Spruce Phillips

Family

Sources

1. Father of Spencer/Spruce Phillips; named Titus as paternal grandfather of John R. Phillips on fetched 1889 Morgan County biographical sketch, with Spencer identified as his son (born 8 May 1800 among the younger children).

   Our subject comes of good New Jersey stock, his grandfather, Titus, and his father, Spencer phillips, having been born and bred in that State. It is thought that all of the grandfather's children were born in that State, and in 1816 he moved from there to Hamilton County, Ohio, with his family… He remained there until 1831… and in the spring of 1832 he located with his family on the farm now owned by our subject… His grandmother Phillips died a few years later, and the grandfather died, perhaps fifteen years after their settlement here. The father of our subject was among the younger ones of his parents' family, and was born May 8, 1800…

2. Father of Francena H. Phillips Cox; named Spruce Phillips on grandson Hardin's fetched 1889 Morgan County biographical sketch (daughter-of sentence).

   HARDIN COX … Charles Cox, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, and was a lad of eight years when his parents brought him to this county, where he grew to maturity. He was united in marriage with Miss Francena H., daughter of Spruce Phillips, whose sketch is published in this volume. They became the parents of eight children, as follows: Hardin …

3. Father of Spencer/Spruce Phillips; named Titus as paternal grandfather of John R. Phillips on fetched 1889 Morgan County biographical sketch, with Spencer identified as his son (born 8 May 1800 among the younger children).

   JOHN R. PHILLIPS … Our subject comes of good New Jersey stock, his grandfather, Titus, and his father, Spencer phillips, having been born and bred in that State. … The father of our subject was among the younger ones of his parents' family, and was born May 8, 1800, and was a lad of sixteen when his parents emigrated to Ohio. In that State he was reared to a vigorous manhood, and was there united in marriage to Miss Hannah Robison, a native of New York, who had accompanied her parents to the Buckeye State in its pioneer days. … To him and his wife were born fourteen children, ten of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Wilson, Allen, Francina, Elizabeth, John R., Sarah, Titus, Robison, William, Martha E. and of these five survive.