Biographical Sketch of J. J. Phillips, Windsor, Johnson County, Missouri 

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. J. Phillips, of Windsor, Missouri, is a descendant of one of the 
most respected and honored of the early colonial families and the son
of a leading pioneer of Johnson county.  He was born in 1857 in John-
son county, Missouri, son of Charles P. and Louisiana Phillips, the
former a son ofJesse Phillips, a prominent farmer in Kentucky and the
latter, a daughter of John Coats, ex-sheriff of Callaway county, Mo.
Charles P. Phillips came to Johnson county, Missouri, about 1850 and
settled in Jefferson township, where he homesteaded 120 acres of land
and engaged in farming and stock raising.  He was at one time, prior
to the Civil War, justice of the peace in this county.  Mr. Phillips
was industrious, capacble and enterprising and succeeded well in life.
He was held in the highest esteem by all and his death in 1899 was
mourned by countless men and women throughout the county.  He was a
valued and worthy member of the Presbyterian church, of which he had
been an estimable deacon for many years.  Ten years later, in 1909,
he was followed in death by his wife, Louisiana (Coats) Phillips, one
of the bravest and noblest of the pioneer women, who came to Johnson
county those early days.  J. J. Phillips has but one sister living:
Mrs. Mattie Steele, Marshall, Missouri.  In early youth, J. J. 
Phillips began life for himself on the farm.  For many years he en-
gaged in general farming and stock raising, but recently he has been
devoting practically his entire attention to the stock business.  He
is now the owner of 280 acres of the best farm land and 100 acres are
in pasture.  The Phillips stock farm is well watered and nicely impro-
ved with numerous barns and farm buildings and one of the most hand-
some residences in the township.  In 1883, J. J. Phillips was united 
in marriage with Lula Peak, the daughter of George W. and Eliza
(Draper) Peak, the former a son of William Peak, a prosperous farmer
and stockman, who was one of the earliest settlers of Missouri.
George W. and Eliza (Draper) Peak were the parents of the following
children: Mrs. Carrie McDonald; Mrs. Lula Phillips, the wife of the
subject of this review; Mrs. Bettie Lampkin; Mrs. Georgia Wheeler;
Mrs. Jessie Cooper; Robert H.; and C. F. Peak.  To J. J. and Lula
(Peak) Phillips have been born five children:  Charles, Windsor, Mo.,
Rural Route 15; Jesse, Windsor, Mo., Rural Route 15; Mrs. Fay Gunter,
Eldon, Mo.; Russell P., Windsor, Mo.; and Lawrence P., Windsor, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips moved from the farm to Windsor, Missouri, in
order to give their children the best educational advantages, but Mr.
Phillips is still a citizen of Johnson county and he maintains the
supervision of his farm in Jefferson township.  The genealogy of Mrs.
J. J. Phillips traces back to Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington,
of Westmoreland county, Virginia, who were the parents of six child-
ren, one of whom was the world-renowned George Washington.  Sixty 
years ago, J. J. Phillips was born in Johnson county.  Many changes,
incidental to growth and improvement, have taken place in this section
of Missouri during the past half century and Mr. Phillips has been an
eye witness to them all.  He can recall when there were but few sett-
lers in the county and most of the land was unfenced prairie.  In 
those early days the young and old rode on horseback to church and
people came from great distances to hear the pioneer preachers, among
whom he remembers, Rev. B. F. Goodwin, "Uncle Billy" Lawler, and 
"Uncle Billy" Caldwell.  Of the early day school teachers were two,
whom he personally knew well, Mrs. Bright and Mollie Baunaugh.

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