. The company learned of George Phelps' mechanical aptitude and asked him to build their instrument for them.
In 1855, a new Hughes instrument was introduced, though it had some drawbacks. A new company was founded—the future AT&T Company —which bought the rights to the Hughes machine. They turned it over to George M. Phelps and asked him to fix some of the problems.
He made two significant improvements: a device that resynced both the transmitting and receiving printer after each character was completed, and he combined both drive mechanisms and shortened the time it took for characters to reach the platen.
For a complete story of George M. Phelps and his accomplishments, see George M. Phelps, Troy's Forgotten Inventor.
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