Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Philpot, Isaac 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 15, 2006, 12:47 am Author: Goodspeed (1884) ISAAC PHILPOT, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, was born November 16, 1824, and is one in the following-named children of William and Ruth (Hults) Philpot, who were natives respectively of Ireland and Ohio—William, George, Shepherd, Isaac, John H, Samuel, Eliza, Eleanor, Maria, Matilda and Sarah Ann. Previous to leaving Ohio, Mr. Philpot held the commission of Second Lieutenant in the State militia of Noble County, and where, also, he was twice married. his first wife being Miss Ami Rebecca Gibson, and his last and present wife Miss Eliza Wilson. To his first marriage, three children were born —Robert Heath, John William and Martha Matilda; and by his present wife he is the father of two children—Frank L. and Annie Rebecca. In 1866, Mr. Philpot became a resident of Beech Creek Township, Greene Co., Ind., and since that time it has always been his home. He was actively engaged in farming until 1881, when he took charge of the mill at Newark for one year; then returned to the farm and again took charge of the mill in 1883. He is one of the prosperous citizens of the county, owns a good farm of 123 acres, is a Republican in politics, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Beech Creek Township Biographies Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/philpot530nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb