"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
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PERRY O. PHILLIPS, dealer in groceries and stationery, was born in Clay
Township, Morgan County, Ind., May 22, 1857, and grew to manhood upon a
farm. He received some instruction in the common branches of study, and
after he had attained his majority, began life independently, by farming.
Mr. Phillips has been married twice. On February 2, 1879, he wedded Nancy
J. Everling, a native of Johnson County, Ind. She died on November 24,
1880, leaving an infant, which died soon after. Mrs. Phillips was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Phillips was next married to Eliza
E. (Stafford) Koons, who was born June 1, 1855. One child was born to them,
on August 28, 1883. The parents belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Phillips is a Republican and a Mason, and is now holding the office of
Assessor of Clay Township.
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