James Marion Phillips, born 1852, near Meadowville, son of Simeon and Susanna (Fitzwater) Phillips, was married March 14, 1876, to Masalona, daughter of Isaac and Mary Coonts, and was married a second time, November 1, 1890, at Philippi, to Evaline, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Kittle) Boyles. Children, Gilbert H., Dota Susanna, Lummie Ruth, Burnett D., Erca May. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a farmer, living near Calhoun, where his farm of 120 acres is nearly all improved. He introduced the variety of potatoes known as the Early Harvest into Barbour. He was educated in the public schools. On his father's side, his people were English and German; on his mother's side his grandfather, John Fitzwater, was a native of Hardy County, and came to Barbour at an early day.
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; Pgs. 436-437
