Volume 32, Number 4 - Summer 1993


Bits and Pieces
by Linda Myers-Phinney

Thomas Foster PHILLIPS (1838-1928) and siblings Mary Anne DYKES, John, Lydia M. DYKES, Andrew E, Melinda WILLCOX, James Britten Phillips and Deborah M Hays, were borne Greene County, TN in early 1800s. Thomas migrated to NW Missouri around 1858 and raised seven children there: John W, Samuel D, Thomas A, Anna B. DEMAREE, Clidia SHAFFNER, Kathryn MOLT and Rozella BRIGHT. Thomas operated a roller mill in Holt, Mo., in early 1900s. His sons moved to Oklahoma in early 1900s and raised families there.

Descendants and relatives are invited to the third annual PHILLIPS FAMILY REUNION near Hitchita, OkIa., July 16-18, 1993, hosted by Ralph and Inez Huey Barnett and their families. For information and reservations call Inez Barnett at (918) 466-3577. Relatives of Thomas Foster Phillips or his siblings interested in an informal Phillips family gathering Oct. 16,1993 at Wallace State Park south of Cameron, Mo., should contact Dale F. Phillips, Chickasha, Okla. (405) 224-6927 or Robert J. Kerr, Liberty, Mo., (816)781-7852.


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