Washington Phillips, born 1846 on Glady Creek, son of William and Delila (Coonts) Phillips, was married on Gladys Creek in 1868, to Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Jemmia (Taylor) Wilmoth. Children, Charles L. and Ida May. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a farmer on Glady Creek, where he owns 160 acres, half improved. He has held the office of Constable eight years and Justice four years in Glade District, and has lived in Barbour all his life.
Source: The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, from its early exploration and settlement to the present time, by Hu Maxwell, published by Acme Publishing Co., Morgantown, W.V., 1899; Pg. 436
