Husband Capt. Samuel Phipps 1 2
Born: 25 Nov 1795 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Died: 9 Aug 1879 - Venango Co, PA 3
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: John Phipps (1765-1833) 5 6
Mother: Catharine Haney (1773-1833) 2 5
Marriage: 15 Apr 1824 7
Wife Amelia Halyday 7
Born: 10 Dec 1805 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 7
Christened:
Died: 19 Sep 1869
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: Francis Halyday ( -1811) 8 9
Mother: Sarah Horth (Abt 1769-1842) 8 9
Children
1 F Sarah Halyday Phipps 10 11 12
Born: 1825 12
Christened:
Died: 1893 12
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Francis Whann (1824-1855) 10 13
Spouse: William Wallace Raymond ( - ) 10 11
Marr: Aft 1855
2 F Mary Phipps 11 12 14
Born: 1827 12
Christened:
Died: 1883 12
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Ayr Brigham (1823-Bef 1890) 14 15
Marr: 1847 14
3 F Myra Phipps
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Holis Hogle ( - )
4 F Catharine Phipps 11 12 16
Born: 1829 12
Christened:
Died: 15 Dec 1852 12
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 17
Spouse: John Hervey Craig ( -Bef 1890) 11 12 16
5 F Uretta C. Phipps 12 18 19 20
Born: 1831 12
Christened:
Died: 1891 12
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 21
Spouse: James Anderson (1825-1905) 18 19 20
Marr: 8 Dec 1852 18 20
6 F Elizabeth Phipps 11 12
Born: 1833 12
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Died: 1835 12
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Eliza Phipps 11 22
Born: 19 Oct 1835 22 23
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Died:
Buried: 11 Jul 1925 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Dr. Albert G. Egbert (1828-1896) 11 22 24
Marr: 17 Oct 1860 22 25
8 M John Phipps 11
Born: 1837 23
Christened:
Died: 1837 23
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 F Susan Calvert Phipps 11 23
Born: 1838 23
Christened:
Died: 1857 23
Buried:
Spouse: Dr. Thomas McMillan ( -Bef 1890) 11
Marr: 29 Nov 1855 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 26
10 M Francis Halyday Phipps 11
Born: 24 Apr 1841 23
Christened:
Died: 26 Sep 1884 23
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
11 M Samuel Eakin Phipps 11 23
Born: 1843 23
Christened:
Died: 1892 23
Buried: 9 Oct 1892 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 27
Spouse: Martha "Florilla" McLaughry ( - )
Spouse: Zillah Williams ( - ) 28
Marr: 1890 - ? Venango Co, PA
12 M Cyrus Dixon "Uncle Cy" Phipps 11
Born: 14 Nov 1845 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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Died: 1932 23
Buried: 14 Apr 1932 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 29
Spouse: Mary Grace Parker (Abt 1845-1914) 30
Marr: 19 Sep 1871 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 31
13 F Nancy McKinley "Nannie" Phipps 32 33
Born: 1848 30
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Died: 1939 30
Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 34
Spouse: William Carlisle Cross (1845-1936) 30 35 36
Marr: 1867 33 37
14 M John Hervey Craig Phipps 40
AKA: Hervey (Harvey?) C. Phipps 11 38 39
Born: 1851 or 1852 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: Damie Ann Riddle ( -Aft 1919) 39
General Notes: Husband - Capt. Samuel Phipps
He was but two years old when his father brought the family into Venango County, Pennsylvania. In his youth he took advantage of the opportunities which the locality afforded, and though the schools were primitive he appreciated the privilege so greatly that he walked several miles morning and evening to attend. The days spent in the rude log schoolhouse, when Isabel Craig was his favorite teacher and cherished friend, he recalled in his later years with never ending delight. Though the instruction was limited, he had an excellent memory, and he supplemented his early studies by intelligent reading, for which he had a passion rare in those days, when the demands of material wants crowded out intellectual pursuits. Thus he became well informed in history, both ancient and modern. His son Cyrus D. Phipps now has (1919) in his library five volumes of ancient Roman and Grecian history that his father bought in Pittsburgh and carried to his home in Clinton Township, walking all the way, for there were only footpaths in those days. This was about 1815. He was especially familiar with the political events of his own and other countries, becoming a prominent member of the debating societies which then served the purpose of the higher literary schools of today. Books selected with taste and good judgment, from the best authors in natural and moral philosophy, history, biography and the sciences, constituted his library, from which he always continued to derive great enjoyment. In business he was capable and prosperous. During his earlier years he farmed in the summer season, canoed lime to Meadville and Warren, and went down the Allegheny with lumber to Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Cincinnati, making his first rafting trip on the Allegheny in the year 1811. In his later life he devoted all his attention to the clearing of the forest, no easy task, but one which he pursued faithfully during his active years.
