BIO:  Phillips, Capt. A.F.

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

PHILLIPS,   KING,   FULK

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

GREENE CO., IN.
CENTER TWP.
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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, Ninetyseventh
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 severly
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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