Bio: Joseph Trimble PHILLIPS, (1881); Chester County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches", J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, 1881, p. 684. "Joseph T. Phillips - William Penn, by deed of April 12, 1682, conveyed a thousand acres of land to Humphrey Killingbeck, who Sept 11, 1700, sold the same to Thomas Wickersham, to hold in trust for his children. Oct. 24, 1720, he conveyed of it one hundred acres to John Wickersham, from whom by descent it passed to his son John. He conveyed the same to George Passmore, who conveyed it to his son, George, Jr., who, on 7th mo. 28, 1787, sold fifty-three acres (lacking one perch) to Joshua Pusey, including the mill. Joshua conveyed the same to William Pusey, 9th mo. 28, 1801, who willed it to his son Jonathan, from whom by descent it passed to his daughter, Mary E. Pusey, intermarried with Joseph T. Phillips. The original grist-mill was erected about 1750, and the present one in 1833. The stone part of the present dwelling was built in 1780, and the brick portion in 1810. The mill has been in active operation at least one hundred and thirty years. Mr. Phillips' original green-house was erected by him about 1859, and since then he has enlarged it to eleven houses, embracing nearly seventeen thousand feet of glass. The business is chiefly by shipping, and not local. He ships on orders to all parts of the United States, Canadas, and the islands, mostly sent by mail. Roses are his leading specialties, but he is largely engaged in general green-house collections. His establishment is called "Sunnyside," and is situated in the western part of Londongrove township, and near West Grove Station on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, and is most beautifully located in a fine and picturesque region of country." Note: A picture of "Sunnyside", the "Residence of Joseph T. Phillips, rose grower and florist, West Grove" is printed on page 685.