Bond-Montgomery County IL Archives Obituaries.....Phillips, Jesse J. February 16, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Thomilson eunicepeabody1@aol.com January 10, 2012, 7:20 pm unknown Jesse J. Phillips, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, died at his home in Hillsboro, February 16, 1901. Justice Phillips left a wife, but no children. He was born in Montgomery County, Illinois, May 22, 1837. In 1857 he entered the law firm of Davis & Kingsbury at Hillsboro, remaining in the practice of law until the breaking out of the Civil War. Upon the first call, Phillips raised a company of which he was elected captain. On the organization of the 9th Reg., Ill. Inf., he was elected Major of the regiment. Because of the number of fierce battles in which the regiment engaged, it acquired the name of the "Bloody Ninth". On December 2, 1861 Phillips was commissioned lieutentant colonel of his regiment. Then he was promoted to the colonelcy and during the many battles in which he participated he was many times wounded and at three different times his horse was shot out from under him. The Colonel was shot through the thigh and his left arm was riddle with bullets and he was shot through the ankle and sustained a sever sabre cut in the back of his neck. He resigned September 1864 and was soon after commissioned brigadier general by brevet for gallant meritorious and distinguished services.. General Phillips then returned to Hillsboro and engaged in the practice of law. He served 13 years as Judge of the Circuit Court. In 1893 he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois and re- elected in 1897 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/bond/obits/p/phillips588gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb