Philip James Southwick

Brief Life History of Philip James

When Philip James Southwick was born on 22 August 1844, in Indiana, United States, his father, Lewis Williamson, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Mullen Southwick, was 29. He married Mary Jane Powell on 7 September 1866, in Wabash, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Waltz Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 1 February 1918, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Philip James Southwick
1844–1918
Mary Jane Powell
1840–1919
Marriage: 7 September 1866
Charles Wesley Southwick
1867–1917
Anna Eliza Southwick
1868–
Minnie Southwick
1872–1909
George Edward Southwick
1881–1950

Sources (11)

  • Philip Southwick, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Philip J Southwick, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • PHILIP J SOUTHWICK, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Southwick, including those in Durham, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farm’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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