"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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TULL PHELPS, eldest son and second child of F. P. A. Phelps, was born
January 26, 1851, in Martinsville, where he was reared and educated. When
nineteen years of age, he went into the employ of N. T. Cunningham, a
general merchandise merchant of Martinsville, and remained with him for
about one year. He then attended Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College at
Indianapolis, where he took a course in book-keeping. Returning to
Martinsville, he began the study of law with his father, which he continued
for some time, afterward being again employed by the same firm, in which he
had formerly been as book-keeper. In 1875, he took an interest in this
business, and it was continued under the firm name of N. T. Cunningham & Co.
for five years, when a third interest was purchase. The business has since
then been conducted under the firm name of Cunningham, Bollinger & Phelps,
and is in a flourishing condition. Mr. Phelps was married December 20, 1876,
to Lina E. Olds, daughter of George Olds, a pioneer of Morgan County, the
Rev. W. T. Furgeson performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are
identified with the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Phelps is a prominent
member of the Republican party.
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