Judge Charles W. Phillips of East Candia, N.H. Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1305

     JUDGE CHARLES W. PHILLIPS, a well known and respected resi-
dent of East Candia, N.H., was born in Ellsworth, N. H., September 16,
1879, a son of Charles W. and Lucy (Ellsworth) Phillips. His early ances-
tors in this country came from England, those on the paternal side settling
in New York and the maternal ancestors in Exeter, N.H. Bartlett Ells-
worth, maternal grandfather of our subject, served with credit in the Civil
War as a member of the Eleventh N.H. Regiment. He died at Fredericks-
burg. Charles W. Phillips, father of Judge Phillips, was born in Manches-
ter, N.H., August 28, 1846, and is now a resident of Wentworth, N.H. His
wife Lucy died when her son, Charles W., Jr., was but four years old.
     Charles W. Phillips, the subject of this review, was the only child of his
parents. He attended the public schOols of Wentworth until he was fifteen
years of age, and then entered New Hampshire College, which, however, he
attended but one year. Beginning industrial life at the age of fourteen years,
he has made a creditable record without the aid of money or influential
friends. When twenty-one years old he entered the employ of Sanborn
Bros. at Deerfield and for eight years was manager of their creamery. In
October, 1909, he came to East Candia and purchased the general store of
Dearborn & Gage, and in 1910 was appointed postmaster. He was appointed
on July 19, 1913, by Gov. Samuel D. Felker, special justice of the Police
Court for the District of Candia, in which office he has shown marked effi-
ciency. He also holds the office of moderator and is a member of the school
board of Candia. A Free Mason, he is past master of Rockingham Lodge,
No. 72, of Candia, a member of St. Alban Royal Arch Chapter, No. 15, of
Exeter, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the
Grange. In politics he is a democrat.
     Judge Phillips was married October 16, 1907, to Helen Proctor Holt,
daughter of John A. Holt, of East Candia, and to them a daughter, Marion
Lucy, was born March 12, 1911. Judge Phillips and wife are affiliated with
the Methodist church. They are representative New England people and have
many friends in this part of the county.