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Born 1851
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 WILLIAM, Keene township; farmer; born August 12, 1851, in Coshocton county; son of Bailey and Nancy (Croi) Phillips, and grandson of Bailey and Anna (Frazy) Phillips, and of Duncan and Sallie (Morrison) Croi. He was married to Mary E. Evans, October 12, 1875, who was born November 16, 1858, daughter of Alexander and Mahala (Cochran) Evans. Mr. Phillips worked at the carpenter trade about five years. Their children were Amanda J., born September 13, 1877, and Laura C, born February 15, 1879.,
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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