MRS. ELIZABETH PHILBY

PHILBY

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Date: 5/23/2009 at 15:42:51

The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

MRS. ELIZABETH PHILBY, widow, born in Hadlington, Leicestershire, England, in 1822; came to this country in 1863. Married Mr. Philby in 1842; he died in 1875; they had thirteen children, six of whom are deceased; the living are Samuel, Thomas, David, George, Sadie, John W. and Captain Frances Edenburg, who was born at sea on the Atlantic Ocean. Mrs. Philby is a Methodist. Her oldest married son, David, resides with his mother; is a Presbyterian; Greenbacker in politics. By profession a civil engineer; engaged during the last eight years as reporter for the press - Chicago Times, Pittsburgh Labor Tribune and New York Advocate. Mrs. Philby owns her residence, valued at $1,500 in Centerville.