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Born 1820, Cayuga county
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
PHILLIPS RICHARD, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; born in Cayuga county, New York, September 18,1820; son of Elijah and Keziah (Smith) Phillips, and grandson of Richard and Francina Phillips. He came from New York in 1838, located in Lafayette township, remained there fifteen years, then moved to Adams township, where he has been a resident since, on a farm of about 200 acres, one and three-quarter miles north of Evansburgh. He was married January 26, 1846, to Miss Nancy Miller, daughter of Francis and Nancy (Wiggins) Miller, and granddaughter of George Miller. She died November 10, 1856. This union was blessed with three children, viz: Thomas, born August 19, 1848, deceased April 2, 1880; George H.,born December 6, 1860, and Emilv, born May 12, 1854. He married March 80, 1865, Miss Elizabeth Cutshall, who became the parents of the following children, viz: Elijah, born June 29, 1868; Elsie, born July 1, 1870; Richard, born November 19, 1872; Robert, born October 1, 1874, and Jessie, born July 1, 1876.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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