At the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Convention held at Northfield, Vermont, in 1931, the Fraternity placed suitably-marked granite memorials at the grave of Freeman near Plainfield, New Hampshire, and the grave of Chase in Claremont, New Hampshire.
The third man concerned with the origin of Theta Chi Fraternity was Egbert Phelps. While full credit for the founding is conceded to Freeman and Chase, Phelps did a great deal to assist the Founders in their planning and would no doubt have taken a much more active part had he not transferred to Union College in 1854. He never became a member of Theta Chi Society, although he was made an honorary member of the Fraternity after his death.
Phelps was born at Middlebury, Vermont, December 8, 1835. He entered Norwich University in 1852 and was graduated from Union College in 1856 with a B.A. degree. At Union College he became a member of Chi Psi Fraternity. In 1861 he joined the 19th United States Infantry and served throughout the entire Civil War, finishing with the rank of captain.
