George Washington Phillips and Rachel V. Koonce

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Husband George Washington Phillips ¹

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           Born: 4 Jul 1834 - Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Phillips (1805-1888) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Susanna Winey (Abt 1808-1884) 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 1866 7

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Wife Rachel V. Koonce ^{8 9}

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            AKA: Rachel W. Koonce 7
           Born: 1847 8
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         Father: Hon. Charles Koonce (1806-1880) 7 10
         Mother: Rachel Vernon (      -1847) 9

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Children

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1 F Mary Caroline Phillips ⁷

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Dr. William Wilson Phillips ⁷

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3 F Susan Phillips ⁷

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         Spouse: Harry Archer (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - George Washington Phillips

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He had the advantage of the district schools until he was eighteen years of age and then attended the Clarksville high school. He then commenced farming with his brother, the two purchasing the old Barnhart farm of four hundred acres in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, PA, and there establishing themselves as raisers of live stock and dealers in cattle. Fifteen years later Mr. Phillips purchased his brother’s interest and continued the same business up to 1873. During their partnership the two brothers transacted an extensive business, shipping as high as three thousand head of cattle annually. In the earlier years much of the stock had to be driven over the mountains to Chester County. In 1873 Mr. Phillips leased his fine stock farm and removed to Clarksville, where he thereafter lived in virtual business retirement, although still dealing in cattle on a limited scale. In his political opinions he was a Democrat and was prominent in the public affairs of his town, serving as its mayor, and as a member of the school board (three terms). He was a pillar in Presbyterianism, being a member of the Clarksville church for forty years.

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General Notes: Wife - Rachel V. Koonce

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She was born in 1837. [HMC 1909, 758]

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 524, 757.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 757.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 748.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 757, 887.

5 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 382.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 691.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 758.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 908.

9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 752.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 139.