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Note: is wife was Harriet Spencer of Albany. I have not found where he died nor if they had any children.
In 1839, Nelson Phillips served as (tax) collector for the town of Salina, Onondaga Co., New York. (see Dwight H. Bruce (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol II, pp. 933-961)
Nelson D. Phillips was apparently associated with his uncle, Elihu L. Phillips, in the mercantile business in Syracuse in the 1840s. An 1884 obituary for Elihu L. Phillips indicates that, "With his brother [sic—nephew], Nelson, he was prominently engaged in the dry goods trade here for many years, his store being located on the site of the present store of H. W. Van Buren & Co., in Hanover Square." The eroneous statement that they were brothers was probably owing to the fact that it was at least 20 years previous and Elihu was only 11 years older than his nephew. It is also possible that the article is mistaken that he was in business with Nelson, confused with the fact that Elihu was in partnership with his brother Lyman for a time.
In 1841, Nelson D. Phillips was among the men who were actively trying to establish a cemetery for the Village of Syracuse. A vote was cast on 4 June 1841 on a motion to rescind the proceedings of May 18; Nelson D. Phillips, his father Elijah Phillips, uncle Elihu Phillips (as well as John Phillips, M. Phillips and Lyman Walker, et al) were among the men who voted not to rescind the previous proceedings. On 15 June 1841, Elihu L. Phillips, Esq., offered a resolution to the taxable persons of Syracuse Village, New York, for the purchase of parts of Farm Lot Nos. 128 and 212—the same premises recently embraced in Rose Hill Cemetery—for the establishment of a public cemetery for the village. After much debate, the resolution was finally approved. however, after eighteen years, it was ultimately decided the ground was not best suited for a cemetery. Rose Hill Cemetery served the village as the primary cemetery in the area until 1859, when Oakwood Cemetery was established. (See: The History, Incorporation, Rules and Regulations of Oakwood Cemetery at Syracuse, New York (1860), pp. 9, 10 & 66.)
He is probably the Nelson D. Phillips:
1840 US Census (Roll 316, p. 19)
Nelson D. Phillips
1 male 10-15 1 male 20-30 1 female 0-5 3 females 20-30 There was another man by this name in the same town:
1840 US Census (Roll 316, p. 46)
Nelson Phillips
1 male 20-30 1 female 0-5 1 female 5-10 1 female 10-15 1 female 20-30 A different Nelson Phillips owned a stable in Salina, Onondaga Co., NY in the mid-1850s, and there was also a Nelson Phillips who was a police office in Syracuse, NY before and after 1848.
Note: The Danforth Genealogy indicates he was born in 1811, died in 1845, and h
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