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Felix
Littleton Phipps The
qualities which have made Felix Littleton Phipps one of the prominent and
successful men of Kellogg, Jasper County, have also brought him the esteem of
his fellow townsmen, for his career has been one of well-directed energy, strong
determination and honorable methods, and his career should serve as an incentive
and inspiration for others. By his
uniform courtesy, amiable disposition and genuine worth he has gained for
himself a warm place in the hearts of the people of the vicinity of which this
book treats. Mr.
Phipps was born of an excellent old family in the land of the dark and bloody
ground, he being a native of Clinton County, Kentucky, July 13, 1867.
He is the son of James Washington Phipps, who was born near
Parmleysville, Wayne County, Kentucky, June 21, 1837.
He married Myrtle Jane Upchurch, who was born in Wayne County, Kentucky,
in 1847. The father of the subject
attended school in his native state, and after finishing his education he began
life for himself by working on the farm, and he also worked in the coal mines in
that state when a boy, in fact continued until January 25, 1864, when he joined
the Union Army, becoming second lieutenant of Company I, Thirty-first Kentucky
Volunteer Infantry, in which he served very faithfully until the close of the
war, after which he went back to farming in his native state and there he
remained until May 1880, when he came to Jasper County, Iowa, and settled in
Rock Creek Township, where he maintained his home until 1884, then moved to
Independence Township, locating near Baxter, which was his home until January 9,
1899, when he moved to Sheridan County, Missouri, where he now resides.
He was married in Albany, Kentucky, and his family consists of nine
children, two sons and seven daughters, namely:
Theodosia, Felix, Elizabeth, Martha Frances, Emorine, Anna, Mary Jane,
John Jay, Ellen Ester. The
subject attended the country schools of Jasper County until 1889, when he
entered the Western Normal College at Shenandoah, Iowa, leaving that institution
in 1890, having thus received a good education.
He then worked as clerk in a bank at Baxter, Iowa, and kept books for the
John B. Dresser Lumber Company in the same town.
During the summer and fall of 1892 he worked for the Reeder-Bowen Grain
Company. He also taught school in
the country for thirteen terms, during which time he became popular as an
educator with both pupils and patrons and his services were in great demand. He
was well qualified for this line of work both by nature and training. He was postmaster at Baxter, Iowa, from 1893 to 1897
giving the people and the post office department the utmost satisfaction. Mr.
Phipps was married on November 3, 1897, to Rebecca Young, in Rock Creek
Township, who was born July 7, 1860, in Wayne County, Kentucky, the daughter of
Edward and Jane (Parmley) Young. The
father was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, March 22, 1822, and, reaching a ripe
old age, he passed away on April 15, 1908; the mother was born in Wayne County,
Kentucky, February 9, 1820, and she, too, reached an advanced age, dying on
April 14, 1909. Two
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Phipps, Frederick, whose birth occurred
May 30, 1898, and Ester Viola, born July 15, 1901, both in Rock Creek Township,
this County. Fraternally,
Mr. Phipps is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Politically, he is a
Democrat and has taken considerable interest in the affairs of his party. He was appointed mayor of Kellogg in August 1910, and is now
serving in that capacity in a manner that reflects credit upon himself and to
the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He
is doing much for the permanent good of the town. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 1070. |
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