Granville Phillips, born 1843, near Meadowville, son of George and Nancy (McKinney) Phillips, and he was married December 17, 1865, to Julia Ann, daughter of John and Sarah (Hines) Sherman. Children, Rachel, Elizabeth, Ruhama, Catherine, George Monroe. He is a Baptist; in politics a Republican, and is a member of the G. A. R., and by occupation is a farmer, living one mile below Philippi. He served eleven months in the Confederate army, then joined the Union army, and served till the end of the war, experiencing many hardships, both on the march and in the field. His great grandfather, Isaac Phillips, came from England and settled near Meadowville, and his grandfather, Noah Phillips, lived near the same place. On his mother's side, his grandmother was Peggy McKinley, of Irish ancestry. Mrs. Phillips' first husband was Henry Isner, and they had two children, James B. and Sarah Rosanna. The former married Virginia Poling. Rachel E. married Isaac Lantz, and Monroe married Mary Snyder. The Shermans were Germans and came to West Virginia from Virginia.
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
