Philip Samuel Haymaker

Male11 May 1872–7 March 1944

Brief Life History of Philip Samuel

When Philip Samuel Haymaker was born on 11 May 1872, in Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Haymaker, was 26 and his mother, Elvira Louella Davis, was 24. He married Mille Durham on 18 February 1893, in Clark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1896. He died on 7 March 1944, in Chalmers Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Philip Samuel Haymaker
1872–1944
Mille Durham
1879–1937
Marriage: 18 February 1893
Jesse Philip DeWees
1894–1959
Willie H Haymaker
1899–

Sources (15)

  • Phil S Haymaker, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Philip Samuel Haymaker, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Samuel Haymaker, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 February 1893Clark, Illinois, United States

    • Children (2)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 3

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1877 · The First Workers Strike

    Age 5

    The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 24

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English: unexplained.

    Possibly an Americanized form of German Hamacher or its Dutch equivalent Hamaker. Compare Hammaker .

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

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