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TOLEDO
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LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
1623 - 1923
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VOL. II
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ILLUSTRATED
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Chicago and Toledo
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1923
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EDWARD E. PHILLIPS
A native son of Lucas county and a substantial business
man of Maumee is Edward E. Phillips, who was born
near the site of his present home on the 24th of January,
1861. His parents, William P. and Nancy (Jarvis)
Phillips came into this locality when young and were
married here. Mrs. Phillips' father brought his
family from Pennsylvania to this region of Ohio at an early
date. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis died when their
children were still small and the children were placed in
the homes of neighbors who cared for them until they could
go out into the world on their own account. Mrs.
Phillips was taken into the home of John Taylor,
an extensive landowner of Monclova township, this county.
William P. Phillips came to Ohio from Rhode Island
when a boy, in company with his parents, who died almost on
the spot where their grandson, Edward, now lives at
Maumee. They were the parents of quite a family,
numbering several sons and two daughters, William P.
being the youngest member of the family. In the
acquirement of his education William P. Phillips
attended the country schools in the vicinity of the home
farm and when the Civil war broke out he put all personal
interests aside and enlisted in Company C, of the fourteenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the ranks as a
private under General Steedman and remained in
service until the close of the war. He lost four
fingers of his left hand by the accidental discharged of his
gun, but he continued at his post as a soldier. He
participated in the Battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, Shiloh,
Corinth and many others. At the close of the war
Mr. Phillips engaged in carpenter and contract work and
he achieved substantial success in that connection.
Although a public-spirited citizen and a stanch republican
he never sought nor desired public preferment. His
demise on the 19th of March, 1806, came as a severe shock to
his family and many friends, for he was held in high
confidence and esteem by all who knew him. Mrs.
Phillips died in 1869. To their union five
children were born, Edward E. being the second in
order of birth. He has one sister and one brother
living: Ada, who is the wife of William
Moser of Lucas county; and William, who is a
resident of Wood county.
Edward E. Phillips grew to manhood within a mile
of his birthplace, in the community in which he has always
resided. He attended the common schoools of the
county, and when but seventeen years of age apprenticed
himself to his father's trade. He worked with his
father until his demise and since that time has engaged in
contracting on his own account. His first job was for
George Miller, when he razed the Miller home
and erected a new one on the site. Under the tutorage
of his father he became thoroughly familiar with every phase
of the business and success came to him at the start.
Among the many houses he has built are the home of E. G.
Evans of Western Shoe Company, which was for many years
one of the most beautiful along the River road; the homes of
Miloa Turner, Thomas Parkhurst, John Koch, Dr.
Babber, W. S. Graves, Frank Rudzinski, John Meister, John
Weeks of Maumee, William Farnsworth of
Waterville, the Mary Campbell home there, and the
conspicuous log summer home of W. S. Walbridge in
Perrysburg. He also erected the Miami public school,
added an important addition to the Waterville school, and
has constructed man minor school buildings in this locality.
In addition to his contract work Mr. Phillips is a
real estate dealer on a modest scale. The best
principles of honesty and integrity have governed him in all
transactions and his keen foresight and close application to
the thing at hand have been dominant factors in his success.
On the 20th of December, 1883, in Maumee, was
celebrated the marriage of Mr. Phillips and Miss
Margaret Geneva Evans, a daughter of Frank Evans and
Eliza (Steel) Evans. Mr. Evans came from
Pennsylvania, and was married in Lucas county, Ohio.
He engaged in the mercantile business for the greater part
of his life and was a highly esteemed and respected citizen
of the community in which he resided. He was a stanch
supporter of the democratic party but was never active in
public life. His demise occurred in 1881, in his
fifty-ninth year and his widow passed away in 1885, at the
age of sixty-three years. Three of their children are
living: Belle, who is the wife of Frank B. Howard
of Berkeley, California; Ellen, who married
Hamilton Cook of Bowling Green, Ohio; and
Margaret, who is the wife of Edward Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are parents of the following
children: Ralph, who is assistant superintendent of
the power house at Maumee, married Miss Nellie
Huntsman and they have a son, Merlin;
Jewell died while superintendent of the Maumee power
house. He was one of the popular young men of this
community and his death was deeply regretted. He had
married Miss Nettie Topliff, and they
had two sons, Wallace and Lyle; Estella
is the wife of Orville Whitney of Maumee and
the mother of one son, Don; Hal, the youngest
member of the family, has recently become of age and is
living at home with his parents. He is identified with
mechanical work in connection with his father's business.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Phillips
has been a republican and his first presidential ballot was
cast for James G. Blaine in 1884. He served as
councilman of Maumee for six terms or more and was a member
of the board of councilmen at the time of the granting of
the franchise to the Maumee Valley and Bowling Green
Interurban companies, and the first pavement of the village
was laid during his term of service. He retired at the
close of the year 1920. He has always been
public-spirited and during the administration of Mayor
John A. Smith was a member of the committee on public
affairs that arranged for and supervised the building of the
waterworks and of the public hall of the village.
Source: Toledo and Lucas
County, Ohio 1623-1923 - Vol. II - Publ. 1923 - Page 675 -
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