Thomas Harrison Phillips, the eighth son of John and Leannah Phillips, was born
in St. Clair County, Illinois, November 23, 1837; married October 1, 1867, to
Miss Ellen A. Hughes. His father dying when he was at the age of ten, and
leaving his mother poor, he spent his time till the age of twenty-seven in
working by the month, and visiting Colorado, Utah and California. Being without
education, and having acquired $500, he determined to expend it in going to
school. He spent one year at Shurtliff College, and then commenced the study of
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. During the last year of the war, he
was Deputy United States Provost Marshal of the Thirteenth Congressional
District of Illinois, and is now practicing his profession at Anna, Union
County.
Contributed 2022 Jul 31 by Norma Hass, extracted from 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois, page 243.
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