MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - BIOGRAPHIES - Walter Phillips
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A picture of Walter Phillips may be seen at:

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Walter Phillips emigrated from Cornwall England in late 1860s, settling first
in Jefferson Township New Jersey. He was an iron ore miner, working in various
mines of western NJ. In 1882, he was part of a surveying group sent by the
investors of the Eastern Tennessee/Western North Carolina railroad then being
built to Cranberry North Carolina. He moved with his family to Cranberry and
was a foreman with the Cranberry Iron & Coal Co. (a division of the Eastern
Tennessee/Western North Carolina Railroad) from 1882-1887. He died Nov 1, 1877
and is buried in the cemetary off Rt 19E behind the old Cranberry High School.
His widow Mary died in 1889 in Cranberry and his buried next to him. Their six
orphaned children then returned to live with Mary's relatives in New Jersey in
Dec. of 1889.


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