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Freemont C Phillips

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Freemont C Phillips

Birth
Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
Death
22 Aug 1943 (aged 81)
Kewanna, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Freemont was the son of Philemon Phillips and Hannah Leighninger. He married Anna Bonnell on November 27, 1890 in Pulaski county. He was listed as divorced in the 1920 census and was later married to Henrietta Loy on 27 Feb 1924 in Fulton Co, IN.

Obituary from the Pulaski County Democrat 26 August, 1943

Freemont Phillips

The death of Freemont Phillips occurred Sinday at the home of his son Virgil, three miles west of Kewanna. Eighty-one years of age, Mr. Phillips was found dead in his bed about eight o'clock in the morning by his son, and it was stated death, due to a heart ailment, had taken place in the early hours of the day.

Mr. Phillips was born in Ohio April 27, 1862 and for many years was a well known farmer of Pulaski and Fulton counties. His wife, the former Anna Bonnell, died in 1939. Surviving are four sons and a daughter—Clancy Phillips of Winamac, Clifford and Leon of South Bend, Virgil of Kewanna, and Mrs. Esther Foh of Downey, Calif. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Olive Overman of South Bend and Mrs. Effie Geier of Star City, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Star City Methodist church, of which he was a member, Tuesday afternoon following brief services at the home. They were conducted by the Rev. John Paul Jones. Burial was in the Star City cemetery.
Freemont was the son of Philemon Phillips and Hannah Leighninger. He married Anna Bonnell on November 27, 1890 in Pulaski county. He was listed as divorced in the 1920 census and was later married to Henrietta Loy on 27 Feb 1924 in Fulton Co, IN.

Obituary from the Pulaski County Democrat 26 August, 1943

Freemont Phillips

The death of Freemont Phillips occurred Sinday at the home of his son Virgil, three miles west of Kewanna. Eighty-one years of age, Mr. Phillips was found dead in his bed about eight o'clock in the morning by his son, and it was stated death, due to a heart ailment, had taken place in the early hours of the day.

Mr. Phillips was born in Ohio April 27, 1862 and for many years was a well known farmer of Pulaski and Fulton counties. His wife, the former Anna Bonnell, died in 1939. Surviving are four sons and a daughter—Clancy Phillips of Winamac, Clifford and Leon of South Bend, Virgil of Kewanna, and Mrs. Esther Foh of Downey, Calif. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Olive Overman of South Bend and Mrs. Effie Geier of Star City, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Star City Methodist church, of which he was a member, Tuesday afternoon following brief services at the home. They were conducted by the Rev. John Paul Jones. Burial was in the Star City cemetery.


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