Eli
PHILLIPS was born in Berkshire County Massachusetts,
December
18, 1806 and moved to New York State as a youth. He entered land
in Fulton County, Ohio in 1832-33 and died November 1, 1894. For
many years the corner near his home was called Phillips' Corners.
During the boundary dispute, Eli Phillips sided with Michigan, he joined
the military for the Territory of Michigan. At one point the militia
of Michigan and of Ohio were called out in 1835 and met near Seward, but
no shots were fired. While Michigan was applying for state-hood, congress
in 1836 gave Ohio the strip of disputed land, & Michigan the upper
peninsula.
Fulton County Historical Atlas
1875 Personal History
Col. ELI PHILLIPS
was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, December 18, 1806. He
was married in Wayne County, New York, December 25, 1828 to Vesta Arnold,
daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Arnold, of Rhode Island who was born in Wayne
County, New York, September 24, 1809. They settled in Fulton County
in 1833, was the first white settler in the county. Mr. Phillips
entered his land in 1832, and received his deed from Andrew Jackson.
The county at that time was a dense forest, inhabited by Indians and infested
with wolves, wildcat, deer, and other animals. Eli and Rebecca Phillips
have a family of five children: B. F. Phillips, born March 6, 1830;
Carrie A., born February 18, 1832; Edwin P., born August 25, 1836; Daniel
S., born January 21, 1840; Albert G., born April 18, 1848 and Susan, deceased
March 23, 1844. Amos and Rebecca (Sherman) Phillips, parents of the
subject of this sketch, were born, the former in Rhode Island, the latter
in Massachusetts. Both are deceased. The former died in New
York, in 1824, the latter in Michigan. Col. E. Phillips was lieutenant-colonel
of state militia, and fought the only battle of the Toledo war, in which
no one was killed or wounded, only a few very badly scared. Post-office,
Lyons. Business, farmer, section 10.
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