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Philip Reddick was probably born around 22 Dec 1809 in the sovereign Grand Duchy of Baden. This date is arrived at by using a genealogy date calculator using 73 years - 1 month - 22 days subtracted from 13 February 1883, as found on his headstone.
The Duchy of Baden came about through the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803-1806 and remained a sovereign country until it joined the German Empire in 1871, remaining a Grand Duchy until 1918 when it became part of the Weimar Republic. Baden was located in the south-west corner of present day Germany and was bordered by France to the west and Switzerland to the south and it is now incorporated into the German state of Baden-Wurttenberg. Philips birth in Baden is found in the 1880 U.S. Census where he shows this place as the country of his birth, as well as, that of both of his parents. All other cen sus reports show simply Germany or Europe as his birth country.
Our earliest knowledge of Philip and his wife Sarah begins in about 1841 in Marion, Linn County, Iowa. From the journals of a Marvin Oxley included in The History of Marion, Iowa, 1838-1927, is a reference to a Philip Reddick as one of those who built a home in Marion in 1841. Moreover, in a state census taken in 1856, both Philip and Sarah state they had lived in Iowa for 15 years. This latter information suggests that Philip and Sarah were already married when they arrived in the state. Census reports consistently show Sarah was born in about 1818 in the State of Pennsylvania. Possibly she and Philip were married in this state and moved westward in the rush of migration. On the other hand, maybe Philip and Sarah simply arrived in Iowa at about the same time.
It is not known if the name Philip Reddick was his true birth name or if it was perhaps a made-up or an Americanized one. An abstract of a private law enacted by the Iowa Territorial Legislature, signed and approved by the governor on 6 January 1843, shows a name change of a Philip Roclure of Linn County, a natural born citizen of Germany, to Philip Reddick. Whether the name Philip Roclure was that of a real person or whether this legal action was taken simply to correct an error in spelling is not known. In any case, neither of these names can be found on any passenger lists or in any of the available online immigration records.
Philip and Sarah are first seen living together in the 1850 U.S. Census for Linn County, Iowa and their two children, John Thaddeus and Otilla Augusta Reddick, are first seen in the 1856 Iowa Census for Linn County, at ages five and three, respectively.
Philip seems to have been somewhat of a local entrepreneur in Linn County, receiving income from different sources. The 1850 U.S. Census shows he was a tailor but thereafter all census reports show he was a farmer. Tailoring may well have been the apprenticed trade of his youth but it probably didnt pay as well as farming. Moreover, in the county Indexes of Land Deeds starting in1843 and continuing through the early 1860s, we see Philip engaged in buying and selling a number of real estate properties. And in state and federal census reports fr om 1850 through 1860 we see that he managed to have one or two of his former countrymen living with Sarah and him as probable boarders, adding yet another source to his income.
In the year 1862, Philips life took an abrupt turn. A county Land Deed Index shows the f iling of the transfer of two properties from Sarah Reddick to Philip Reddick on 11 August 186 2 based on an instrument effecting this change dated 26 April 1862. Although unverified by other evidence, this instrument was probably a legal action taken by the court transferring properties to Philip due to the death of his wife Sarah. Instruments dated 26 April and 26 Sep tember 1862, changing ownership of these properties to two other persons were subsequently filed on 29 September and 12 November 1862, respectively. This is the last record of Philip living in Iowa. We next find Philip in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, a short distance down the Mississippi River from Linn County, Iowa. On 28 May 1863, Philip married Sarah Elizabeth Rogers in that city. Her marriage certificate shows her name as Miss. Sarah E. Rogers, indicating that the Rogers name is a family name and not a married one. Later census reports show the second Sarah was born in about 1826 in probably Indiana or Kentucky and that her parents were born in Kentucky. And the 1870 Census shows that in addition to the two older children of Philip's, another child was living with him and Sarah Elizabeth, a girl named Hull Reddick, born in about 1863 in Illinois. Although unverified, it is presumed Hull was born to Philip and Sarah Elizabeth while they were living in that state. This census report gives us our only record of Hull Reddick.
At some point during the period 1863 and 1870, Philip and Sarah Elizabeth moved a bit fart her down the Mississippi River to Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, and bought a 70-acre far m known as the old Rush place. According to family stories, Philip built a two-room cabin there from white oak hewn with a broad axe. Years later a third room was added to the back of the house as a kitchen to make room for a parlor in the front and although electricity was added throughout and running water was added for the kitchen the house never had indoor plumbing. It burned to the ground in November 1976 on Thanksgiving Day and the last of the Reddick property was sold by the county for back taxes owed. The original cabin included a loft where three generations of Reddick children and visiting cousins are known to have slept.
