Ephraim Porter Felt was born in
Salem, Massachusetts on January 7, 1868, to Charles Wilson Felt and Martha Seeth Ropes Felt. He was educated at
Massachusetts Agricultural College,
Boston University, and
Cornell. From 1893 to 1895, Felt taught natural sciences at
Clinton Liberal Institute. He married Helen Maria Otterson on June 24, 1896, and they had two children. ==References==