Wyoming-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....Phillips, David February 4, 1834 - January 2, 1930
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  Author: History of South Dakota, by Doane Robinson. 1904. page 1523
  
  DAVID PHILLIPS was born in Providence county, Rhode Island, on the 4th of 
  February, 1834, being a son of Rufus and Lillias (Young) Phillips. He was about 
  six years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Pennsylvania, and there 
  he, secured his early educational discipline, while he aided in reclaiming the 
  homestead farm. He continued to reside in the old Keystone state until the 
  spring of 1858, when he came with others from that locality to Nebraska, but he 
  only remained there three weeks, returning eastward as far as Illinois, where 
  he was employed at farm work during three summers, while during the winter 
  seasons he devoted his attention to chopping wood, along the Mississippi river, 
  receiving two dollars a day in compensation for his arduous toil in this 
  connection. He then went to Bloomington, Illinois, where he was employed until 
  the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, when he responded to the call of 
  higher duty by enlisting as a private in Company G, Thirty-third Illinois 
  Volunteer Infantry, his enlistment taking place in August, 1861. He continued 
  in active service until January 24, 1863, when he received an honorable 
  discharge, on account of physical disability. He then returned to Illinois, and 
  in 1883 he came to South Dakota, taking up a homestead claim of one hundred and 
  sixty acres in Charles Mix county. He is at the present time chairman of the 
  school board of his district. Fraternally he is a valued comrade of P. H. 
  Sheridan Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Geddes. 
  
  	In 1863 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Phillips to Miss Mary 
  Elizabeth Kelly, who was born in Twin Grove, McLean county, Illinois, and of 
  this union have been born eight children. 
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  David Phillips was raised in Wyoming County, PA., and though he moved on in his 
  adult years, many of the Phillips family remained in Wyoming County.
  
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