In a Will dated 22 March 1881, Philip Reddick, leaves all of his real estate, consisting o f 70 acres in Section 2, Township 57, Range 5, West, to his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Reddick, wi th a stipulation that should she precede him in death, his estate should be divided equally between his children, Thaddeus Reddick and Otilda Hatton. Two years later, on 13 February 1883, Philip Reddick died. A local newspaper, The Palmyra Spectator of Palmyra, Missouri, dated 23 February 1883, wrote of him, Mr. Philip Reddick, a wine grower and vintner of the pures and floret wines residing at the old Rush place, about seven miles southeast of this city, departed this life last week leaving an afflicted widow and a good name. Philip is buried in Thrasher Chapel Cemetery (Methodist), a private cemetery, located north of Hannibal, Missouri, in Marion County. His headstone is in the shape of a temple with a Masonic symbol near the top and it is inscribed: Phillip Reddick, DIED Feb. 13, 1883, AGED 71Y-1M-22D.
Sarah Elizabeth Reddick continued to live on the farm and she was joined there by her step son, Thaddeus Reddick and his family, who were living near the Ozark Mountains in Missouri, probably sometime before 15 March 1887, the date of their second child's birth in Marion County (see note below). Sarah was listed in the Stones Marion County Directory for 1892-93 as a Hannibal farmer along with her stepson and this is our last known record of her. It i s presumed she died before 1900 as she does not appear in the census for that year. Her place of burial is not known.
Note: The 1910 Census shows that their second child, Minnie Rebecca Reddick, was born in Arkansas; however, her husband, as informant for her death certificate, gives Marion County, Missouri, as the location of her birth. And Missouri is shown as her birth state on the 1900 Census. Her date of birth comes from a personal record of her older sister Lydia and this information is supported by the 1900 Census.
NOTES: ((1)) "The History of Marion, Iowa, 1838-1927" from the journals of Marvin Oxley, page 31, shows the name of Philip Reddick as one of those who built a home in Marion in 1841. This is the earliest reference to Philip living in Linn County, Iowa.
--------------------------------------------- LEGAL-PROCEEDING: Acts and resolutions passed at the several sessions of the territorial ... By Iowa, Iowa. Secretary of State
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page 253: "CHAPTER 5. PHILIP ROCLURE. AN ACT to change the name of Philip Roclure. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa:
Section 1. Changed to Philip Reddick. That the name of Philip Roclure, of Linn county, in said territory, and a natural born citizen of Germany, be and the same is hereby altered and changed to Philip Reddick, and that he shall hereafter be known and called by the name of Philip Reddick. which shall be his lawful name: provided, that such change of name shall in no way effect the collection of debts owing to or due from the said Roclure, or in any way effect his legal rights.
Sec. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, 6th January, 1843. "
((Notes: (1) The name Roclure would seem to be an invalid one as it cannot be found in any known surname databases. (2) It is possible this action was taken in order to legally correct a misspelling of his name.))
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NATURALIZATION: Reddick, Philip Address X Certificate #1 P-393 Title and locaiton of court: Linn Co.Dist.Court, Iowa Country of birth or allegiance: Baden-German When born (or age) X Date and port of arrival in US X Date of naturalization Sept. 17, 1845 Names and addresses of witnesses X No additional information on reverse side of card
LEGAL-PROCEEDING: U.S. Gov't BLM/GLO records. Land Patent Details. Names: patentees - Philip Reddick of Linn Co., Iowa. Tittle Transfer: issue date - 1 Jul 1848, land office - Dubuque ((IA)). Survey: state - IA, acres - 40, metes/bounds - no. Document Numbers: document no. - 8924, accession/serial no. IA1200_,333. Legal Land Description. ((Read: Aliquot Parts, Section/Block, Township, Range, Fractional Section, Meridian, State, C ounties, survey number.)) NESE, 18/, 86-N, 2-W, No, 5th PM, IA, Jones ((Note, Jones Co. is adjacent to Linn Co. to the east.))
CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Linn Co., IA, 9 Sep 1850. Reddick Philip, 38, Tailor, Germany Reddick Sarah, 32, -, PA Housser Luke, 25, Laborer, Germany Nauman Edward, 15, Laborer, Germany ((Notes: (1) Philip's occupation is as a tailor (probably an apprenticed trade he received in Germany) and he owns property valued at $500. (2) The relationship of Luke Housser and Edward Nauman to Philip and Sarah Reddick is unknown but they could be boarders or farm laborers.) )
1850: Agriculture census
CENSUS: 1852 IA AGRICULTURAL Census, Linn Co., Rapids Township., page 017 no data supplied, just the index 3 males 1 female number of persons eligible to vote 1 number of persons eligible for militia 1 total people 4
CENSUS: 1854 IA Census, Linn Co., Cedar Rapids 3 males 2 females 1 voter, 1 militia total people 5
CENSUS: 1856 IA Census, Linn Co., Residence no. 391, Family no. 391 Philip Raddick, 45, 1, 15, Europe, Farmer Sarah Raddick, 38, 1, 15, PA - Thades Raddick, 5, -, 5, IA, - Othillia Raddick, 3, -, 3, IA, - Edward Nauman, 20, -, 6, Europe, - ((Notes: (1) If this information is correct, both Philip and Sarah moved to Iowa in about 184 1. (2) It is not clear what the numbers in the "married" column mean; possibly, the number of times married.))
CENSUS: 1860 U.S. Census, Rapids Twp., Linn Co., IA, Cedar Rapids P. O., 9 Aug 1860. Philip Redic, 49, Farmer, Germany Sarah Redic, 40, -, PA Thadis Redic, 10, -, IA Otilea Redic, 8, -, IA John Wilderbran, 52, Farmer, Germany John Wilderbran, 12, -, Germany ((Notes: (1) The children here are undoubtedly John Thaddeus and his sister Otilla Augusta Reddick. (2) The relationship of the two Wilderbran's to Philip and Sarah Reddick is unknown but they could possibly be boarders or farm laborers. (3) Philip owns property valued at $1000, a considerable amount.))
NOTES: ((2)) The Index to Land Deeds for Linn County, Iowa, Vol. III, 1856-1863, shows a change of o wnership from Sarah Reddick to Philip Reddick on two properties. The instrument effecting th is change was dated April 17, 1862 and it was filed on August 11, 1862. Instruments dated Ap ril 26, 1862, and September 26, 1862, changing ownership of these two properties to two other persons were subsquently filed on September 29, 1862 and November 12, 1862, respectively. This is the last record of Philip or Sarah in Linn County, Iowa. And although no evidence is available, the instrument dated April 27, 1862, may well have been a court probate document awarding ownership of these properties to Philip because Sarah had died. Philip marries another woman the following year in Illinois.
MARRIAGE-RECORD: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Reddick Philip, Rogers Sarah E, 28 May 1863, Adams Co. ((Note, the bride here is undoubtedly Sarah Elizabeth Reddick.))
TAX ASSESSMENT: U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists: Phillip Reddick ; Location: Greentop Sept 1863: Retail liquor dealer owed total tax of $22.50 May 1864: Retail dealer owed tax of $10.00
CENSUS: 1870 U.S. Census, Miller Twp., Marion Co., MO, Hannibal P. O., Aug 1870. Reddick P, 59, Farming, Germany Reddick Sarah E, 44, Keeping House, IN Reddick J G, 19, Works On Farm, IA Reddick Oletta, 17, Keeps House, IA Reddick Hull E, 7, School, IL ((Note, children J G and Oletta are most certainly John Thaddeus and his sister Otilla Augusta Reddick.))
CENSUS: 1880 U.S. Census, Miller Twp., Marion Co., MO Reddick Phillip, head, 69, Baden, Farmer, Baden, Baden Reddick Elizabeth, wife, 44, Kentucky, keeping house, KY, KY
LEGAL-PROCEEDING: In a Will dated March 22, 1881, in Marion County, Missouri, Philip Reddick leaves all his real estate consisting of 70 acres, all in Section 2, Township 57, Range 5 west, to his wife , Sarah Elizabeth Reddick, with a stipulation that if she should precede him, his estate should be divided equally between his children, Thaddeus Reddick and Otilda Hatton.
OBITUARY: Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 23 Feb 1883. Mr. Philip Reddick, a wine grower and vintner of the purest and floret wines residing at the old Rush place, about seven miles southeast of this city, departed this life last week ((13 February 1883)), leaving an afflicted widow and a good name.
NOTES: ((3)) Philip is buried in the Thrasher Chapel Cemetery, a private cemetery, located North of Hannibal, Missouri, in Marion County. His headstone shows a Masonic type symbol near the top and his death date is inscribed as "Feb. 13, 1883 AGED 71Y-1M-22D" (calculated by the 30 day month method, his birth date is 21 December 1811).
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