Greene-Monroe County IN Archives Biographies.....Phillips, A. F. 1831 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   CAPT. A. F. PHILLIPS was born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1831, and is the
only son and survivor in a family of two children born to Joseph and Elizabeth
(King) Phillips, natives respectively of Florida and Kentucky, who settled in
the county where our subject was born in 1819. When five years old, A. F.
Phillips was left fatherless, and when but a small lad he was cast upon the
world to do for himself, consequently receiving only limited educational
advantages. He was engaged in farming until enlistment as a private, August 15,
1862, in Company C, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Shortly after
entering the service, he was made Orderly Sergeant, then, by reason of his
promptness in the discharge of duties, was promoted First Lieutenant April 20,
1864, and advanced to the Captaincy of his company July 4, 1864. Capt. Phillips
was a fearless soldier, participating in the engagements of Jackson, Vicksburg,
Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Resaca and finally in the campaign
against Atlanta, where he was severely wounded from the effects of which he is
yet a sufferer, and which procured him an honorable discharge from the service
April 12, 1865. Since the close of the war, Capt. Phillips has been engaged in
farming and merchandising, but at present is living retired in the village of
Cincinnati. His marriage with Kate Fulk was solemnized in the year 1849, and the
following named of their seven children are yet living—Jane, Martin, Joseph,
John A. and Emma.

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Center Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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