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William Orin Phillips

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William Orin Phillips

Birth
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
Death
13 Dec 1940 (aged 94)
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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William Orin Phillips was born at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, February 16, 1846, and died at Reno, Nevada, December 13, 1940. He enlisted at Marsails(sic) in the 144th Infantry, Company G., and served throughout the Civil War. In 1867 he married Rachel Heffelbower at Monclovia, Ohio. The next year, 1868, the young couple came to Kansas and homesteaded one-half mile north of Greenleaf. At the time there was no railroad here and supplies were brought from Waterville overland. Five children were born to this union, four sons and one daughter. The daughter, Amoret Phillips, was injured in a cyclone which visited the county in the early days, her injuries being the direct cause of her death. Julius Phillips, the oldest son, passed away at Elkader, Kansas, August 7, 1934, where he was in the mercantile business. The three surviving sons are G. H. Phillips of Elkader, Kansas; Dr. F. H. and Dr. P.H. Phillips, both of Reno, Nevada, where Mr. Phillips had been making his home since 1929. Funeral services were held at Reno and the remains brought back to Greenleaf where short services are being held this afternoon, Thursday, at two o'clock at the Tauber Furniture Store, conducted by Senator Thale P. Skovgard, and interment will be made at Mt. James Cemetery.
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William Orin Phillips was born at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, February 16, 1846, and died at Reno, Nevada, December 13, 1940. He enlisted at Marsails(sic) in the 144th Infantry, Company G., and served throughout the Civil War. In 1867 he married Rachel Heffelbower at Monclovia, Ohio. The next year, 1868, the young couple came to Kansas and homesteaded one-half mile north of Greenleaf. At the time there was no railroad here and supplies were brought from Waterville overland. Five children were born to this union, four sons and one daughter. The daughter, Amoret Phillips, was injured in a cyclone which visited the county in the early days, her injuries being the direct cause of her death. Julius Phillips, the oldest son, passed away at Elkader, Kansas, August 7, 1934, where he was in the mercantile business. The three surviving sons are G. H. Phillips of Elkader, Kansas; Dr. F. H. and Dr. P.H. Phillips, both of Reno, Nevada, where Mr. Phillips had been making his home since 1929. Funeral services were held at Reno and the remains brought back to Greenleaf where short services are being held this afternoon, Thursday, at two o'clock at the Tauber Furniture Store, conducted by Senator Thale P. Skovgard, and interment will be made at Mt. James Cemetery.

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