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Note: 119.47 from the estate of Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884). This indicates that B. W. Phillips was a nephew of Elihu L. Phillips (see notes under the latter).
His birthday is sometimes given at 16th August, but it is written (in his mother's hand) 6th August 1815--crossed out, then written 1813--in the family Bible. "Permilla Ann Hilton, Cook --was Boyd W. Phillips' 2nd wife, and Mrs. Katy Sherwood was his 3rd wife. --Ezra O. Phillips" (from old Phillips family Bible in posession of Nick Sheedy).
Allegan Co., Michigan marriage records show that Boyd W. Walker and Permelia Ann Cook were married 22 June 1859. It appears that they divorced someitime between 1870 and 1880, as she remarried in 1881, and he also was married a third time.
The List of Post Offices in the United States with the Names of Postmasters, on the 1st of July, 1855, shows that Boyd W. Phillips was the postmaster for Pine Plains, Allegan Co., Michigan.
Boyd W. Phillips was also the Postmaster at Saugatuck, Michigan in 1865.
"BOYD W. PHILLIPS. Boyd W. Phillips died in Allegan, March 8, 1892. Born at Manlius, Onondaga county, N. Y., August 16 [sic],1813; came to Michigan in 1836 then a territory settling in Cass county. In December, 1853, he came to Allegan and soon after moved into the old Pine Plains house, which he kept many years, and afterwards, for a short time, kept hotel at Saugatuck. He was three times married: first, in Lockport, N. Y., to Miss Harriet A. Barton, who died in Cass county, in 1846; second, in Pine Plains, to Mrs. Pamelia Cook; and third, at Saugatuck, to Mrs. Kate Sherwood, who, with two sons and a daughter, survive him. Mr. Phillips was religiously a Universalist. He was well known by all the early settlers in western Allegan county. His age was seventy-eight years, seven months and twelve days."
(Historical Collections; Collections and Researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Vol. XXI (Lansing : 1894), p. 42; also printed in the Report of the Allegan County Pioneer Society, August 17, 1892, obituary number 15, p. 11)
1840 US Census (Roll 204, p. 217)
Whitmanville, (LaGrange Twp.) Cass Co., MI
Boyd W. Phillips
1 male 0-5 2 males 10-15 2 males 20-30 1 female 20-30 1 female 40-50 (It appears that there was at least one young male and one female in the household who were not Boyd's children. One of the males 20-30 could have been Boyd's brother, Elihu L. Phillips. The female aged 40-50 was probably his mother, Tamar (Walker) Phillips.)
1850 U.S. Census (M432_349, p. 309, image 130)
LaGrange Twp., Cass Co., Michigan (enumerated 24 Aug. 1850)
Phillips, Boyd W: 37, b. New York
Phillips, Lucien: 13, b. Michigan Phillips, Tamor W.: 7, b. Michigan Phillips, Ezra: 5, b. Michigan Phillips, Permelia: 30, b. New York Smith, Hiram: 28, b. New York 1860 U.S. Census
Pine Plains Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan
Boyd W. Phillips, 46, M, Farmer, real estate $3,000, personal property $1,000, b. NY
Parmela A. " ", 41, F, b. NY Lucien B. " ", 23, M, Farm Laborer, personl property $50, b. MI Tamar W., 17, F, Teacher of Common School, b. MI Ezra " ", 15, M, b. MI 1870 U.S. Census
Village of Saugatuck, Allegan Co., Michigan
Boyd Phillips, 56, M, Tallying Lumber, real estate $1,500, personal property $100, b. NY
Pamelia (sic) " ", 49, F, House Keeping, b. NY Virginia " ", 7, F, At School, b. MI Boyd's third wife is probably the woman who appears in the 1900 U.S. Census:
Allegan Village, Allegan Co., MI
Kate M. Phillips, F, b. April 1835, 64, widow, b. Canada (Eng), parents both b. Vermont, immigrated to U.S. 1845, years in U.S.: 54, Capitalist
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Cass Co., Michigan, Deed and Mortgage Records:
B. W. Phillips, of LaGrange, Cass Co., Michigan, bought land from Martin C. Whitman & wife Diane, of Town of Rochester, Racine Co., Terr. of Wisconsin.
N1/2 W1/2 NE1/4, Sec. 15, Twp. 6, R. 15
NW1/4 SE1/4, Sec. 10, Twp. 6, R. 15
Consideration : $650
Dated 23 June 1838
Rec. 8 Sept. 1838
(Deed book D, p. 490)
B. W. Phillips & wife Harriet A. Phillips sold land to Tamar W. Phillips, all of Lagrange, Cass Co., Michigan.
N1/2 W1/2 NE1/4, Sec. 15, Twp. 6, R. 15
SW1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 10, Twp. 6, R. 15
Consideration: $250
Witnesses: E. L. Phillips & Chas. A. Spalding
Dated 1 Jan. 1839
Rec. 21 Sept. 1839
(Deed Book E, pp. 355-356)
Boyd W. Phillips & wife Harriet mortgaged land from Nathan L. Stout.
1/2 of N1/2 W1/2 NE1/4, Sec. 15, Twp. 6, R. 15
NW1/4 SE1/4, Sec. 10, Twp. 6, R. 15
(Mortgage Book B, p. 69)
(mortgage dischaged, Book I, pp. 550-551)
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Allegan Co., Michigan, Deed Index:
Boyd Walker Phillips bought land from George Carmen (~1842~1851)
E1/2 SW1/4 & W1/2 SE1/4, Sec. 19, Twp. 3, R. 15
(Deed Book 10, p. 297)
Boyd W. Phillips land to Boughton G. Phillips (~1842~1851)
E1/2 SW1/4 & W1/2 SE1/4, Sec. 19, Twp. 3, R. 15
(Deed Book 10, p. 292)
B. W. Phillips (“by U.S.M.” ?) sold land to Richard Patrick (~1850~1856)
NE1/2 SE1/4 & S1/2 NE1/4, Sec. 1, Twp. 2, R. 15
W1/2 NE1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 1, Twp. 2, R. 15
(Deed Book 18, p. 471)
Note: B. W. Phillips signed a receipt, dated 23 July 1889, that he received $
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