LEE B. PHILLIPS was born in Kentucky, June 22,1840. When but four years of age, he
came with his father to Howard county, Missouri. They remained there only one year, and then came to Linn county, locating in this township. Here he was reared and educated, and has always followed the occupation of a farmer. He now owns a well cultivated farm of four hundred and ten acres. Soon after the breaking out of the Rebellion, Mr. Phillips, in September, 1861, enlisted in the Confederate service, Missouri State Guards, and in March, 1862, he reenlisted in Company K, Second Missouri Infantry, and participated in the following battles: Lexington, Missouri, Pea Ridge, Arkansas, Corinth, Mississippi, surrendered at Vicksburg, July 4,1863, and was exchanged in February, 1864. He then went to Dalton, and was in Shermans' raid through Georgia, December 20, 1866. He was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Calhoun, a native of Linn county. By this union, they have seven children: William, Walter, Charley, Peter, Ed, Floy, and Robert L.
Source: The History of Linn County, Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and a Compendium of Actual Facts, published by Birdsall & Dean, 1882; Pgs. 842-843
