Brief Life History of Adam
When Adam Phillips was born in 1843, his father, Adam Phillips, was 33 and his mother, Mary Wurtman, was 33. He died on 31 May 1864, at the age of 21, and was buried in Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Adam Phillips, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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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