Phillips, Elizabeth Springer

PHILLIPS, SPRINGER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/12/2007 at 09:27:22

Mrs. A.J.Phillips passed away at her home in this city(Maquoketa), Friday April 18, 1902, after a brief illness of lung trouble. Elizabeth Springer Phillips was born in Canada March 2, 1840 and removed with her parents to Maquoketa, Iowa in 1850. She was married to Mr. A.J.Phillips in 1858 and removed with him to Nebraska the following Spring, returning to Maquoketa during the time of the trouble between the Indians and the settlors. She was converted quite young, uniting with the M.E. Church in 1860, and continued to live a life that blossomed into beauty and ripened into fruitful usefulness to be garnered when the soul recognized the continuity of the spirit. She wrote by inspiration, a large number of poems which were put into book form by Mr. and Mrs. C.M.Chown. The poems contained wit and sentiment and were eagerly sought after by those who knew their value. She was a devoted wife and mother, with that air of spirituality that attracted a large circle of friends. She leaves a husband and five children, Mrs. Ella Chown of Lima, Ohio, Mrs. Eva Goodenow, O.Harlan, Rayborn B. and Brace A., to mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.M.Booton of the Free Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. R.D.Parsons of the M.E.Church, where the services were held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, with interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
(Maquoketa Record, April 23, 1902.)