Joseph Tomkins Phillips

6 January 1825–1906 (Age 80)
Overton, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Tomkins

When Joseph Tomkins Phillips was born on 6 January 1825, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel E Phillips, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Tompkins, was 26. He married Sara Jane Dutton on 13 July 1865, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Brush Creek Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died in 1906, in Loco, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Loco Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Tomkins Phillips
1825–1906
Sara Jane Dutton
1848–1935
Marriage: 13 July 1865
Dailey Phillips
1866–
James A Phillips
1867–1943
Emmet Fisk Phillips
1867–1940
Martin Phillips
1868–1870
Amelia Ann Phillips
1869–1906
Eizabeth Idella Pemberton Phillips
1870–1934
William Monroe "Jess" Phillips
1871–1953
Martin E Phillips
1872–1960
Rhoda Isabelle Phillips
1873–1944
Azaline Phillips
1874–1968
Belle Phillips
1874–1875
Ellie Lenora Phillips
1878–1967
Laura Phillips
1880–1968
Joe Daley Phillips
1881–
Marvin Hartwell Phillips
1881–1946
Albert Tarrance Phillips
1883–1961
Mansford Walter Phillips
1886–1979
Bessie Phillips
1891–1892
John D Phillips
1892–1906
Henry Phillips
1894–1900

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 July 1865Washington, Arkansas, United States
    • Children

    (20)

    +15 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (17)

    +12 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1828
    Age 3
    Historical Boundaries 1828: Washington, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Washington, Arkansas, United States
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 5
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1862 · Battle of Shiloh
    Age 37
    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Phillipps
    Philipps
    Philip
    Phelps

    Sources (9)

    • Joseph Phillips, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Joe Phillips in entry for Albert Torence Phillips, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
    • Joseph Philips, "United States Census, 1870"

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