Phipps, David

DAVID PHIPPS, the eldest son of John Phipps, was born in Westmoreland county in 1793, and married Margaret Stewart of Butler county. He was one of the progressive men of his day, and erected one of the very first furnaces in Venango county, in Clinton township. He also built the first woolen mills and saw mills at Kennerdell, and was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods and lumber for the surrounding country. He was a Democrat in politics and once the candidate of his party for congress. In 1854 he was elected associate judge, and was filling that position at the time of his death in 1857. Of the union of David Phipps and Margaret Stewart, eleven children were born: Catharine, wife of John Dilley, deceased; Andrew, John, and Jesse, all deceased; Mary, wife of Doctor J.B. McMillan, of Clintonville; William and Eli, both deceased; Sarah, wife of Doctor John Fulton, Beatrice, Nebraska; David, who died in childhood; Margaret, wife of the late Ephraim Parker, of Parker City, Pennsylvania, and David deceased. Of Mr. Phipps’ union with Mrs. Rebecca Eakin, second wife, there was born one daughter, Etta, of Idaho Springs, Colorado.