WILBERT PHILLIPS, son of John and Mariam (Baker) Phillips, was born in Montgomery township, Wood Co., Ohio, June 14, 1861. He lived at home until his marriage, October 23, 1884, to Ellen Bowe, daughter of George and Mary (Bordner) Bowe. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have come two children—Durbin, born April 25, 1886, and Floyd, born October 27, 1887. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, they settled in Wood county, on a farm, where they lived two years. They moved to the David Phillips' farm, in Scott township, where they have lived for the past nine years, during which time Mr. Phillips has worked his grandfather's farm of 160 acres, and done teaming for the oil companies. On October 13, 1894, he purchased eighty acres of wild land in Scott township. This land is within the oil belt, and he expects to lease it to the oil company.
The father of our subject was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 18, 1834. When he was six years old his parents came to Scott township, and purchased eighty acres of land in Section 31, for which they gave a horse, and $250 in money; later they purchased another eighty acres. On this farm the father of our subject grew to manhood. Wilbert Phillips, our subject, is the eldest of a family of eleven children, the others being: Wilby, Zerusha, Ettie, Delbert, John, Retta Jane, David, George, Charles, and Daisy. Mr. Phillips' mother was born in 1840, near Findlay, Ohio, died in 1878, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Scott township, Ohio.
Our subject's paternal grandfather, David Phillips, was born September 6, 1804, in the State of New York; his wife, Mary Ann (Bates), was born April 15, 1811, in Pennsylvania. They were married December 27, 1827, in Stark county, Ohio, and reared a family of children, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Mary Ann, October 26, 1828; Lucinda, April 22, 1830; Henry, December 23, 1831; David, December 3, 1833; Sylvester, May 17, 1836; John, March 18, 1838; Hiram, January 15, 1841; Eliza Jane, February 7, 1843; Mariar, November 19, 1844; and George, February 26, 1847. Grandfather and Grandmother Phillips are now living on the farm which is being worked by our subject.
The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, Vespasian Phillips, was born in Pennsylvania about 1756. When about seventy-five years of age he left home, and was never heard of afterward. The date of his wife's birth is not known; she died in 1813 the mother of ten children. Our subject's maternal great-grandfather, Andrew Bates, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1765; he was a cooper and farmer. His wife, Ann (Homan), was born about 1772. They had a family of ten children, six of whom are living.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, 1896, by James Mitchell Bowland; Pgs. 277-278
