. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. ent. Among the de-scendants of William Phelps were Bissell Phelps, born at Hebron,Connecticut, February 16, 1754; a captain in the RevolutionaryArmy, and one of the first settlers of Waitsfield, Vermont, of whichtown he was Selectman and Town Treasurer from 1801 until 1808;Professor Austin Phelps, , Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward,and many others who have displayed remarkable ability and havebeen people of high and noble character. On the maternal side, Ira Draper (June 11, 1805-August 2
. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. ent. Among the de-scendants of William Phelps were Bissell Phelps, born at Hebron,Connecticut, February 16, 1754; a captain in the RevolutionaryArmy, and one of the first settlers of Waitsfield, Vermont, of whichtown he was Selectman and Town Treasurer from 1801 until 1808;Professor Austin Phelps, , Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward,and many others who have displayed remarkable ability and havebeen people of high and noble character. On the maternal side, Ira Draper (June 11, 1805-August 24,1882), was highly esteemed in Warwick, Massachusetts, where heheld public office most of his life and represented the town in theMassachusetts Legislature during 1847-1848; also Doctor JosephDraper, only son of Ira and Emily (Ball) Draper, born February16, 1834, died March 17, 1892, assistant physician to the VermontAsylum for the Insane from 1859 until 1865; Worcester LunaticAsylum from 1865 until 1870; with Doctor John Merrick Bemis atNew Jersey Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey, from 1870 until 1873,.
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