R Walker Phillips

21 April 1853–5 April 1873 (Age 19)
Floyd, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of R Walker

When R Walker Phillips was born on 21 April 1853, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, Tobias D Phillips, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Elvira Phillips, was 22. He lived in Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 April 1873, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Tobias D Phillips
1826–1885
Elisabeth Elvira Phillips
1831–1902
Mary Adeline Phillips
1851–1882
R Walker Phillips
1853–1873
Phoebe Jane Phillips
1855–1883
Sarah Sallie Phillips
1857–1959
Rosella E Phillips
1859–1922
Bryant Pleasant Phillips
1861–1941
Tobias D Phillips Jr
1863–1884
Fleming Reed Phillips
1866–1934
Lucy Alverta Phillips
1868–1958

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World Events (6)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas
Age 8
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 
1863
Age 10
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Arlington Cemetery
Age 11
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

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 (4)

  • R M Mabrey in entry for Bryant P Phillips, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • R Walker Phillips in household of Tobias D Phillips, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Walker Philips in household of Tobias D Philips, "United States Census, 1860"

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