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Obituary: JAMES BENNETT PHILLIPS
26 Oct 1868 – 3 Mar 1951

James Bennett "Jim" Phillips, 82, passed away on 3 Mar 1951 in rural Chambers County, AL. Burial was at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Tiller Crossroads, Chambers County, AL.

James Bennett Phillips was born on 26 Oct 1868 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; the first born child to the late Lewis Cass Jefferson Phillips and Sarah Hannah Little Phillips. He married Olif Henderson Strother on 18 Dec 1890 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

He will always and forever be loved, remembered and missed by his descendants; Rest in Peace James Bennett Phillips.

In addition to his parents and his wife, he was predeceased in death by four children, James Grady Phillips, Annie Bell Phillips, Hartly Durham Phillips and Jessie Lee Phillips; three siblings, John Henry Phillips, William Thomas Phillips and Martha Lou Phillips Templeton.

Survivors included nine children, Mary Lou Phillips Johnson, Alonzo Isaiah Phillips, Henry Jefferson Phillips, Albert Thomas Phillips, William O'Landreth Phillips, Ralph Ray Phillips, Sara Lamerle Phillips Irvin, Thelma Edith Phillips Boone and Fred Herman Phillips, Sr; four siblings, Fannie Jane Phillips Pike, Matilda Phillips Pike, Willie Lavada Phillips Davis and Lewis Gregory Phillips; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

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1870 Census, Dudleyville Beat, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA M593 (as enumerated on 24 Jul 1870)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

Lewis (Cass Jefferson) Phillips Head M 24 (23 11/12) Georgia (Farmer)
(Sarah) Hannah (Little) Phillips Wife F 23 (23 7/12) Georgia (Keeps House)
JAMES (Bennett) PHILLIPS Son M 1 (1 4/12) Alabama

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1890 United States Federal Census Fragment:

No JAMES BENNETT PHILLIPS information was found in the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census of the United States, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington.

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Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950

Name: James B (Bennett) Phillips
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1890 (18 Dec 1890)
Event Place: Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA
Spouse's Name: Ollis C (Olif Henderson) Strother
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page: 56
Image Number: 01145
GS Film Number: 002217717
Digital Folder Number: 005206078

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1900 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA T623 (as enumerated on 1 Jun 1900)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

JAMES B (Bennett) PHILLIPS Head M (Birth: Mar 1869; gravemarker shows 26 Oct 1868) 30 (31 7/12) Alabama (Farmer-Rents Farm)
Ollie H (Olif Henderson Strother) Phillips Wife F (Birth: Oct 1876) 23 (23 7/12) Alabama (Married 9 years; 4 children born; 4 living)
Mary L (Lou) Phillips Daughter F (Birth: Dec 1893) 6 (6 5/12) Alabama
Elonzo I (Alonzo Isaiah) Phillips Son M (Birth: Aug 1896; gravemarker shows 29 Aug 1895) 3 (4 9/12) Alabama
Henry J (Jefferson) Phillips Son M (Birth: Jul 1898; gravemarker shows 1897) 2 (2 11/12) Alabama
Albert T (Thomas) Phillips Son M (Birth: Oct 1899) 0 (7/12) Alabama

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1910 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA T624 (as enumerated on 21 Apr 1910)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

JAMES B (Bennett) PHILLIPS Head M 40 (41 5/12) Alabama (Farmer-General Farm-Owns Mortgaged Farm)
Olaf H (Olif Henderson Strother) Phillips Wife F 33 (33 5/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm) (Married 19 years; 10 children born, 9 living)
Mary (Lou) Phillips Daughter F 16 (16 4/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
Alonzo (Isaiah) Phillips Son M 14 (14 7/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
Henry (Jefferson) Phillips Son M 12 (12 9/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
Albert (Thomas) Phillips Son M 11 (10 6/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
Hartly (Durham) Phillips Son M 8 (8 9/12) Alabama
Jesse (Jessie Lee) Phillips Son M 7 (7 1/12) Alabama
Willie (William O'Landreth) Phillips Son M 5 (4 7/12) Alabama
Annie (Bell) Phillips Daughter F 3 Alabama
Ralph (Ray) Phillips Son M 0 (2/12) Alabama

