Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Philley, James E. April 27, 1852 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

JAMES E. PHILLEY, liveryman, Millbrook village, was born April 27, 1852, in 
the State of New York.  He is 

a son of Silas and Patty (thompson) Philley, who were natives of Scotland and 
Ireland respectively, and 

were married in the Empire State; in 1863 they came to Ohio, when Mr. Philley 
was eleven years of age, and 

he remained with them six years.  In the fall of 1868 he came to Michigan and 
was in the employ of the 

G.R. & I.R.R. Co. seven years, in different capacities.  In the spring of 1875 
he went to Petoskey, Mich., 

and there opened a saloon, selling out soon after and engaging in lumbering, 
in which he was occupied five 

years.  He came to Millbrook in the spring of 1881 and commenced the 
prosecution of his present business 

to which he has since given his energetic attention.

Mr. Philley was married in Hinton Tp., Oct. 14, 1882, to Sarah, daughter of 
Levi and Mary Menera, a native 

of Canada.  She came from the Dominion with her parents, and before her 
marriage was engaged as a teacher. 

 In political faith Mr. Philley is a Republican; in 1882 he was elected 
Constable, and in 1883 was 

re-elected to the same office.

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1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., MI.

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