PHILLIPS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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PHILLIPS, B. G. - b: 1867 near Maryville, Nodaway Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 625
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

B. G. Phillips, a well-known and successful dry goods merchant of Clinton, is a 
native of Missouri. He was born near Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, 
February 10, 1867, a son of Samuel and Adeline (Myers) Phillips, the former a 
native of Indiana, and the latter of Jackson County, Missouri. Adeline Myers, was 
a daughter of B. G. Myers, who was a very early settler in western Missouri, 
locating in Jackson County about the time the Mormons were here, and when they 
were deported. During Samuel Phillips' active career, he was engaged in the 
mercantile business at Barnard, Missouri, and was regarded as a successful 
merchant. He died in 1917, aged eighty-three. His wife and the mother of B. G. 
Phillips preceded him in death a number of years, having departed this life in 
1874. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are living: Charles 
C., Barnard, Missouri; Mrs. Gertrude Meislahn, Colorado Spring's, Colorado; and B. 
G., the subject of this sketch. B. G. Phillips was educated in the public schools 
and the Northwestern Normal School of Missouri. After finishing school he 
engaged in clerking at Bernard, Missouri, and for twelve years was employed 
there. He then was a traveling salesman, following that vocation until 1900, 
when he came to Clinton and entered the employ of Lindley & Shackleford. A few 
months later he engaged in the dry goods business for himself, and has to his 
credit eighteen years of honorable and successful mercantile life in Clinton. (Mr. 
Phillips began business on the north side of the square and during the course of 
his business career there, he has moved his place of business three times, each 
move having been made necessary by the growth and development of his business, 
which necessitated larger quarters. His store is still located on the north side in 
about the center of the block. His store building has a frontage of forty-two feet 
with a depth of one hundred feet. Mr. Phillips carries a complete line of dry 
goods, ladies ready-to-wear garments and shoes. The Phillips mercantile 
establishment occupies the first and second floors, and there is no wasted space. 
He employs a corps of from nine to fifteen capable and courteous clerks, and the 
mercantile trinity of success: service, quality and square dealing, are the 
precepts of the Phillips store. Mr. Phillips was united in marriage February 16, 
1890, to Miss Alice Hurd, a native of Andrew County, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Phillips have been born two children: Ona, married Lester H. Stewart, Clinton, 
Missouri, and Samuel Everett, a member of the Medical Corps of the National 
Army, and at the time of this writing he is stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Mr. 
Phillips is a Democrat and a member of the Fraternal Aid Society. He and Mrs. 
Phillips are members of the Christian Church. Since the organization of the 
Clinton Commercial Club, he has been one of its active members and has ever 
been an advocate of improvement, and has been a member of the Executive 
Committee and an ardent and insistent worker for the betterment and upbuilding 
of Clinton and Henry County. He is an advocate of municipal improvement and good 
roads, and is ever ready to cooperate with any worthy enterprise. He believes in 
advertising; he is public spirited, and a stickler for square-toed business 
methods. 

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