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Note: ips relatives removed to Michigan in the mid-1830s, and so if Ezra was born in New York state, then Boyd W. Phillips didn't being his family to Michigan until between 1845 and 1850..
"Ezra O. Phillips --Died-- May 14, 1928 at 4:10 A.M. of heart trouble (My Father H.D.O.P.) God bless him--how I wish he were here. Nov. 19, 1939. And mother also." (from family Bible)
Ezra lived at 1117 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Ezra O. Phillips, of Kent Co., Michigan, was nominated to be a Notary Public, 15 April 1887. (Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan, 1887, Vol II, p. 2328)
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There was an interesting court case involving Ezra O. Phillips (defendant), that went to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1891. The plaintiff, a Mr. Davis, sold a lot in Grand Rapids to Ezra O. Phillips, by deed dated 5 March 1887, for consideration of $2,500. However, instead of cash, Phillips conveyed a 25% stake in an invention he had devised for a better butter churn. Phillips had planned to patent the invention, form a corporation with stock, and put the butter churn into production. It appears that, for whatever reason, the butter churn venture did not pan out. Davis sued Phillips, alleging fraud, and also claiming that Davis was not mentally competent to enter into the contract. The lower court and the Supreme Court each found in favor of Phillips. (The Northwestern Reporter, Vol. 48, March 14-June 27, 1891, pp. 513-514)
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Since there is a record for at least one son in Ottawa Co. (and the index I found did not name parents), another record might pertain to the family of Ezra O. Phillips.
Birth records of Ottawa Co., Michigan:
1877 : PHILLIPPS, HENRY : 3-33
1869 : PHILLIPS, ----- : 1-222
1878 : PHILLIPS, ----- : 3-77
1880 : PHILLIPS, CLARA : 3-182
1870 : PHILLIPS, ELLIS B. : 1-290
1876 : PHILLIPS, HARLEY J. : 2-299
1895 : PHILLIPS, HENRY P. : 6-55
1876 : PHILLIPS, HORACE D. M. : 2-268
1893 : PHILLIPS, HOWARD H. : 5-249
1888 : PHILLIPS, JAMES G. : 4-323
1876 : PHILLIPS, JNO. : 2-279
1874 : PHILLIPS, KOENE : 2-154
1898 : PHILLIPS, MARGARET : 6-275
1897 : PHILLIPS, MAUD : 6-211
1881 : PHILLIPS, MURIEL C. : 3-225
1896 : PHILLIPS, NELLIE MARIE : 6-159
1868 : PHILLIPS, VIOLA B. : 1-100
1872 : PHILLIPS, WILLIAM H. : 2-35
1875 : PHILLIPS, WILLIAM LEVI : 2-232
1870 : PHILLIPS, WILLIE : 1-314
Note: The 1850 census indicates that he was born in New York, but other Phill
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