Arthur Bethel Phillips was born on 7 October 1872, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States. He married Grace Graham Bolton on 27 December 1904, in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Galveston, Texas, United States in 1920 and Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 14 September 1952, in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States.
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A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Historical Boundaries 1878: Shoal Point, 1893: Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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 ).
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