. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... ys)Phillips, the former of whom was born .Vugust12. 1732. died June 25, 1798, at Sturbridge,Massachusetts, homestead in family one hun-dred and twenty-five years, and the latter adaughter of Deacon Humphreys, of Oxford,Massachusetts. Xine children were born ofthe seciind marriage. (\) Phineas (2), son of Phineas (i) andHannah (Phillips) Jones, was born April 18,1819, in Spencer, Alassachusetts. died A])ril19. 1884. At a suitable age he was sent to theacademy at Leicester to supplement such teach-ing as the times then afforded i
. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... ys)Phillips, the former of whom was born .Vugust12. 1732. died June 25, 1798, at Sturbridge,Massachusetts, homestead in family one hun-dred and twenty-five years, and the latter adaughter of Deacon Humphreys, of Oxford,Massachusetts. Xine children were born ofthe seciind marriage. (\) Phineas (2), son of Phineas (i) andHannah (Phillips) Jones, was born April 18,1819, in Spencer, Alassachusetts. died A])ril19. 1884. At a suitable age he was sent to theacademy at Leicester to supplement such teach-ing as the times then afforded in graduating with great credit, he return-ed home to take charge of his fathers farm,who was now advanced in years, and this filial(hit\- he continued to render until his fathersdeath, .\pril 2~, 1850. Thrown upon his ownresources, he took up school teaching in hisnative town, an occupation for which he waswell qualified, and in connection with which heemjiloyed his leisure hours in surveying. Find-ing, however, these occupations insufficient for %. //f/i^Z-Zt-^^^ it-^V-^-z-^^^^ STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 7^i his active and aspiring nature, he determinedto fit himself for a business Hfe, and to thatend established a large country store in thetown of Spencer, in a building just then erect-ed, known as Lnion ISlock. His store becamenot only a political center for the discussionof state and national politics, but a place totalk over town affairs, and he was not theleast among the many debaters of that day whohere found a free forum. His services were inready demand at auctions, and his ability inthat line has never been ec|uallcd in a wider field for development. sold his store in Spencer, in 1855, andremoved to Elizabethport, New Jersey, wherehe engaged extensively in the manufacture ofcarriage wheels. Finding a more desirablelocation, he removed to Newark, New Jersey,in i8C>0, and in partnership with William established a factory
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