Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Wilson Hull Phillips




Husband Wilson Hull Phillips 1 2

           Born: 25 Apr 1861 - Iowa 2
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         Father: Isaac Phillips (1828-Aft 1909) 2 3
         Mother: Almira Hoagland (1832-      ) 1 4





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General Notes: Husband - Wilson Hull Phillips


He obtained his educa­tion in the Mercer County schools, and re­mained closely at home until he was twen­ty-one years of age. He then spent a few years in the West, during which period he lived as a cowboy and had many adven­tures, and took the hazards which pertain to that exciting occupation. In his case they were lamentable, as he lost his left hand in a fight with cattle thieves, after which he decided to return to eastern civ­ilization, and located at Wampum, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was possessed of considerable capital, and first opened a coal bank and later organ­ized the Wampum Run Coal Company. He sold his interest in this enterprise to A. Andrews, of Youngstown, Ohio, following which he bought a farm from the Smith heirs. It was heavily timbered and until he had it cleared, he ran a saw­mill and sold the lumber, this occupying some four years. He further invested cap­ital as a banker, being one of the organ­izers of the First National Bank at Wam­pum, and one of the first directors, and a member of that board. He also owned stock in the Crescent Portland Cement Works, at Wampum. In his political views he was a Republican.

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Sources


1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 888.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 691.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 887.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 895.


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