Ritchie Co., WV: Bio - Phillips Family
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Submitted by Paula F. Turner.

Phillips Family History.

The Philippses were another worthy pioneer family that have
heretofore been overlooked. They crossed the “briny deep”
from the “Emerald Isle” at a date unknown, and settled at
Norfolk, Virginia. Here Benjamin Philipps was born in 1810;
and at the age of twelve years, with his parents, Thomas D.
and Mrs. Sarah Lemon Philipps, he removed to Belington,
Barbour county, where he grew to manhood and where his parents
fell asleep.

In 1830, he came to this county, where he met and married Miss
May Deem, daughter of pioneer Jacob Deem, who was born here in
1812; and shortly after his marriage, settled on the North fork
of Hughes river, six miles below Cairo, on the old homestead that
is still in the hands of his heirs. Here, he continued to reside,
until April, 1897, when he was borne to his final resting place in
the Egypt cemetery. Here, his companion also rests. They, like the
other pioneers, came at a time when the forest was resonant with
the howl of the wild beast, and their domestic animals were not
unfrequently disturbed by the bear and the wolf. This venerable
couple were the parents of a large family of sons and daughters;
viz., Thomas D., Lawford; Benjamin F., A. R., Mrs. Sarah Dotson,
the late Rev. A. H. Philipps, of the Baptist church, and the late
Mrs. Rachel (George) Twyman, all of Rusk; D. M. V., of Smithville,
who was a Confederate soldier; Philip C., who resides at Elizabeth;
and Mrs. Cinderilla (Samuel) Hatfield, Cairo. Thomas D. lost his
hearing when a small child, and was educated at the college for the
Deaf and Blind at Staunton, Virginia, as was his wife, Mrs. Lydia
Bartlett Philipps.

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