Anson Green Phelps

Who was Anson Green Phelps?

Anson Green Phelps 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-laws William E. Dodge and Daniel James based as partners 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, Phelps Dodge acquired mining interests and companies in the American West, and became known primarily as a mining company.