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HURLBURT L. PHILLIPS is a son of Robert H. and Augusta M (Bartholomew) Phillips, and was born in Geneva, Ohio, December 5, 1856. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Phillips, was a native, in all probability, of Rensselaer county, this State, and removed to Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. Grandfather Bartholomew was a resident of Ashtabula county, from which he removed to Minnesota, where he died. Robert H. Phillips (father) was born in Ashtabula county and now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, being a miller there. He married Augusta N. Bartholomew, by whom he had four sons and three daughters.

Hurlburt L. Phillips was reared in Northfield, Minnesota, and received his education in the common schools of that place and the Institute at Jamestown, to which city he came in 1872. After leaving school, he engaged in buying and selling live stock in the eastern states, continuing in that business for ten years, and in 1883 he purchased an interest in the furniture manufacturing business of Beaman, Breed & Phillips, remaining with them until 1886, when he sold out. The following year he engaged in the manufacture of lounges, in which business he still remains. He has associated with him Theodore Hanchett, L. F. Cornell and Arthur H. Greenland. They occupy a building, 132x72 feet, four stories high and employ eighty men, besides a half-dozen traveling salesmen, who cover the territory between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic coast.

On February 8, 1888, Mr. Phillips married Nellie C. Buchanan, a daughter of John Buchanan, of Youngsville, Pennsylvania. Their union has been blessed with one child, a daughter: Parmelee.

Politically Mr. Phillips adheres to the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, F. and A. M., and is also a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar. In the fire department he has been a valuable member for several years and is now assistant chief.