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Phillips, Lothrop (b. 1836)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Pages 531-532

LOTHROP PHILLIPS, born October 19, 1836. The first white child born
on the waters of Laurel Fork of French Creek, son of William
Phillips, the oldest son of David Phillips. His mother was
Mehitable, a daughter of Aaron Gould, Sr., and she gave birth to
sixteen children, ten sons and six daughters, of which two sons and
one daughter are now living. William Phillip's children were:
Franklin, who married Fanny Shurtliff, the widow of Amandus Young;
David, who married Esther Gould, daughter of Nathan Gould, Jr.;
Clara Ann, wife of Jason Loomis; Lafayette, soldier in Company E,
3d West Virginia Infantry, married Elizabeth Cogar of Braxton
County; Lyda Jane, wife of Samuel Knisley, a soldier in Company F,
10th West Virginia Infantry; Mortimer, soldier m Illinois Company;
Moselle, wife of Mr. Lowe of Braxton County; Herbert, soldier in
Company E, died at Bell Island, married Mary Carter, wife of
Mirandus Rexroad, soldier in Company A, 10th West Virginia
Infantry; Goodman G.. soldier, who died at home with fever,
September 6, 1861; James S., soldier in Company E, 3d West Virginia
Infantry, killed at Cross Keys. Va.; Lothrop, who enlisted at
Buckhannon, 1862, in Company 3, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery,
was in the Buckhannon fight and was discharged soon afterwards for
a disability. He reenlisted in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry under
Captain Hagans. He was never wounded and was mustered out at
Wheeling.

His first wife was Charlotte Bean, daughter of Andrew and Nellie
(Roberts) Bean of Hampshire County, and their children were: James,
dead; Florence May, wife of W. P. Newcome; Cornelia, single;
Rosetta, wife of John B. Lemmons; Ida Bell, wife of Charles
McFallin; William Sherman, married Mary Loudin; Ellen, wife of
William H. Ochiltree; Scott, married Cynda Cogar.

His second wife was Susan A. Krise, daughter of Jacob Krise of
Albermarle County, Va.

Mr. Phillips until 1904, lived in Meade District. Is now a resident
of Buckhannon. Draws a good pension for palsy.

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