Bio of Mason Phillips, Miller Co, AR

Submitted by: H. SHANNON PHILLIPS, SR.  Email Address: SPhill9678@aol.com

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Mason PHILLIPS was not the first Governor of Arkansas or such but was one
of the hundreds of early settlers who endured hardships and are among the
countless unsung heroes who won the West. He was born in SC on 8 May 1800.
It is likely he was among the early PHILLIPS families who left SC and were
in Giles and Lawrence Co. County, TN by 1816 or earlier awaiting the removal
of the Indians.  On 13 Feb. 1825 Mason was in Lauderdale Co., AL where he
married Deborah KENDRICKS.  Mason was on the Benton Co., AR Tax List in 1830.
Mason apparently went west, probably with the KENDRICK family, and then
returned for his family after he secured a place for them.  In 1833 Mason,
wife, and five children (John C., Mary E., Bransom, and Benjamin W.) were
in Benton Co. when their fifth child William C. PHILLIPS was born.  Mason
was in the 1840 and the 1850 Census of Benton Co., AR which listed
additional children Mason, Rebecca, Deborah, Robert, Amanda, Seborn and
Susan.  The Mason PHILLIPS family was documented in a Benton County
History, "Cornerstone Families" along with the James LYNCH, GRAHAM, and
KENDRICK families.  Mason died 27 August 1877 and Deborah died
3 September 1863 and both were buried in the PHILLIPS Cemetery near
Lowell, AR.