Brief Life History of Edwin
When Edwin Phillips was born in June 1849, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Austin or Austenzah Phillips, was 21 and his mother, Martha "Matty" Walker Bosworth, was 17. He married Mary Ann Cooper on 27 January 1875, in Peshtigo, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oconto, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Porterfield, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. He died about 1910, at the age of 62, and was buried in Harmony Cemetery, Porterfield, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Edwin Phillips, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edwin Phillips - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Edwin Phillips
- Edwin Phillips, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Oconto, Wisconsin, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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