U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillips, Abraham F. (1869-1953) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 742-743 ABRAHAM F. PHILLIPS, deputy sheriff of Tucker County and a prominent politician, was born in 1869, in Tucker County, West Virginia, and is a son of Moses and Lamari Phillips. Moses Phillips was born in Randolph County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and died in 1893, at the age of 64, after a long and useful life. For a period he was a member of the County Court and a justice of the peace. By occupation he was a farmer. In politics he was a Republican. The mother of our subject was torn in Randolph County and now resides with her son at Parsons, at the age of 66. She is a member of the Methodist Church, as was her late husband. The children numbered four sons and six daughters. Mr. Phillips was reared in Tucker County and has been identified with its interests all his life. In 1897 he was elected a justice of the peace and served with the greatest efficiency for five years. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners from St. George and is now serving in that capacity, and since January, 1903, has also filled the office of deputy sheriff of Tucker County, under Sheriff J. B. Jenkins. He is well known as one of the best officials in the county, and has a wide circle of political as well as personal friends. In 1893 Mr. Phillips was married to Buena V. Nestor, who was torn in 1867 in Tucker County, West Virginia, and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Melvina Nestor. The one daughter of this marriage is named Lunda Mabel. Mrs. Phillips is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Phillips is a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow, and one of the stanch Republicans of Tucker County. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV, #13446 FULL-NAME: Abraham F. Phillips BIRTH-DATE: January 27, 1869 BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 14, 1953 AGE-AT-DEATH: 84y-9m-17d DEATH-PLACE: Myers Clinic Hospital, Philippi, Barbour County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Main St., Parsons, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Insurance Agent / General Ins. FATHER: Moses Phillips MOTHER: Lemira Phillips CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of Thyroid gland with metastasis to lungs INFORMANT: Mrs. Mabel Bennett BURIAL: Parsons Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------