Husband Maj. Robert Johnson Phipps 1 2 3
Born: 24 Jan 1839 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3 4
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Died: 10 Dec 1905 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5
Buried: 12 Dec 1905 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6
Father: Joseph Phipps (1812-1872) 4 7 8 9
Mother: Elizabeth Lowrie Whann (1815-1852) 4 7 10
Marriage: 16 Jan 1865 1 3 11
• Additional Image: R. J. Phipps.
Wife Harriet Agnes "Hattie" Cross 3 12 13
Born: Abt 1841 - Pennsylvania
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Died: Aft 1918
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Father: Judge Robert Cross (1811-1874) 12 14 15 16
Mother: Hannah McKissick (1816-1893) 12 15 16 17
Children
1 M Marshall Lee Phipps 1 13
Born: 4 Mar 1866 - Polk, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
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Spouse: Clara Bell Campbell ( - ) 13
Marr: 6 Nov 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA
2 F Elizabeth "Lizzie" Phipps 1 13
Born: 2 Nov 1867
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Died: 11 Mar 1883 1
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Maj. Robert Johnson Phipps
Birth date January 14. [HVC 1879, 575] Middle initial G. [HVC 1879, 575]
He received a common school education. He had a brief business experience in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and on Oil creek before his enlistment, Oct. 14, 1861, in Company H, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and he served to the end of the war, all the time with the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. That he saw an unusual amount of field service may be judged from the number of engagements in which he participated, fifty-six, all those of his command from the Peninsular campaign to Appomattox campaign, when Lee surrendered. He became Company quartermaster sergeant Nov. 1, 1861; first sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862; second lieutenant, March 1, 1863; first lieutenant, March 25, 1863; captain, Aug. 1, 1864; major, March 7, 1865; lieutenant colonel by brevet, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865, upon the personal recommendation of General Sheridan; and was honorably discharged May 17, 1865. Major Phipps was on the staff of Gen. J. Irving Gregg, serving as inspector general of the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, from Oct. 13, 1863, to May 6, 1865, when relieved of staff duty at his own request.
After the war Major Phipps was occupied in mercantile pursuits for a time, at Franklin, Polk and Parker. In 1869 he returned from Parker to Clintonville, Venango County, and within a few years was interested in oil production, about 1875 embarking upon operations in the Bullion field and later in Butler County. In 1886 he undertook the superintendence of the extensive oil operations and interests of Hon. T. W. Phillips in Butler and Bedford counties, continuing to be so engaged until 1800, when Mr. Phillips sold out to the Forest Oil Company, one of the producing branches of the Standard Oil Company. The new owners also availed themselves of his knowledge and experience, and until disabled by illness he was superintendent of the Forest Oil Company's interests north of the Ohio, with headquarters at Butler. A paralytic stroke July 1, 1904, incapacitated him partly for business, and he was brought to Franklin, where he had erected a fine residence in 1889. Though he had temporary periods of improvement he was an invalid thereafter until his death. Major Phipps was a man of remarkable character. He had great gifts for business and masterful executive ability, so that his conscientious devotion to duty resulted in wonderful efficiency, enabling him to dispatch an unusual quantity of work as well as to find a way out of difficult problems of all kinds. Yet he was unassuming about his own merits, kindly and courteous in all the associations of life, and deservedly honored wherever he went. He had a wide acquaintanceship in the social and fraternal organizations, with which he maintained active member-ship. A Scottish Rite Mason, he affiliated with Myrtle Lodge, at Franklin, and was one of its oldest members at the time of his death; belonged to Tancred Commandery, K. T., at Pittsburgh, and had filled at different times all the offices in the Masonic bodies at Butler. As a veteran of the Civil war he joined Mays Post, G. A. R., the Loyal Legion and the Union Veteran Legion in Butler County, and was colonel commander in the latter of Encampment No. 45, for several terms. At Clintonville, in 1883, he joined the Knights and Ladies of Honor, transferring later to Crawford Lodge at Franklin. [CAB, 585]
General Notes: Wife - Harriet Agnes "Hattie" Cross
She was living with her son in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1919.