Phillips, Howard M.

1894 - 1971  (76 years)

• Name	Phillips, Howard M.
  Birth	6 Nov 1894	Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PHIL.H003
  _FGRAVE	27792896
  Military Service	World War I, Private, Machine Gun Company, 40th Infantry, United Statess Army
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  Death	5 Jan 1971	Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Burial	Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I41176	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Banker, Martha Anna,   b. 17 Jul 1896, Wayne County, Illinois d. 30 Mar 1982, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Phillips, Bernette P.,   b. 12 Aug 1921, Gary, Lake County, Indiana d. 11 Aug 2007, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 85 years)   2. Phillips, B.
  Family ID	F16190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Nov 1894 - Clay County, Illinois Death - 5 Jan 1971 - Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Howard W. Phillips, 76, of Sailor Springs, was dead on arrival at the Clay County Hospital at Flora at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. A native of Clay County, Mr. Phillips had operated a garage at Sailor Springs for many years and was active in the Democratic party affairs of Clay County, had served as Supervisor of Pixley Township, and as a member of the Clay County Welfare Services Committee. He was a veteran of World War I and was a fifty year member of the Clay City Masonic lodge. He and his wife, the former Anna Banker, observed their Golden Wedding anniversary a few weeks ago. He is survived by his wife, Anna, a daughter, Mrs. George (Bernette) Weidner of Louisville, two brothers, Frank of Sailor Springs and Rolla of Clay City, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Phillips will be held in the Neal Funeral Home at Louisville with Rev. A. W. Phillips and Rev. H. A. Dasch officiating. Burial will be in Dillman cemetery. Sailor Springs. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, January, 1971.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2124] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Sailor Springs, Illinois, (District 13-17) (Pixley Township), image 07, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00432?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S2958] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Sailor Springs Village, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0015), imag, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4584337_00759?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=83472189) (Reliability: 3).