Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Phillips, Thomas ************************************************ 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: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com March 25, 2006, 2:11 pm Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900 Thomas Phillips, a grain merchant of Morris, Illinois, has been a resident of this place for more than three decades and all these years has in various ways been prominently identified with the interests of the town. Mr. Phillips is a Canadian by birth. He was born in Montreal, Canada, September 23, 1836, and spent his youthful days at his native place. At the age of sixteen years he started out in life for himself, coming over to the United States and at Chateaugay, New York, accepting a position as clerk in a mercantile establishment. Going west, he spent six years in California, and in 1868 returned to Illinois and settled in Morris, and here he has since that date been engaged in the grain business on Canal street. Additional Comments: Source: Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p619 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/phillips24gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb