Obituary: George N. PHILLIPS, d. 1929, Clark Co., Wisconsin SUBJECT: GEORGE N. PHILLIPS SUBMITTER: Debbie Phillips Jaquish EMAIL: crownj@bentonrea.com DATE: Jan 31, 1999 SURNAMES: Phillips, McKeand, Junghans, Woodford The Neilsville Press August 1, 1929 AGED VETERAN PASSES AWAY George N. Phillips, one of the few Civil War veterans, passed away at his home on South Grand Ave., Thursday, July 25. His death was due to old age--he had reached the advance age of 90. For more than 60 years he had been a resident of Clark County. Mr. Phillips was born in the State of New York, March 8, 1839. When a young man he came to Wisconsin and settled near Berlin. He was married to Miss Mary S. McKeand, January 6, 1860, in the Presbyterian church at Waukesha. On August 15, 1862 Mr. Phillips enlisted in Co.I. Eighth Wisconsin Infantry and served to the close of the Civil War. At the time President Lincoln was assassinated at the close of the War he was assigned to special police duty and was one of the soldiers detailed to guard the remains of the President. July 1, 1865 he was honorably discharged from the army and came back to Berlin to resume farming. He had learned the carpenter trade and worked at his trade at different times and places. About 60 years ago he came to Clark County and followed farming for a time. A good many years ago he sold the farm and moved to Neillsville, working at times at his trade. Mrs. Phillips died July 2, 1919. One adopted daughter, Alice, Mrs. Henry Hanson, died several years ago. He leaves several nephews and nieces but all his near relatives had passed on before him. He was a man of high principles, honest, industrious, patriotic-- a fine citizen in every way. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church, Saturday afternoon, Rev. W. H. Norton officiating. The Odd Fellow lodge of which deceased was a member, attended in a body and took part in the ceremonies. Nelson Robb, one of the few surviving Civil War veterans in this locality, attended the funeral. Nephews and nieces from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Junghans of Wausau, Clarence Phillips and George Woodford of Humbird, Will Phillips of Granton. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.