BIOGRAPHY

CHARLES R. PHILLIPS - OF ALABAMA, NY

Charles R. Phillips, son of William H. and Phileta (Pearsons) Phillips, was born in Wyoming County, NY, in 1831. He was reared on a farm, and married Amelia C., daughter of Jacob and Theresa (Bothwick) Wheeler, of Erie County, May 6, 1862. He located in Alabama in 1866. They were parents of four children, viz.: Clarence, who died in infancy; Ida Augusta, born October 26, 1864, died October, 1866; Jennie W., who married Albert McVeigh in 1883, and their children are Amelia, Theresa, Isabella Phileta, and Bertha Adel; and Willie J., born in Alabama, july 6, 1869, who is a farmer, living on the homestead. Mr. Phillips is an earnest worker in all temperance movements, is a farmer, and resides in the village on Railroad street.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890