History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . a quiet and unassuming man withno ambition for public position or leadership, he contributed much to therame1o7h T Tu ^<^™=^ °f his community, while his admirabledaiv 1 e ! f 7 T *^ ^f-ghtforward, upright course of hisdaily hfe won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which hemoved, and, although he is now sleeping the sleep of the just, his influenceStill lives and his memory is greatly revered. Jonathan F. Phillips, who was the owner of one hundred and rifty acresof fine farmmg land in Clay town
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . a quiet and unassuming man withno ambition for public position or leadership, he contributed much to therame1o7h T Tu ^<^™=^ °f his community, while his admirabledaiv 1 e ! f 7 T *^ ^f-ghtforward, upright course of hisdaily hfe won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which hemoved, and, although he is now sleeping the sleep of the just, his influenceStill lives and his memory is greatly revered. Jonathan F. Phillips, who was the owner of one hundred and rifty acresof fine farmmg land in Clay township, this county, was born in the town-ship where his entire life was spent, on April i6, 1840. and died in the homewhere he spent so many happy years, October 28, 1907. He was the son ofSamuel and Rachel ) Phillips, his father being a native of NorthCarolina, his birth having occurred there on July 6, 1808. while his motheralso was born in the same state on March 16. 1818. When Samuel Phillipswas a young man he and his parents came to Wavne countv. Indiana where. JONATHAN F. PHILLIPS I HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 457 they remained until the death of his father, which occurred about one yearlater. He, with his mother, came to Hendricks county, settling in Clay town-ship, where he remained until his death, which occurred July 31, Phillips was married to Rachel Newman, daughter of John and Eliza-beth (Pool) Newman, and to this union were born nine children: Jonathan,the immediate subject of this sketch; Susannah, born November 11, 1841,who married Enoch Harlan; Albert Lorenzo, born March 27, 1844; Lewis,born December 12, 1846, married Rozella Masten; Samuel E., born Novem-ber 5, 1849, deceased; Sallie, born July 10, 1852, married William Shirley;John N., born June 24, 1855, married Joanna Ratcliff; Oliver P., born Octo-ber 28, 1858, first married Ella Swain, and after her death he married AddieONeal; Emery, born November 3, 1863, first married Rosa Justice,
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