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Ernest Phillips 1907–1982 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Dec 1907

Birth Location: Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Death Date: 31 OCT 1982

Death Location: Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Father: Wesley Phillips

Mother: Laura Henderson

Spouse(s): Lennie Phillips

Children(s): John Phillips, Baby Phillips, Margaret Phillips, Ruby Crosley, Doris Phillips

The story of Ernest Phillips began in 1907 in Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Ernest Phillips married Lennie Louise Upton Phillips, and had children including Baby Phillips, Doris Phillips, Eddie Wayne Phillips, Ellen Phillips Tessenier, John William Phillips, Margaret Rogers Phillips, Ruby L Phillips Crosley, Walter Dean Phillips. Ernest Phillips passed away in 1982 in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Ernest Phillips began in 1907 in Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • Ernest Phillips married Lennie Louise Upton Phillips, and had children including Baby Phillips, Doris Phillips, Eddie Wayne Phillips, Ellen Phillips Tessenier, John William Phillips, Margaret Rogers Phillips, Ruby L Phillips Crosley, Walter Dean Phillips.
  • Ernest Phillips passed away in 1982 in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wesley Phillips
1875–1948
Birth Location: South Carolina
WP
Laura Henderson
1877–1951
Birth Location: North Carolina
LH

Spouses(s)

Lennie Phillips
1916–1997
Birth Location: –
LP

Children(s)

John Phillips
1941–1997
Birth Location: United States of America
JP
Baby Phillips
1936–1936
Birth Location: South Carolina
BP
Margaret Phillips
1942–2002
Birth Location: –
MP
Ruby Crosley
1936–2000
Birth Location: South Carolina
RC
Doris Phillips
1939–1945
Birth Location: –
DP

Ernest Phillips's Ancestors

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Ernest Phillips
1907–1982
Birth Place: Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Parents
Wesley Thomas Phillips
1875–1948
South Carolina
Laura Henderson
1877–1951
North Carolina
Grandparents
Elijah Phillips
1853–1922
Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States of America
Clarinda Crocker
1853–1894
Spartanburg, SC, USA
Shadrack Henderson
1826–1888
Broad River, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA,
Martha (Jane) Ezell
1848–1923
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Berry Phillips
1823–1903
Mary Shields
1826–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Shields
1800–1881
Miriam Phillips
1807–1880

Ernest Phillips's Descendants

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Ernest Phillips (22 Dec 1907–31 OCT 1982) m. Lennie (Louise Upton) Phillips (13 May 1916–15 May 1997)
  1. 1. John (William) Phillips 1941–1997
  2. 2. Baby Phillips 1936–1936
  3. 3. Margaret (Rogers) Phillips 1942–2002
  4. 4. Ruby (L Phillips) Crosley 1936–2000
  5. 5. Doris Phillips 1939–1945

Ernest Phillips's Timeline

2 Records

1907
22 Dec 1907
Birth of Ernest Phillips in Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina
1982
31 OCT 1982
Age 75
Death of Ernest Phillips in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1907
    Event Place: Pacolet Cotton Mills, Spartanburg, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 OCT 1982
    Event Place: Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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