E. S. PHILLIPS
E. S. Phillips is agent for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. He was born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, in November, 1854. His parents were S. C. and Rosie (Ballard) Phillips, the latter of English descent. S. C. Phillips was, by occupation, a contractor and builder. He now resides in Gill, Massachusetts. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood and obtained his education in his native State, attending Powers' institute at Bernardston. He subsequently taught school and penmanship. He also learned the carpenter's trade, of his father, and followed the same for three years. In 1877 he went to Chicago, where he was employed for a few months, in the freight office of the railroad company above mentioned. He then went to Shelby, Iowa. Here he was station agent in the employ of the same company, two years, after which he came to Lewis, where he is at present agent and telegraph operator. Mr. Phillips was married in Lewis, December 4, 1883, to Jessie Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have one child--Rassy B. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. During his residence here, Mr. Phillips has, by his strict attention to business and polite and gentlemanly treatment of the public generally, gained many warm friends.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 533.
