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Phillips, Spencer (1842-1919)
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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

Page 532

SPENCER PHILLIPS, born July 30, 1842, on the waters of French
Creek, son of Ebenezer and Catherine Loudin Phillips. His mother
was a daughter of William Loudin, whose wife was a Miss Davis of
Loudin County, Va. His father was the fifth son of David Phillips,
Sr., who moved from Massachusetts here in an ox cart in 1815, and
was overseer of the poor for 20 years prior to his death. Ebenezer
had a family of seven children: George, soldier in Company E, 3d
West Virginia Infantry and 5th and 6th U. S. Cavalry, had two
wives, Olive Reed and Estelle Young; Martha, wife of Caswell E.
Brady; Melissa, wife of John Calvin Brady; Elijah, married Margaret
Bond, he was a soldier in Company C, 6th West Virginia Cavalry and
died at Grafton; Sally Ann, wife of Leonard Rexroad, soldier in
Company E, 3d West Virginia Infantry, and 5th and 6th West Virginia
Cavalry, died at sea, after release from prison; Louise, wife of
Elias Perry; Spencer enlisted May 1, 1861, at French Creek, was one
of the first volunteers enlisted in Company E. as drummer. Mustered
in at Clarksburg. June 27, 1861. Was wounded at Beverly. Served
with Company E till February 29, 1864. when he re-enlisted as a
veteran in the U. S. Army Volunteers. His company was detailed to
assist in hunting and capturing John W. Booth, the assassin of
Lincoln; June 1865, was ordered to Wheeling to be mustered out and
went from there to Fort Leavenworth. Kan., thence to Fort Kearney,
Neb., to protect frontiers from Indians. Was discharged October 15,
1865, and has been drawing a pension ever since.

October 8, 1869, he married Virginia M. Fidler, a daughter of
William Fidler. Has been a resident of Salem, Harrison County,
eight years, now a resident of Buckhannon. Was Major of Nat. G. A.
R. Musicians, member of G. A. R. at Garfield Post, Rock Cave, C. B.
C. Post, French Creek and the Buckhannon Post, No. 49. Is a member
of the State Musicians of G. A. R. and is proud of the fact that
his grandfather sent 20 sons and grandsons for the Union Army.

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From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #139
FULL-NAME: Spencer Phillips
BIRTH-DATE: not known
BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co.
DEATH-DATE: March 17, 1919 (at 76 years of age)
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Farmer
FATHER: Ebneeser Phillips (born in Mass.)
MOTHER: Kate Lowden (born in Upshur Co.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Complications of Diseases or Army Disease
INFORMANT: Mrs. Phillips (of Buckhannon, W.Va.)
BURIAL: French Creek

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