Woodford W. Phillips

WOODFORD W. PHILLIPS.

This old pioneer was born in Ohio, July 19, 1806. His father’s name was Thomas Phillips, who was married to Mary McDowell. They came to Clinton Township in 1838, where he entered land; died in Illinois. Mrs. Phillips died in the year 1845; buried at Mechanicsburg. Woodford W. Phillips, the subject of this sketch, entered his land in Washington Township, in 1832, where he has since resided and is now living on the pike south of Mechanicsburg, where he is pleasantly located; married to Dorcas J. Russell, in Dearborn County, Ind., December 6, 1829. The following are his children’s names: Oscar W., lives in Tippecanoe County, Ind.; Frank C., resides in Clinton Township, and is one of the first men in the county. To him and family I am indebted for favors shown in canvassing for the “Early Life and Times in Boone County.” Arminta M., resides in Center Township; Pauline, died October 10, 1837; buried at Mechanicsburg; Angeline A., resides in Marion Township; Thomas B., died March, 1882; buried at the Bethel Cemetery, in Washington Township; Roswell, lives in Marion Township; Virginia F., died at home, July 21, 1886; buried at Mechanicsburg; John F., died September 2, 1862; buried at Mechanicsburg; Cordelia; Luella E., resides in Washington Township. Mr. Phillips was again married, to Susannah Wallace, March 8, 1848; she died January 25, 1870; was the third time married to Elizabeth Simpson, July 19, 1872, the widow of the late Jesse Simpson, who died November 23, 1867; buried at Lebanon. Mr. Phillips is among the old men of the county, is in his eighty-second year. This is truly a pioneer family, well known in the county, and will in time to come be remembered.
 

Source Citation: Boone County Biographies [database online] Boone County INGenWeb. 2007. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data: Harden & Spahr. "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana." Lebanon, Indiana. May, 1887, pp. 348-349.

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 29, 2007