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Deaths in the Ministry.
Rev. Maxwell Phillips died at his home in Albany, Ore., on May 2d, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was born in Chester, Ill., May 13, 1841; graduated at Michigan University and Lane Seminary, and was ordained in Cincinnati Presbytery in 1872. A large part of his life was spent in missionary work in Mexico and New Mexico. A fuller account of his life and labors may be found on another page in Oregon Notes, written by Rev. J. Edward Blair.
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PHILLIPS.-Rev. Maxwell Phillips entered his heavenly rest May 2, 1920, leaving a widow, seven sons and two daughters. They are: Prof. F.L. Phillips, of Kansas City; M.E. Phillips, of Stockton, Calif.; Rev. H.A. Phillips, of Merida, Yucatan; D.V. Phillips, of Oklahoma; P.C. Phillips, U.S.S. Clairton; Kenneth, May E., Margaret F., and Malcolm, all of Albany, Ore. There are also nine grandchildren. He was born near Chester, Ill., May 13, 1841. When eighteen years of age he moved to Kansas, and was the first student of what afterward became the University of Kansas. After a year at Lawrence, Kansas, he went to Salina, and when he was twenty-one years of age enlisted as first lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. He received three wounds and was promoted to the rank of captain. At the close of the war he decided to enter the ministry, and entered the University of Michigan. After three years his health failed, and he returned to Kansas for a year, then entered Lane Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1872. He was sent as a missionary to Mexico City. After a year there, he went north to Toluca, and later to Zacatacas. At Quevetero he was mobbed and very severely wounded. While at Zacatacas he, with Rev. Dr. H.C. Thompson, published a Spanish newspaper, La Antorcha Evangelica, and he compiled a Spanish-Greek dictionary. After this he spent a short time in Yucatan, then went to Mexico City, where he taught Greek and history in the Presbyterian College for several years. Later he engaged in missionary work in New Mexico. After leaving his Spanish work he farmed for a while in Kansas, then again returning to the ministry, he held several charges in Kansas and Oklahoma. Then for eleven years he farmed in Oklahoma, preaching also in schoolhouses when his health permitted. A serious attack of Spanish influenza compelled him to remove to the milder climate of Oregon. The funeral services were conducted by Dr. W.P. White, assisted by Dr. W.H. Lee, Dean of Albany College.
Source: The Herald and Presbyter; Volumn XCI, May 19, 1920, published by Montfort & Company, 1920; Pgs. 16 & 19
