James Phillips (1813 - 1895)

Born 1813 in Vermont, United States

Husband of Tina (Putney) Phillips — married 1840 in Jefferson, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 1895 at about age 82 in Texas Corners, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

James Phillips was born in Vermont in 1813. He married Tina "Tiney" Phillips. They lived in northern New York state in the town of Henderson, where Tina's family lived. (Both families are listed in Henderson, NY in the 1840 census.) After two daughters were born, the Phillips decided to migrate to Wisconsin in 1844. They traveled with a covered wagon and two oxen. The family probably traveled north of Pittsburgh, PA and followed along beside Lake Erie. The Phillips settled near Racine, Wi. In 1850 they lived in Milford, WI with their two daughters and an additional daughter and a son. They were still there for the 1860 census. But sometime between 1860 and 1870 they moved their family, which now included six children, to an 80-acre farm in Texas Township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. James died in 1895. James and Tina are buried together in Hope Cemetery in Texas Corners, MI.

Location of the Phillips' farm in Texas Township, Michigan

The location of the Phillips farm is shown in the Google Earth map attached to this profile. As shown on the map, the property is now part of a housing tract.

Sources

• “The Genealogies of Lucille Flo Krum and Harry Earle Walker," Lucille Remynse, 1977, unpublished

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYH-VZ4 : 15 August 2017), James Philips, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing p. 224, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 291; FHL microfilm 17,190. Household has two people, James (age 20-30) and a female (age 20-30)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DV-744 : 12 April 2016), James Phillips, Milford, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 352, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Wisconsin State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMML-1PD : 10 March 2018), James Phillips, Milford Town, Jefferson, Wisconsin; citing line 43, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,032,687.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWM1-2CK : 12 December 2017), James Philips, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHY-L46 : 12 April 2016), James Phillips, Michigan, United States; citing p. 16, family 132, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,179.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSN-RKZ : 26 August 2017), James Philips, Texas, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 143, sheet 345C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0586; FHL microfilm 1,254,586.

• "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKW-RDR : 12 March 2018), James Philipps, Texas, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing p. 339, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,315.

Death & Burial

• Find a Grave memorial page for James Phillips (1813–1895), Memorial no. 89631715, citing Hope Cemetery, Texas Corners, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89631715

• Grave record for James Phillips (1813 - 1895), BillionGraves Record 14956607 Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Phillips/14956607

Other Family Records

1929 - Death of daughter, Jane Hending

• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3Z-1J9 : 13 March 2018), J Phillips in entry for Jane E Hending, 21 Feb 1929; citing Texas, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,777.

1946 - Death of daughter, Amanda Wilson

• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7H-WJC : 13 March 2018), James Phillips in entry for Amanda W Wilson, 23 Mar 1946; citing Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,089.