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1920 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA T625 (as enumerated on 22 & 23 Jan 1920)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

JAMES B (Bennett) PHILLIPS Head M 50 (51 2/12) Alabama (Farmer-General Farm; Owned 77 Farm Animals)
Olive (Olif Henderson Strother) Phillips Wife F 38 (43 3/12) Alabama
Hartley (Hartly Durham) Phillips Son M 18 (18 5/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer-Home Farm)
Jess (Jessie Lee) Phillips Son M 16 (16 10/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer-Home Farm)
Will (William O'Landreth) Phillips Son M 15 (14 4/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer-Home Farm)
Ralph (Ray) Phillips Son M 9 (9 11/12) Alabama
Sarah (Sara Lamerle) Phillips Daughter F 7 (7 2/12) Alabama
Thelma (Edith) Phillips Daughter F 5 (3 9/12) Alabama
Fred (Herman) Phillips Son M 1 8/12 Alabama

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1930 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA T626 (as enumerated on 16 Apr 1930)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

J B (James Bennett) PHILLIPS Head M 60 (61 5/12) Alabama (Farmer-General Farm)
Olif (Henderson Strother) Phillips Wife F 53 (53 5/12) Alabama
William (O'Landreth) Phillips Son M 25 (24 7/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Ralph Ray Phillips Son M 20 (20 1/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Thelma Edith Phillips Daughter F 13 (13 11/12) Alabama
Fred (Herman) Phillips Son M 11 (12) Alabama
H D (Hartly Durham) Phillips Son M 28 (28 9/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Margaret (Ruth) Phillips Granddaughter F 3 (3 4/12) Alabama
(Joe) Frank Phillips Grandson M 1 11/12 (2) Alabama
Sarah Hannah (Little) Phillips Mother F 80 (83 4/12) Alabama
Annie Smallwood (Ann Austin Aycock Strother Smallwood) Mother-in-law F 78 (78 6/12) Georgia

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1940 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA, NARA T627 (as enumerated on 11 Apr 1940)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

J B (James Bennett) PHILLIPS Head M 70 (71 5/12) Alabama (Farm Manager)
O H (Olif Henderson Strother) Phillips Wife F 63 (63 5/12) Alabama
W O (William O'Landreth) Phillips Son M 35 (34 7/12) Alabama
Fred (Herman) Phillips Son M 21 (22) Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Ethel Mae (Bone) Phillips Daughter-in-law F 19 (18 8/12) Alabama
Margaret (Ruth) Phillips Granddaughter F 13 (13 4/12) Alabama
(Joe) Frank Phillips Grandson M 11 (12) Alabama

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1950 Census, E.D. 62-46, Precinct 16, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA (as enumerated on 22 Apr 1950)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

Fred (Herman) Phillips Head M 32 Alabama (Farmer)
Ethel (Mae Bone) Phillips Wife F 28 Alabama
(James) Grady Phillips Son M 9 Alabama
(Gary) Wayne Phillips Son M 5 Alabama
Carolyn (Janet) Phillips Daughter F 4 Alabama
Janice (Patricia) Phillips Daughter F 1 Alabama
JAMES B (Bennett) PHILLIPS Father M 80 Alabama
Nancy Phillips Mother F 75 Alabama (Note by James G. Phillips: The Nancy Phillips entry in this census is wrong; no one by this name, etc. was living with us when the 1950 Census was enumerated. The wife of James Bennett Phillips was Olif Strother Phillips; she passed away on 11 Apr 1945, years before the 1950 Census. James Bennett Phillips did not marry again after his wife passed.)

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Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974

Name: James Bennett Phillips
Event Date: 3 Mar 1951
Event Place: Rural, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age: 81y 4m
Birth Year (Estimated): 1870 (26 Oct 1868)
Father's Name: Lewis (Cass Jefferson) Phillips
Mother's Name: (Sarah) Hannah Little
GS Film number : 1908859
Reference ID: cn 9365

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Olif and James Bennett Phillips were known to be herb doctors. People came from miles around for them to treat childhood illnesses. They gathered roots, barks, leaves and herbs and made salves, cough syrup, liquids to gargle for sore throats and poultices for bad colds and infections.

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