John
George
Phillips
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Sean Henry Phillips
and Elizabeth George
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Helen (Santee) Phillips
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Marion Elizabeth (Phillips) Bartlett
Died
at age 77
in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2009
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Biography
According to Wikipedia, "John George Phillips (1888–1964) was an American businessman who served as President of IBM. When Phillips became vice chairman of the board and head of the executive committee, he was succeeded by Tom Watson Jr. Phillips retired in 1952."
According to the New York Times, "Mr. Phillips began his business career as a timekeeper with the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. He joined I.B.M. in 1918 at the invitation of the late Thomas J. Watson, then the president, who had met him on a Susquehanna train."
Sources
- Personal knowledge of John Bartlett.
- Wikipedia contributors, "John George Phillips (businessman)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_George_Phillips_(businessman)&oldid=715790371 (accessed April 14, 2017).
- New York Times obituary, April 6, 1964, "JOHN G. PHILLIPS OF I. B. M. IS DEAD"
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Susan (Bartlett) Hamill 
:
23andMe
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Jennifer (Hamill) Andreas :
23andMe
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Stephanie (Hamill) Goff :
23andMe
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~12.50%
~25.00%
James Hamill :
23andMe
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Rejected matches › John Phillips (abt.1637-abt.1737) › John Isaac Holdridge Phillips (1772-1848) › John Allen Phillips (1887-1963) › John W. Phipps (1886-) › George Wendell Phillips (1884-) › John Obediah Phillips (abt.1886-) › George W Phillips (1889-)
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