Notes for Clark D. PHILLIPS

Notes for Clark D. PHILLIPS

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga.,
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Pages 518-519

C. D. Phillips

C. D. Phillips is a prominent farmer of Meriwether county, in which he
was
born in 1849. He is of Virginia stock, his grandfather, William D.
Phillips,
having come from that state to Georgia at an early date. His father,
William
A.J. Phillips, was born in Morgan county in 1828, and served through the
late
war with the state militia. His wife, Miss Mary M. Smith, was a daughter
of
Thomas Smith, also a Virginian, who was among Georgia’s first settlers.
C.D.
Phillips spent his early years upon the farm in Meriwether county and
obtained
such schooling as the country schools afforded. He has devoted himself
to the
science of agriculture and his fine farm, in all its parts brought to the
highest state of perfection, bears witness to his aptness in his
business.
His wife, whom he married in 1867, was Miss Emma Sewell, a native of
Meriwether county, born June 10, 1847, the daughter of John P. and
Elizabeth
(Wideman) Sewell, who were old settlers of the county, to which they came
from
Morgan county. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are the parents of ten children:
William
A., Estella, Mary, Thomas H., John H., Albert P., Calvin A., Cleopatra,
Edna
E. and Iverson B. Mrs. Phillips is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church; her husband is a member of the Alliance and is the president of
the
county organization in Meriwether county. The family is well esteemed by
all
who know them.