Daniel Willis James

Daniel Willis James was the son of an American merchant who with his cousin, William Earl Dodge, Jr., transformed Phelps, Dodge amp Co. from a predominantly mercantile business into one of the largest copper producers in the world.

James was born in Liverpool, England, the son of American merchant, Daniel James, who was domiciled in England. His mother, Elizabeth Woodbridge , died in 1847 and two years later his father remarried. In that same year James moved to New York to further his education and work in the family business of Phelps, Dodge. The company was run by Anson Greene Phelps and three of his sonsinlaw In New York William Earl Dodge Sr. and James Stokes, and in the UK Daniel James. The primary trade was importing metals to America and exporting cotton to the UK. They had subsidiary interests in lumber, property, railroad and manufacturing. By the time Phelps died in 1853 James had ashare in the business. As the years progressed, this increased until he and his cousin, William E. Dodge, Jr., were the sole partners.

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