Daniel Lincoln Phillips and Ella Boone Grey family (1)

Daniel Lincoln Phillips (1)

born: 24 July 1860, Wood County, Ohio¹

died 20 May 1917, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA

Child of: Aaron Phillips & Anna Crom family (1)

Ella Boone Grey

born: 9 Aug 1871, Dallas County, Texas¹

died: 22 Dec 1941, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA

Child of: James Allen Grey & Mary Boone Gibson family(1)²

Marriage information

4 Jan 1893, Colorado City, Texas^3,4

Children

1. Harvey Allen Phillips(5)⁵

born: 1 July 1894, Place:Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio

died: 9 Jul 1951

2. Alma Dan Phillips(18)⁶

born: 22 Jul 1895, Place:Colorado City, Texas

died: 9 Jan 1981, Place:San Antonio, Texas

3. Robert Leroy Phillips(3)

born: 31 August 1896, Place:Borden County, Texas

died: 6 Oct 1944

4. Mettie Brownie Phillips(5)

9 Nov 1897, Place:Crosby County, Texas

abt 1980

5. Mary Ann Phillips(2)

born: 22 Apr 1899, Place:Colorado City, Texas

died: 4 Feb 1920, Place:Colorado City, Texas

6. Lou Ella Phillips(8)

6 Nov 1900, Place:Mitchell County, Texas

4 Feb 1920. Place:Colorado City, Texas

7. Forrest Raymond Phillips(1)

29 May 1902, Place:Mitchell County, Texas

5 Feb 1920, Place:Colorado City, Texas

8. Wayne Lincoln Phillips(2)

born: 9 Nov 1903, Place:Colorado City, Texas

died: 7 Feb 1975, Place:Colorado City, Texas

9. Emma Lee Phillips(5)

born: 3 Dec 1905, Place:Colorado City, Texas

4 Feb 1920, Place:Colorado City, Texas

10. Joe Bailey Phillips(1)

born: 20 Apr 1907, Place:Colorado City, Texas

died: 7 Oct 1942

11. Edith Amelia Phillips (1) ⁵

born: 8 Jul 1908 Place:Colorado City, Texas

died:

12. Bess May Phillips (1) ⁵

born: 30 Jun 1910 Place:Colorado City, Texas

died:

13. Juliette E. Phillips (1)⁵

born: 2 May 1913 Place:Colorado City, Texas

died:

Their story

Dan and Ella met and married in Mitchell County Texas. They immediately left for Wood County, Ohio. Daniel was from Ohio and his father Aaron had purchased a farm for them. Their first son Harvey was born there. But, they soon decided to return to Texas. Daniel worked with cattle in Texas. ⁶ 1898-1903, Dan was superintendant of the Curry Comb ranch ^6,7 in Crosby County, Texas. The family lived in Garza County, Texas in 1900. ⁸ In 1903, they moved to the farm on Lone Wolf Creek which is east of Colorado City, Texas in Mitchell⁹ Grandma said the dust storms would blow so hard that sand would blow right through the closed glass windows. There were 13 children in all. Texas was a rough place and the big ranches didn't like people settling on farms. Even though Daniel was an old cattle man, his farm was not welcome. They were threatened more than once. Daniel was found hung in his barn in 1917. This picture was taken shortly before he died. ¹⁰ Ella was left to raise 13 children by herself.¹¹

Images

1. Daniel Lincoln Phillips, 1889, Ella Boone Grey, 1893
2. Daniel Lincoln Phillips and Ella Boone Grey family with James Grey, 1903
6. Daniel Lincoln Phillips, cattle drive, 1887
7. Daniel Lincoln Phillips, Curry Comb Ranch House, 1903
10. Daniel Lincoln Phillips and Ella Boone Grey, Colorado City home, 1917

Citations

3. Image:Daniel Lincoln Phillips and Ella Boone Grey Marriage license
4. Family bible in possession of DCrouch,

"1893 January 3- Married Ella Boone Gray in Mitchell Co., Texas, "at the ranch home of [her parents] 30 miles south of Colorado" and went to live in Bowling Green."

5. Family bible in possession of DCrouch
6. Mitchell County Texas Birth Records, Vol. 10, p. 118
8. Us Census, Garza County, Texas, 1900
9. Mitchel County, Texas Tax Records, 1904
11. Daniel Lincoln Phillips headstone and children, 1917

Notes

1. I checks every census. They only appear on the 1880, Mitchell Coounty census. They must not have liked census takers.
2. Grandma said some of the grandparents didn't speak speak English, but I don't know which ones.