. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. uty Sheriff of Les County for tw >years. Fraternally he is a member of theMasonic Order and Eastern Star. Mrs. Brad shaw is a Presbyterian in religious belief, butattendfs the Methodist Episcopal church atCompton. RICHARD PHILLIPS, farmer. Viola Town-ship. Lee County. Ill,, was born in the north-eastern part of Ireland. July 25. 1825. the sonof George and Sarah (Staddart) Phillips, na-tives of England and Ireland, respectively, whocame to the United States in 1849. Mr. Phil-lips is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and Ovns 160 acres of lan
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. uty Sheriff of Les County for tw >years. Fraternally he is a member of theMasonic Order and Eastern Star. Mrs. Brad shaw is a Presbyterian in religious belief, butattendfs the Methodist Episcopal church atCompton. RICHARD PHILLIPS, farmer. Viola Town-ship. Lee County. Ill,, was born in the north-eastern part of Ireland. July 25. 1825. the sonof George and Sarah (Staddart) Phillips, na-tives of England and Ireland, respectively, whocame to the United States in 1849. Mr. Phil-lips is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and Ovns 160 acres of land in ViolaTownship. May 24. 1859. he married AmeliaDavenport, and to them four children wereborn, of whom William W. is the only onesurviving. Mrs. Phillips died Sept. 7. 1884. andin 1886 Mr. Phillips married Elizabeth M. Har-ris for his second wife, from whom he is sep-arated by divorce. They were the parents ofone child who is deceased. His third mar-riage was with Susan Williams, who died inOctober. 1900. and February 16. 1901, RICHARD PHILLIPS. Phillips was married to his present wife—Maggie Pfiefer.—daughter of John and Eliza-beth (Souer) Pfiefer. In politics he affiliateswith the Republican party, and has served asSchool Director eighteen, years. He is a mem-ber of the Episcopal church. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. 753 WILLIAM MOFFATT, retired farmer andstock-breeder. Paw Paw. 111., was burn in theTownship of Wiiitby, County of Ontario. Can-ada, August 24. 1837, son of Joseph and Mary(Harrison) Moffatt, natives of England, whocame to Canada in 1832. In 1861 Joseph Mof-
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