Individual Details

Louisa and Job located at Forest, Ohio and lived there until there deaths. They had 12 children. (Most must have died young, because I can only find records for 5, Augustus, Amanda, Julia, Adolphus, and Josephine)

(Letter written to William James Prouty, a nephew, by Louisa during the Civil War)
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Well, Will, as I am alone to day only Josephine as she has the chill & fever & is a bed, so I am lonesome & I picked up the slate & wrote some nonsense, & then I thought I would write it on paper, & may be send

it to you, some time, Lib & Lovey has been making me compose aerosticks on their names & others to suit them, & I thought I would try my hand at one on yours, or Loveys to pass away the time, Lovey was here all last week, working for me, & she staid yesterday & to day so to get ready to go to a great party that is to be at Thomas Clarks this evening, Julia came home yesterday, as I found out I could not get along without some one & I thought it did not pay to hire a girl, & let her work out, they may get some one else- I feel much better to day than I have since you left here, but I am not able to do all my work Josephine has the chill & fever

& is not able to do any thing, They had a nice time down to the basket meeting, they say. I was not there, & there was a young man came home with the girls, & he staid until most day, with one of them, but I must not say which, well the girls has all been down to Leroys, this afternoon he raised a stable & the girls went to help Amanda kook, evening & alone excepting Jose as she is in bed, the young folks has all gone to the party, Mr Wilson took Lovey, & Mr Die, Julia, & Mr. Gilliland, Lib, Adolphus & Geremiah, had to go together, Mr Ben & Charly Alurg took Mr McLurgs girls, wel you will


Forest Ohio August 22nd 1865
An acrostic

Just at the setting of the sun
A lass, came here upon the run
Much out of breath, and face aglow,
Entirely dressed in calico,
So you would like to know who she was.

Well I will tell you, by and by
If I didn't I fear you'd cry
Lovely Isabel, is her name,
Long you'll wish to see the same.
Indeed you say it will not be so very long,

And then you think, back you will come,
Make lovey wife, and take her home,
Poor boy, you know not that she may
Rest on the arm of S.V. some day,
Oh! you have no fears of that Eh;
Unless I am mistaken much
The devil is all ways in the dusk
You'll find theres truth in what I say,
Now I will bid you, good day,

Birth	10 Jun 1813	Devol's Dam near Marrietta, Union Township, Washington, Ohio, United States
Marriage	29 Sep 1831	Athens, Ohio, United States - Job E Phillips
Census (family)	1840	Richland Twp., Hancock, Ohio, United States - Job E Phillips
Census (family)	Oct 1850	Delaware Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States - Job E Phillips
Census (family)	18 Jul 1860	Delaware Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States - Job E Phillips
Census (family)	1870	Delaware Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States - Job E Phillips
Census	1880	Forest, Hardin, Ohio, United States
Death	4 Jan 1887	Hardin, Ohio, United States
Burial		Hueston Cemetery, Forest, Hardin, Ohio, United States

Spouse	Job E Phillips (1806 - 1877)
Child	Daniel Austin Phillips (1832 - 1858)
Child	Augustus Cady Phillips (1834 - 1918)
Child	Lycurgus L. Phillips (1835 - 1835)
Child	Diantha Phillips ( - )
Child	Quintillus F. Phillips ( - )
Child	Rachel Phillips (1840 - 1840)
Child	Amanda J. "Lennie" Phillips (1841 - )
Child	Julia M. Phillips (1844 - )
Child	Squire Adolphus Phillips (1847 - 1920)
Child	Edwin Phillips (1849 - 1849)
Child	Josephine L. "Josie" Phillips (1852 - )
Child	Leander F. Phillips (1855 - 1855)

Father	Squire Adolphus Prouty (1777 - 1854)
Mother	Cynthia Dianthy "Diantha" Howe (1781 - 1862)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Rachel Prouty (1802 - 1872)
Sibling	Squire Adolphus Prouty (1815 - 1877)
Sibling	Richard Austin Prouty (1820 - 1903)

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