Individual Details
Augustus Cady Phillips
(23 Feb 1834 - 25 Jan 1918)
From the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana
pages 616-617
Augustus C. Phillips was born in Athens County, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1834, a son of Job and Louisa Ann Phillips, who moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in September, 1835, and subsequently to Hardin County, where the father died in 1879, aged seventy-two years, and the mother still lives. Augustus C. was reared in Hancock County and there married, Nov. 11, 1858, Tabitha White, a native of that county, born April 7, 1843, daughter of George and Isabel White, both deceased, the mother dying in 1861 and the father in 1847. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have been born ten children, six of whom are living -- Leander B. married Sarah Meeks, and lives in Hillsdale County, Mich.; Louretta, wife of Floyd Phillips, of the same county; Abraham L., Lucinda, Adolphus and Flora D. Mr. Phillips has always followed agricultural pursuits. He lived in Ohio till the fall of 1869 and then moved to Steuben County and bought eighty acres of land on section 20, York Township. All the improvements, save the clearing of a few acres, have been made by him. He has a peasant residence and good farm buildings, and sixty acres under cultivation.
pages 616-617
Augustus C. Phillips was born in Athens County, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1834, a son of Job and Louisa Ann Phillips, who moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in September, 1835, and subsequently to Hardin County, where the father died in 1879, aged seventy-two years, and the mother still lives. Augustus C. was reared in Hancock County and there married, Nov. 11, 1858, Tabitha White, a native of that county, born April 7, 1843, daughter of George and Isabel White, both deceased, the mother dying in 1861 and the father in 1847. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have been born ten children, six of whom are living -- Leander B. married Sarah Meeks, and lives in Hillsdale County, Mich.; Louretta, wife of Floyd Phillips, of the same county; Abraham L., Lucinda, Adolphus and Flora D. Mr. Phillips has always followed agricultural pursuits. He lived in Ohio till the fall of 1869 and then moved to Steuben County and bought eighty acres of land on section 20, York Township. All the improvements, save the clearing of a few acres, have been made by him. He has a peasant residence and good farm buildings, and sixty acres under cultivation.
Events
| Birth | 23 Feb 1834 | Athens, Ohio, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1858 | Hancock, Ohio, United States - Tabitha White | |||
| Census (family) | 18 Jul 1860 | Delaware Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States - Tabitha White |  | | |
| Census (family) | 3 Jun 1880 | York Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States - Tabitha White | | | |
| Census (family) | 14 Jun 1900 | York Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States - Tabitha White | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | York Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States - Tabitha White | | ||
| Death | 25 Jan 1918 | Angola, Steuben, Indiana, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Tabitha White (1843 - 1917) |
| Child | Leander Beacher "Lee" Phillips (1860 - 1917) |
| Child | Louretta J. Phillips (1863 - 1917) |
| Child | Abraham L. "Abram" Phillips (1866 - 1931) |
| Child | Ella L Phillips (1869 - 1950) |
| Child | Adolphus A "Dow" Phillips (1873 - 1939) |
| Child | Florence D. "Flora" Phillips (1878 - 1917) |
| Father | Job E Phillips (1806 - 1877) |
| Mother | Louisa Ann Prouty (1813 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Daniel Austin Phillips (1832 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Lycurgus L. Phillips (1835 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Diantha Phillips ( - ) |
| Sibling | Quintillus F. Phillips ( - ) |
| Sibling | Rachel Phillips (1840 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Amanda J. "Lennie" Phillips (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Julia M. Phillips (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | Squire Adolphus Phillips (1847 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Edwin Phillips (1849 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Josephine L. "Josie" Phillips (1852 - ) |
| Sibling | Leander F. Phillips (1855 - 1855) |
Notes
Census (family)
Next door to his parents.151, 145 Augustus Philips, 26, M, 400, 120, Ohio
Marquis, 2, M, Ohio (his nephew, son of Daniel Austin Phillips d. 1858)
Tabitha, 17, F, Ohio
Isabel White, 47, F, No Occupation, 150, 100, Ohio
(Isabel White, Tabitha's mother)
Census (family)
23, 24, Phillips, Augustus, WM, 46, married, Farmer, Ohio Ohio OhioTabitha, WF, 37, Wife, married, Keeping house, Ohio Ohio Ohio
Luretta J., WF, 17 Daughter, OH
Abraham L. WM, 14, Son, OH
Ella, WF, 11, Daughter, OH
Adolphus H, WM, 9, Son, Indiana
Flora B. WF, 1, Daughter, Indiana
Census (family)
178, 179, Phillips, Augustus, Head, WM, Feb 1834, 66, Married 42 yrs, OH OH OH, Farmer, own free farmTabitha, Wife, WF, April 1843, 57, M-42, 10 children born 6 living, OH OH OH
Abram L, Son, WM, May 1866, 34, single, OH OH OH, Farmer
Census (family)
• CENSUS: 1910, York, Steuben Co., Indiana.Name: Tobitha Phillips
Age in 1910: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Augustus
Home in 1910: York, Steuben, Indiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Augustus Phillips 76
Tobitha Phillips 67
Death
Obituary Date: 13 Feb 1918, Steuben Republican.Augustus Cady Phillips was born in Athen county, Ohio, on the 23rd of Feb, 1834, and died on the 26th of Jan, 1918, aged 83 years, 11 months and 3 days. He was united in marriage to Tibitha White on the 14th day of Nov, 1858, and to the union were born eight children, two dying in infancy. During the past year his wife and three children, Leander Phillips, Flora Phillips Shook and Luretta Rowe have died, leaving of the family now living, Abraham Phillips, Dow Phillips and Ella Pew. He leaves also a brother and sister back in Ohio. He moved from Athens County, Ohio, to Steuben county, Indiana with his family in 1870, and settled on the farm which was the home until a couple of years ago, when the farm home burned and it was then that the condition of their health made rebuilding seem inadvisable. He was one of the old settlers in the county; chopped out his farm and suffered the trials and hardships, as well as privations incident to a life of pioneering. Having lost the sight of his eyes some years ago, it rendered his last years rather inactive; but through it all the same jovial spirits predominated his being and he never seemed to chafe under this misfortune.
Endnotes
1. US Federal Population Census, 1850 Ohio, Hancock Co. (interlibrary loan from Sutro Library, SF, CA read Oct 27, 2001 by Nancy Prouty).
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > INDIANA > STEUBEN > YORK TWP Series: T623 Roll: 404 Page: 104.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > Ohio > HANCOCK > DELAWARE TWP Series: M653 Roll: 982 Page: 170.
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002), York, Steuben, Indiana pg 403C.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > INDIANA > STEUBEN > YORK Series: T9 Roll: 312 Page: 403.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > INDIANA > STEUBEN > YORK TWP Series: T623 Roll: 404 Page: 104.