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BIOGRAPHIES
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The County of Noble, Ohio
A History of Noble County Ohio from the Earliest Days
with Special Chapter on Military Affairs and Special Attention Given
to Resources,
By Hon. Frank M. Martin
1904
For Reference: Noble County was formed in 1851
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DAVID WILSON PHILLIS,
a farmer and ex-soldier, was born in Center township, on
October 12, 1839, and is a son of John and Isabel
(Wilson) Phillis, the father of native of Licking
county, and the mother of Noble county. They lived in
Morgan county, after their marriage, taking up government
land to the amount of six hundred acres, which was divided
among his children. There was a family of fourteen,
ten of whom lived to the age of maturity; those living are:
Jane, married and living in Kentucky; David W.;
Catherine, wife of George Slater; Sarah, married
and lives in Ross township; Martha, who died in
middle life; Isabel Spicer, widow, living at
Zanesville; Jane R., a farmer in Morgan county;
George K., a farmer; and James Franklin, also a
farmer. Mr. Phillis, the subject of this
sketch, was reared to farm life, attending the public school
as all farmer lads. At the President's first all for
troops in the Civil war, he enlisted in Company H,
Twenty-Second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three
months. Then for three years he engaged in farming,
enlisting again in February, 1865. He was wounded in
the foot, and while in the hospital under treatment for his
wound, he was prostrated with intermittent fever, receiving
his discharge at Camp Nelson in May, 1865. He returned
to his family in Morgan county, where he had left a young
wife, Patience Curtis. To them was born one
daughter, Lousia Jane, now Mrs. Robert Herman,
of Kewanee, Ill. Mrs. Phillis died in 1891.
He married for his second wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Preston,
who also died in 1902, after a lingering illness.
Some time after the death of his wife, Mr. Phillis
married for his third wife, Mrs. Maria L. (Masters)
Lawrence, native of Noble county, and an only daughter
of Benjamin and Mary E. (Evans) Masters, a well known
and prominent family in the county. By reason of the
services of Col. Dudley Evans in the Revolutionary
war, Mrs. Phillis is eligible to membership in the
Daughters of the Revolution. Col. Williams
known as the "Brave Col. Williams" in the War of
1812, was a grand uncle of Mrs. Phillis. Her
grandfather, Benjamin Masters, was a New
Englander, and one of the first settlers of Guernsey county.
Mrs. Phillis has one brother, Benjamin Franklin,
a bookkeeper in Chicago. Mrs. Phillis is a
member of the Church of Christ, as were her parents.
Mr. Phillis is a member of Ridge Grange No. 1709.
Source: The County of Noble, Ohio -
By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 254 |
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