BIO:  PHILLIPS, John, s/o Thomas

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

PHILLIPS   LEWIS   YOUNGER   ROACH   MOODY   FREED

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  
GOODSPEED BROS.1884

Page 637

JOHN PHILLIPS, a farmer whose history is a part of that of Orange County,
Ind., for nearly three-quarters of a century, is of Revolutionary descent,
his paternal grandfather being killed in that war, and his father, Thomas
Phillips, a soldier of Gov. St. Clair, being wounded so severely at St.
Clair's defeat as to lose the use of one arm.  Thomas married in
Pennsylvania, and moved to what is now Orange County, Ind., in 1808, for a
number of years resided in a fort.  He died in 1834, his widow afterward
moving to Cass County, where she died a few years later.  The subject of
this sketch was born in the fort where his parents lived, August 18, 1812,
and was the fourth in a family of eight children.  Orange County has always
been his home, and farming has always been his occupation.  He is the owner
of 400 acres of good land (Northeast Township), and is an old-fashioned,
true-blue Democrat in politics.  He married, June 5, 1834, Melissa R.,
daughter of John M. and Elizabeth (Younger) Lewis, and eight children have
been born to them, as follows:  Mary (Mrs. Roach), Thomas L., Susan J.
(deceased), Rachel (Mrs. Moody), Elizabeth (deceased), John W., Melinda E.
(Mrs. Freed) and Elmira A. (deceased).  Mrs. Phillips was born in Kentucky
October 19, 1814, and has bravely aided her husband through life, lessening
the burden of pioneer hardships and brightening his humble home with an
affectionate heart and willing hands.
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