HON. J. E. PHILPOTT, attorney at law, came to Lincoln, NE. in June, 1867. In 1857 he had been out to Nebraska City, and remained there a few months, going east with the intention of returning, but was taken sick. He was born at New Providence, Clark Co., Ind., June 5, 1839. His parents were residents of Kentucky, but were visiting in Indiana when he was born. From his fourth to his eighteenth or nineteenth year he lived in Ohio. He enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October, 1861, and was soon transferred to the Eighteenth Ohio, being commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company A., and detailed as Orderly of the Regiment, until the spring of 1863. He was promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain, meanwhile. In July, 1863, he was made Colonel of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,, and was finally mustered out in November, 1864. He returned to Ohio, and resided at Carrollton, engaging in practice there. Both before and after the war he served as County Recorder and Clerk of the Common Pleas and District Courts, and in the Spring of 1867, went to Wyandotte, Kas. There he published a newspaper until he came to Lincoln. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1871, and County Judge from January 5, 1880, to January 5, 1882. He was married at Lincoln, September 20, 1871, to Anna B. Field, a native of LaSalle, Ill. They have two children, Mary Imogene, and Charles Wescott. They lost one child. The Judge is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and G. A. R., being the first Provisional Commander of the G. A. R. of Nebraska
James' mother was Rhoda Kelly. The place of her burial is unknown.
Contributor: L. Philpott (48915919)
HON. J. E. PHILPOTT, attorney at law, came to Lincoln, NE. in June, 1867. In 1857 he had been out to Nebraska City, and remained there a few months, going east with the intention of returning, but was taken sick. He was born at New Providence, Clark Co., Ind., June 5, 1839. His parents were residents of Kentucky, but were visiting in Indiana when he was born. From his fourth to his eighteenth or nineteenth year he lived in Ohio. He enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October, 1861, and was soon transferred to the Eighteenth Ohio, being commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company A., and detailed as Orderly of the Regiment, until the spring of 1863. He was promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain, meanwhile. In July, 1863, he was made Colonel of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,, and was finally mustered out in November, 1864. He returned to Ohio, and resided at Carrollton, engaging in practice there. Both before and after the war he served as County Recorder and Clerk of the Common Pleas and District Courts, and in the Spring of 1867, went to Wyandotte, Kas. There he published a newspaper until he came to Lincoln. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1871, and County Judge from January 5, 1880, to January 5, 1882. He was married at Lincoln, September 20, 1871, to Anna B. Field, a native of LaSalle, Ill. They have two children, Mary Imogene, and Charles Wescott. They lost one child. The Judge is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and G. A. R., being the first Provisional Commander of the G. A. R. of Nebraska
James' mother was Rhoda Kelly. The place of her burial is unknown.
Contributor: L. Philpott (48915919)
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1838–1912
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Mary Etta Philpott Brown
1838–1912
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Lucretia Ann "Lucy" Philpott White
1838–1888
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Catherine Amanda Philpott Hosterman Albaugh
1842–1930
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Dr Charles Henry Philpott
1843–1898
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Lydia Jane Philpott Miller
1844–1924
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1849–1927
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Melissa Philpott Bowen
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1852–1854
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Madison Bishop Philpott
1854–1914
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