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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 485]

    J. A. PHIPPS, one of the farmers of Cherokee Township, has been
    a resident of Cherokee County since 1858.  He was born at Milford,
    Massachusetts, February 12, 1847, and is a son of ALBERT PHIPPS,
    Esq., one of the prominent and well-known pioneers of Cherokee
    County.  A lad of eleven years when he came to the State, he has
    witnessed the growth of the county from its infancy.  He attended
    the first school in the county, taught by Mrs. LEMUEL PARKHURST.
    He was reared to the life of a farmer, and remained under the
    parental roof until he attained his majority.  Mr. PHIPPS was
    married in January, 1877, to Miss VICTORIA WHEELER, a daughter of
    DANIEL WHEELER, of Afton Township.  In 1868 he took a homestead of
    Government land, which he improved and now owns.  In 1873 he came
    to his present farm, which consists of 340 acres of well-improved
    land; there are two dwellings, barns, groves and numerous other
    improvements, indicating the thrift and prosperity of the owner.
    Mr. PHIPPS devotes himself to general farming, and has been uni-
    formly successful in this industry.  He and his wife have one
    daughter, ERMA D. born in June, 1878.  Mr. PHIPPS adheres to the
    principles of the Republican party.  By a life-long practice of
    the strictest principles of integrity and honesty he has served
    an enviable position in the county.

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