Brief Life History of David Dee
When David Dee Phillips was born on 5 January 1882, in Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Edward Charles Phillips, was 32 and his mother, Selena Layton, was 24. He married Eliza Arnette Jones on 30 December 1903, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Supervisorial District 2, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1941, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- David Dee Phillips, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- David Dee Phillips in the Arizona, Birth Records, 1880-1935
- David D. Phillips, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886
Gold discovered at Witwatersrand. Johannesburg established.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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Newspaper extract from David Phillips' funeral
Newspaper of Graham County Safford, Graham County, Arizona, Friday, November 28, 1941 David D. Phillips, Thatcher Postmaster, Taken By Death Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesda …
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