PHIPPS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
====================================================================

PHIPPS, W. R. - b: 1869 Johnson Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 659
residence: Blairstown, MO

W. R. Phipps, a well known banker and financier of Blairstown, Missouri, cashier 
of the Bank of Blairstown, is a native son of Missouri and comes from a pioneer 
family of this State. Mr. Phipps was born in Johnson County January 5, 1869, and 
is a son of David and Cornelia J. (Wall) Phipps. The mother was a daughter of Dr. 
R. Z. R. Wall, one of the very early pioneer doctors of Johnson County, who located 
in Chilhowee township in 1839, and had much to do with the early history of 
Johnson County, not only from the standpoint of a physician, but a pioneer settler 
and citizen, who had a great influence in molding the sentiments and shaping the 
destiny of western Missouri in the early days. David Phipps, father of W. R. 
Phipps, settled in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1866. He came from Indiana and 
was a potent factor in the early history of Chilhowee township, Johnson County. 
After a well spent and useful life he died here in 1888, and his widow now 
resides in Chilhowee township, Johnson County. They were the parents of the 
following children: Mrs. Ida Rice, Chilhowee township, Johnson County; W. R., the 
subject of this sketch; Oscar D., Rose Hill township, Johnson County, Missouri; 
Josie, died in 1894; Walter, lives in Chilhowee township, Johnson County; Albert, 
died in 1901, and Harry, who is engaged in the mercantile business at Denton, 
Missouri. W. R. Phipps received his education in the public schools and took a 
course in the business college at Sedalia. In 1889 he engaged in the hardware 
business at Blairstown, and continued in that line of mercantile enterprise for 
about two years. In 1893 Mr. Phipps became assistant cashier of the Bank of 
Blairstown and in 1901 became cashier, a position which he has since held. Mr. 
Phipps has had a long and varied experience in the banking world, and possesses 
the requisite qualifications of a successful banker. He is conservative enough for 
safety and progressive enough for all purposes of modern banking. For a number 
of years he has been a student of the difficult problems of finance and banking, 
and his idea of a modern, successful bank is an institution that is big enough to 
accommodate its customers and not too big to appreciate them. There is a lesson 
in banking for the average banker in Mr. Phipp's philosophy. Mr. Phipps was 
married in January, 1899, to Miss Mary L. Orr, a daughter of Rev. Z. T. Orr, 
formerly of Blairstown, now of Lock Springs, Missouri. Her father was a 
prominent Presbyterian divine and her mother is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Phipps 
have an adopted child, Martha. Mr. Phipps is a member of the Masonic Lodge and 
the Modern Woodmen of America. He is prominent in Henry County and he and Mrs. 
Phipps rank among the leading people of their community. He is an elder in the 
Presbyterian Church at Blairstown, Missouri.

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
free information on the Internet, data may be used by
non-commercial entities, as long as this message 
remains on all copied material. These electronic 
pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
for purposes other than stated above must obtain the 
written consent of the file contributor. 

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html
Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections.
====================================================================