Bio of PHELPS, Charles E., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 726
CHARLES E. PHELPS
Charles E. Phelps, starting out in life a poor boy, is now one of the successful
printers of Minneapolis, engaged in business under the name of the Brown &
Phelps Company, of which he is the president. He began learning his trade when
but thirteen years of age, previous to which time he had spent his youth on a
farm, his birth having occurred in Meeker county, Minnesota. His early
experiences were those of the farm bred lad and he attended the grade schools
until he reached the age of thirteen, when he began learning the printer's
trade, working first on the Litchfield (Minn.) Inde­pendent. Anxious to enjoy
better educational facilities he worked his way through high school, providing
for his expenses during that period, and steadily he advanced in his trade,
becoming a practical printer. Watching his opportunities for advancement and
utilizing every chance to develop his powers and improve his business prospects,
in January, 1902, he organized the firm of Brown & Phelps and in 1913 the
business was incorporated under the name of the Brown & Phelps Company, of which
Mr. Phelps is now president. For years they confined their operations to
typesetting but in 1921 con­centrated their labors upon the printing business
entirely and have gained a gratifying patronage in this connection.
In 1890 Mr. Phelps was married to Miss Susan L. Miller of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
and they have become the parents of six children: Ethelwyn S.; William M.;
Louise, now Mrs. Eugene Scriver; Charles P.; Frederick T. and Dorothy M. When
the United States entered the World war Charles P. Phelps at once enlisted,
joining the colors in May, 1917, as a private in the Marine Corps. He served for
twenty-eight months, a longer term than moat American boys. He was promoted to a
second lieutenancy, then advanced to the rank of first lieutenant and finally
became captain, receiving his honor­able discharge in August, 1919. He is now
vice president of the Brown & Phelps Company.
Fraternally Charles E. Phelps is a Mason, belonging to Hennepin Lodge, No. 4, F.
& A. M.; to Columbia Chapter, R. A. M.; to Darius Commandery, K. T.; and is also
identi­fied with the Knights of Pythias. He was for four years in Masonic work
and was senior warden when press of business caused him to relinquish the
working part of the or­ganization. He fias membership in the Minneapolis
Athletic Club, the Manufacturers Club, the Golden Valley Golf Club and also in
the Civic & Commerce Association and is interested in all those activities which
make for the benefit and upbuilding of the city and the advancement of the
state's welfare. In his own business career his course has been one of steady
progress, whereby he has advanced from a humble position as an apprentice to the
printing business and is today at the head of a large and constantly growing
business of his own.