Anson Green Phelps | |
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_portrait.jpg) Anson Green Phelps, industrialist and philanthropist | |
| Born | March 24, 1781 Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Died | May 18, 1858 (aged 76)[1] New York City, New York |
| Resting place | New York Marble Cemetery, re-interred, Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Co-founder Phelps, Dodge and Company, which later became Phelps-Dodge Corporation |
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Anson Green Phelps (March 24, 1781 – May 18, 1858) was an American entrepreneur and business man from Connecticut. Beginning with a saddlery business, he founded Phelps, Dodge & Co. in 1833 as an export-import business with his sons-in-law as partners, William E. Dodge in NYC and Daniel James based in Liverpool, England. His third son-in-law, James Boulter Stokes, became a partner some years later.
Later in the 19th century after the senior Phelps' death (22 years), Phelps Dodge acquired mining interests and companies in the American West, and became known primarily as a mining company.
- ^ "Funeral of Auson G. Phelps, Esq". The New York Times. 21 May 1858. ProQuest 91422101.