Frederick Crowley Phillips

Brief Life History of Frederick Crowley

When Frederick Crowley Phillips was born in December 1868, in Oregon, United States, his father, Richard Wesley Phillips, was 36 and his mother, Mary Sophia Hawley, was 24. He married Laura Bell Jones on 27 October 1898, in Polk, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Amity, Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1880. He died on 3 August 1915, in Polk, Oregon, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Taylor Cemetery, Whiteson, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.

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Frederick Crowley Phillips
1868–1915
Laura Bell Jones
1878–1953
Marriage: 27 October 1898
James Wesley Phillips
1900–1900
Mary Letha Phillips
1902–1965
Anna Reva Phillips
1904–1990
Elmer Leroy Phillips
1907–1971
Martha Oliva Phillips
1910–2005
Ercle Crawley Phillips
1914–1956

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  • Fred C Philipps in household of Richard Philipps, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Family History Records - Re: Birth of Frederick C. PHILLIPS
  • Family History Records - Re: Marriage of Frederick C. PHILLIPS and Laura B. JONES

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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