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Below is a family biography from the book, The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Lewis B. Phillips. Prominent among the leading men of Hogan Township, and among those deserving special recognition for their long residence in the county, stands the name of Lewis B. Phillips, who was born in Georgia, in either Henry or Carroll County, January 15, 1823, and is the son of William and Mary (Spinks) Phillips, natives of North Carolina and Georgia, respectively. William Phillips came to Arkansas when Lewis Phillips was a young man, and nothing further was ever heard of him. He was a farmer by occupation. The mother made her home with her children, and died in 1880, at the age of eighty-seven years. She was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. The Phillips family came from Georgia to Alabama, and remained there for several years. When the father came to Arkansas the family remained in Alabama. Lewis B. Phillips was the fifth of ten children. He received his education in Alabama, and during the Florida War, in 1836, he belonged to Capt. J. M. Carter’s company, Second Alabama Mounted Volunteers, and served six months. In 1856 he left Alabama, and came to Franklin County, Ark., where he has since resided, and where he has followed agricultural pursuits. He was in the Confederate service for a short time, when he was taken prisoner, and retained at Leavenworth, Kas., and Camp Douglas, Chicago, in all about one year. February 18, 1844, he married Miss Nancy McDuffe, a daughter of Angus McDuffe, who was born in North Carolina, and who immigrated to Tennessee, and from there to Alabama. She was born in Roane County, Tenn., December 26, 1825, and eight children were the result of her union, five now living: Mary, widow of William Patton; William C.; Caldonia, wife of Rev. C. S. Jones; Martha J., wife of T. J. Brown; Virginia, wife of O. B. Donaldson. Those deceased were named John, Sarah Ann and Nancy P. Mr. Phillips is a Republican in politics, was for several years justice of the peace, and one term postmaster at Altus. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits for two years at Altus. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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This family biography is one of 163 biographies included in The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Franklin County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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