When he was married, he brought his bride to a rude home which he had built himself. Like his father he was a Democrat in his political convictions, and he served a term as sheriff of Venango County, to which office he was elected in 1844, holding the same three years. [CAB, 850]
Samuel Phipps' Death Notice
Samuel Phipps, of Clinton township, was found dead in his barn on Saturday afternoon, only a few moments after leaving his home. The news of the sad event was a profound shock to the community, as the deceased was known and esteemed throughout the entire county. Born in Westmorland county on the 25th of November, 1795, he removed to Clinton with his father early in the century, residing there until his death. He thus ranked among the pioneers of Venango and was, perhaps, the oldest citizen of this county, in which he spent nearly eighty years of his protracted pilgrimage. At the date of his arrival the county was an unbroken forest, and the Clinton immigrants were not exempted from their share of privations incident to backwoods life. But they were a hardy race, full of faith and enterprise, hopeful and courageous, heroes without epaulettes, who boldly severed the ties that bound them to civilized life further east and resolutely undertook to make the dense wilderness subservient to their comfort. In due time the noble purpose and patient endurance of these leal-hearted pioneers received their merited reward. Many of them acquired a competence, lived to see their families well settled, long enjoyed the veneration attaching to honorable old age, and finally descended to the grave as a shock of wheat ripe for the harvest - men who believed it "was not all of death to die, nor all of life to live." Such a one was the subject of this brief notice who after having survived all his comtemporaries and beheld his descendants for several generations, has at length gone the way of all the earth, leaving behind him a priceless reputation for sterling integrity and solid worth. In 1823 he married Miss Amelia Holiday, daughter of the first settler of what is now Oil City, by whom he had a large family. During his most active business career, he carried on a large furnace, the ruins of which still remain a mile above Kennerdell. His great popularity was attested in 1844, when he was elected Sheriff by a handsome majority as an independent candidate. The duties of this responsible office he discharged with characteristic fidelity, winning the confidence and respect of all classes by his honesty and earnestness. His declining years were spent in the quiet retreat of a happy home, with kind children to smooth his pathway to the tomb. Old age did not greatly diminish his faculties, the hand of time touching him lightly. He retained his physical strength and mental vigor almost unimpaired to the end, and never was sick a day. On Saturday he exhibited his usual cheerfulness, showing no symptoms that his last day on earth had come. Going to the barn to see the cattle, he was found in a little while cold and lifeless, having evidently died without a struggle. The funeral took place on Monday, and was attended by many hundreds of sincere mourners. Few men enjoyed so rich an acquaintance or was so universally respected as the worthy dead. Mr. Phipps possessed in liberal measure the noble traits that form a strong, manly character. Brave, true and generous, his memory will long be fragrant among the people who knew and loved him so well. He leaves a number of sons and daughters, with a host of more distant relatives, to mourn the sudden call that summoned the venerable patriarch to the world beyond. Two of his children are Mrs. Dr. Egbert, and Mrs. Polly Brighanm of this city. The bereaved family have the heartfelt sympathy of our citizens in their affliction.
General Notes: Wife - Amelia Halyday
Date of death was Sept 28, 1870. [HVC 1890, 851]