Born and raised in England, emigrated to Canada, and married his wife Delia in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1872, lived in the USA for a few years and died in Canada.
Phillips Thompson was a writer, a reporter and a humorist who was also active in the early socialist movement in Canada.
Sources
Marriage Record - "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFY-8YV : 11 March 2018), Thos Phillips Thompson and Delia Florence Fisher, 02 Mar 1872; citing registration , Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,698.
1861 census - "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQY-3QH : 9 March 2018), Thomas P Thompson, Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, line 25; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1075-1076, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,324.
1911 census - "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-CCRJ : 16 March 2018), Phillips Thompson, 1911; citing Census, Toronto West Sub-Districts 104-146, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,530.
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