Phipps, Samuel A. W.

SAMUEL A. W. PHIPPS, farmer, was born on the farm where he now lives July 13, 1837. He is a son of Eli and Rebecca Phipps, the parents of three children: Ann E., who married Lucian Brown; Merelda, wife of Dunham Stacy, and Samuel A.W. The father died in 1841, his widow surviving him until September 30, 1871. The paternal grandfather, Nathan Phipps, was a native of Westmoreland county, and settled in Scrubgrass township about 1796, upon a portion of the farm where his grandson now lives. He married Edith Updegrath, of Westmoreland county, who bore him eleven children: John, James, Elijah, Samuel, Marshall, Nathan, Eli, Jacob, Annie, Mary, and Betsey, all of whom are dead, excepting Mary, widow of John Middleton, who resides with her son in Scrubgrass township. Our subject was reared and educated in this township, and has always followed farming. He was drafted in 1862 and served nine months. He was married December 5, 1868, to Miss Sarah C., daughter of Judge Jacob Hale, of Clarion county. Five children are the fruits of this union: Edwin L.P., Homer E.J., Edith E., Harry K., and L.R. Mr. Phipps is an ardent Prohibitionist, a member of the G.A.R. and A.O.U.W., and belongs to the Methodist church of Clintonville.