- ALBERT J. PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Janesville; born
in Somersetshire, England, in 1823;
- came to Wisconsin in 1843, where he located and purchased
260 acres at La Prairie, his present homestead; he then went
to New York, and returned with his father in 1847. Married, in
1867, Miss Rhoda BLUNT, a native of Walworth County, Wis.; has
six children - Naomi, born April 3, 1868; Jennie, Jan. 1, 1870;
James, Dec. 15, 1871; Elenora, Oct. 18, 1873; Viola, Aug. 28,
1875; Mabel Alice, Aug. 30, 1877. Has been Justice of the Peace
two years, Constable for a number of years, and Postmaster at
Emerald Grove over four years. Mr. PHILLIPS has raised as high
as 6,000 bushels of wheat a year, and has built 1,000 rods of
board fence on his place in six years, and makes a specialty
of cattle and grain. Democrat; member of the Congregational Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 836.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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