with a very high degree of success. The former then turned his attention to small farming. He is the owner of very valuable property and his real-estate holdings are extensive. He has property on what is known as the Davenport Neck on Long Island sound, and is the owner of a number of very fine residences for sale and rent. He had made judicious investments in real estate, and his sagacity and energy have been rewarded with a high measure of prosperity, so that he has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few.
Mr. Phelps was married in his twenty-second year to Miss Catherine Morris, daughter of Robert Rutherford and Hannah (Edgar) Morris, and great-great-granddaughter of Lewis Morris, who was the first governor of New York and New Jersey, from 1738 to 1746. They now have two sons and one daughter: Edgar Morris, Gouverneur Morris; and Helena Van Courtlandt, wife of Robert Temple Emmet, of New Rochelle, a graduate of West Point, who served with distinction in the United States army, fighting Indians on the western frontier for a number of years. Mrs. Phelps is a lady of culture and refinement, possessing many qualities of a high order, and over her beautiful home she presides with gracious and charming hospitality. Their residence commands a splendid view of Long Island sound and is situated most advantageously in its proximity to New York city and also the ocean.
While the business interests of Mr. Phelps have been extensive and of a very important character, he has yet found time to devote to the welfare of New Rochelle and withholds his support from no movement or measure which he believes will result to the public good. He has served six terms as supervisor of Westchester county, and for several terms as trustee of New Rochelle. In manner he is pleasant and genial, in disposition is kindly, and the high regard in which he is uniformly held is well deserved.
MORGAN, CHARLES VALENTINE.
It has been more than a hundred years since the family to which this well-known citizen belongs became identified with Westchester county, locating here before the Revolutionary war, and its various members have won for the name an enviable distinction by their intelligence and worth. Its high reputation is by no ways diminished in this generation, and our subject, a retired farmer and capitalist of New Rochelle, displays in a marked degree the admirable characteristics which the name suggests.
He was born August 13, 1834, in the town of East Chester, Westchester county, in the same house which was occupied by his father and grandfather during the Revolutionary war. The latter, James Morgan, , was a native of Wales, and on his emigration to America settled in this county, becoming one of its honored pioneers. At that time this region was covered with a dense forest, and Indians and wild animals were numerous. He married Miss Jane Guion, who was descended from an old Huguenot family that was founded in Westchester county at or about the time that the Huguenots landed at New Rochelle. They took up their residence in Eastchester about 1684, and members of the family have since been prominently identified with the county's history.
James Morgan, the father of our subject, was born in East Chester, in 1793, and during the greater part of his active life followed agricultural pursuits. He was a man of great firmness of character, possessed an iron will, and always commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He married Miss Sarah A. Valentine, whose mother was a daughter of General Trumbull, of Revolutionary fame. Her death occurred in 1873. To Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were born three children, but our subject is the only one now living. Martha J. died at the age of nineteen years, and Eugenia, who married Mathias B. Valentine, died in 1893.
Upon the old Morgan homestead, Charles V. Morgan was reared, receiving his early education in the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of ten years he was sent to the New Rochelle school, where he prepared to enter a more advanced school and was subsequently admitted to Irving Institute, at Tarrytown, New York, on the Hudson, of which institution William G. Westron was principal, and there he pursued his studies for five years. He was thus fitted by education for the responsible duties of business life. On leaving school he went to sea, on board the sailing vessel owned by Boyd Hincken's line, and remained on the water for two years. Returning to East Chester, he successfully engaged in general farming for a number of years and made of his place one of the model farms of the locality.
In 1855 Mr. Morgan was united in marriage with Miss Susan M. Badeau, a daughter of Albert and Phebe (Drake) Badeau, who were also of French Huguenot stock. Five children blessed this union, and three are still living. Fannie E. is the wife of Charles C. Banks, a prominent lawyer of New Rochelle; Edward was receiver of taxes at the time of his death, which occurred in the spring of 1897; Charles Hobart and Albert Badeau constitute the firm of Morgan Brothers, prominent liverymen and undertakers, of New Rochelle; and Frank M. died in infancy. They have also six grandchildren living.
In political sentiment Mr. Morgan is a pronounced Republican, and his support is always given every measure which he believes calculated to prove of public benefit. As a business man he has met with good success, and is now the possessor of a considerable amount of property. After years of active labor he has laid aside all business cares and is now living retired at his pleasant home in New Rochelle, known as the Badeau homestead, on Union avenue. The spacious and attractive lawns are shaded by beautiful elms, walnuts and other trees, making it one of the most delightful homes in the village.
CAMPBELL, FRANK M.
Mr. Campbell was born November 14, 1871, in the town of Greenburg, Westchester county. New York, on the old homestead that was also the birthplace of his father. He is the son of George W. and Almira C. (Taylor) Campbell, and the grandson of Stephen and Fannie (Matine) Campbell, who were pioneer settlers of the town. The family, as the name implies, was from Scotland, but some six generations have been born and reared in this country.
George W. Campbell was a prosperous farmer of his native town, and became widely known through the manufacture of a superior quality of cider and vinegar. He was a quiet, unpretentious man, whose time was devoted to his business and whose many amiable qualities made him numerous friends. He was a Democrat of the pure Jeffersonian type. He was married to Miss Almira Taylor, of Yonkers, New York, who still survives him and lives upon the old homestead. Her parents were Andrew and Catherine (Williams) Taylor. Mr. Campbell died July 4, 1895, leaving a family of five children, — one, Edwin, having preceded him to the better land. Of these children, Stephen is a merchant in the city of New York; Catherine is at home; Harriet is the wife of Frank A. Baylis, of White Plains; Frank M., the subject of these memoirs; and George W., at home.
Frank M. Campbell grew to manhood on the farm and attended the district school, a little brick edifice situated on the hill, until he was sixteen;.' then he entered a private school taught by Rev. William Turner, a Dutch Reformed minister. After the death of his father the management of the farm devolved upon him, and he has proved himself to be a most efficient manager. This farm consists of eighty acres of good land, well improved. The original barn was destroyed by fire and has been replaced by a building, of more modern architecture and convenience. He still makes a specialty of the cider and vinegar business, his products meeting with a ready sale throughout the different states and enjoying a high reputation for excellence.
Mr. Campbell is a young man of energy and ability, and his steady application to business bespeaks for him a successful career. He contracted, marriage with Miss Francis A. Haight, December 10, 1896. She is a daughter of Morgan and Sarah (Sherman) Haight, of Poughkeepsie, New York,, and a native of Dutchess county. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have one daughter. Alma Haight, born January 11, 1899. One of the points of interest about the farm is the old cider mill, which is still standing on the spot occupied by it for many, many years.
RUSSELL, JOHN C.
A retired miner and business man, Mr. Russell resides on a beautiful farm, in the near vicinity of White Plains. He first saw the light of day May 16, 1829, in Grafton county. New Hampshire, his parents being Isaac and Nancy (Teuksbury) Russell.
