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John Wesley Phillips
Painting of John Wesley Phillips, a white man, in formal dress
Portrait c. 1840–1850
Councilman, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
In office
1829–1837
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1847–1851
Preceded byR. T. Galloway (Dem.) & Alexander M. Hill (Dem.)
Succeeded byWilliam Redick (Dem.) and William Y. Roberts (Dem.)
Personal details
Born(1803-09-28)September 28, 1803
Titusvile, Mercer County, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 1867(1867-04-30) (aged 63)
Greenville Township, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyWhig
SpouseMargaret Rice Connell (1808–1895)
Children11

John Wesley Phillips (1803–1867) was an American politician and Whig who represented Fayette County in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1847[1][2][3] and previously served on the Connellsville, Pennsylvania borough council in 1829 and 1832.[4]

Early life

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John Wesley Phillips was born at Titusvile, Mercer County, New Jersey on September 28, 1803[5][6] to Rev. John Phillips (b. April 19, 1775, d. May 11, 1849)[5] and Mary "Polly" Addis (1778–1860) who married at Bucks County, Pennsylvania on May 5, 1797.[5][7][8] His father, Rev. John Phillips, was a captain in the War of 1812[9] and a descendant of Edward Howell, Gent.[10] and Thomas Halsey, early Puritan settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts (1633–1635) and co-founders of Southampton, New York (1640).[5][6][9][11][12] His mother, Mary Addis, was a descendant of Gerret Stoffelse Van Sandt (also Vansant, Van Zandt; born c. 1644), an early Dutch settler and magistrate of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York (1651) and one of the fourteen patentees named in Gov. Thomas Dongan's patent of May 13, 1686.[13] By 1681, Van Sant had made his home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, placing the family among the area’s first settlers.[6][9][13][14][15][16][17] John Wesley Phillips died in Greenville Township, Bond County, Illinois, on April 30, 1867, at the age of 64.[5][6]

Family

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John Wesley Phillips married Margaret Rice Connell (1808–1895) on July 14, 1825.[2][5][8][18][19] She was the daughter of Zachariah Connell, who was the founder of Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Together, they had eight sons and three daughters:[2][5][6][7]

  1. Charles William Phillips (1826–1910) m. Eliza Davidson Marshall
  2. Zachariah Connell Phillips (1829–1906) m. Eliza Jones
  3. Capt. John Howell Phillips (1831–1876) Captain Commanding Co. D, 22nd Illinois Infantry[20] m. (1) Mary Virginia Buie (1833-1859) (2) Emilie Koester
  4. Joseph Wesley Phillips (1834–1834)
  5. Eliza Jane Phillips (1836–1922) m. Carey Allen Darlington, band musician in the 20th Illinois Infantry[21]
  6. Thomas Robison Phillips (1838–1866) band musician in the 20th Illinois Infantry,[21] died from typhoid fever[5]
  7. Joseph Henry Phillips (1840–1862) killed in battle of Fort Donelson February 15, 1862[5]
  8. Capt. Fielding Davis Phillips (1843–1865) Captain Commanding Co. E, 130th Illinois Infantry;[20] died from wounds as prisoner during the Red River Expedition[5]
  9. Margaret Alice Phillips (1846–1929) m. American attorney and Andersonville Prison (American Civil War) escapee Stephen French, Esq.[5]
  10. Wesley Hollingsworth Phillips (1848–1926) m. Minnie Laura Hover
  11. Mary Ellen Phillips (1851–1928) m. Samuel Whitmore

References

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  1. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1847" (PDF). Harrisburg Telegraph (21 Oct 1846, 6 Jan 1847) and Luzerne Democrat - Wilkes Barre (4 Nov 1846) original source. November 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c McClenathan, M.D., J.C. (1906). Centennial History of the Borough of Connellsville, Pennsylvania (1806-1906). Connellsville, PA: Connellsville Area Historical Society. pp. 41, 44, 46, 48, 50–51, 54, 56.
  3. ^ Journal of the Fifty-Seventh House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1. Harrisburg, PA: J.M.G. Lescure, Printer to the State. 1847. pp. 5–6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ "Biography - Phillips, John W." Archives of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. November 8, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lawrence, Greg (Spring 2019). "Phillips Bible Records, 1775-1971". New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR). 173: 155–162.
  6. ^ a b c d e Clark, Cynthia Ward (2021). Descendants of Edward Howell. Baltimore, MD: Edward Howell Family Association. pp. 107, 278. ISBN 978-1-7358621-2-5.
  7. ^ a b "Obituary". The Methodist Recorder. 57 (21): 8. May 23, 1896.
  8. ^ a b Wells, Charles (1925). "Family bible transcription". New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 79: 107.
  9. ^ a b c Hadden, James (1913). A History of Uniontown, the County Seat of Fayette County, PA. Uniontown, PA: James Hadden. p. 270.
  10. ^ Richardson, Douglas (2011). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families (Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.). Salt Lak City, UT. pp. 280–285. ISBN 9781461045137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Klett, Joseph R. (1996). Genealogies of New Jersey Families. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. p. 767.
  12. ^ Howell, George Rogers (1887). Early History of Southampton, L.I., New York, with Genealogies (2nd ed.). Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company. p. 301.
  13. ^ a b Davis, William Watts Hart (1905). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time (Vol 1 ed.). Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 111, 334.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  14. ^ Myers, Thomas G. (2004). Bucks County, Pennsylvania Miscellaneous Deed Dockets, 1785-1857. Willow Bend Books. p. 217. ISBN 9781585499359.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  15. ^ Banta, Thomas Grier (1890). Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York (Vol. II ed.). New York: In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  16. ^ Barth, Barbara (1996). "The Van Sant Family of New Utrecht and Bucks County, Pennsylvania". New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. 127 (3): 129.
  17. ^ Barnes, Robert W. (1996). Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. 1. Family Line Publicatoins. p. 333. ISBN 9781585493302.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  18. ^ "Obituary". The Methodist Recorder. 57 (21): 8. May 23, 1896.
  19. ^ The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600-1800. Vol. VI. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. 1968. p. 467.
  20. ^ a b Perrin, William Henry (1882). History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois (Vol. 1 ed.). Chicago, IL: O.L. Baskin & Co. pp. 106–107.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  21. ^ a b Carson, Will C. (1905). Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Bond County, Illinois. Greenville, IL: The Lecrone Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)