Item Detail
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Phillips, Martha Jane
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1867-1873
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MSS SC 871
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Jonah Phillips, and Ann Thomas Phillips Family Biographies Third Edition, Volume I
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Martha Jane Phillips was born September 20, 1867 the fourth child of Jonah and Ann Thomas Phillips. Martha was born with a heart ailment which made her delicate. When she was eight days old she was blessed and given her name by William Brammall. Since she could not be active her brother Gomer would sit with her and amuse her by rolling marbles to her. The family had a little dog named 'Moie' who was allowed to come inside and be Martha's playmate. She died on her seventh birthday, September 20, 1873. Her family remembered her with a little black rocking chair, a picture, and a green dress she wore. The chair was used to pull Martha around the house and was beloved by many other children over the next eighty years. Though many of her brothers and sisters never had the opportunity to meet Martha they cherished the little girl their mother loved so much.
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This collection has been assembled by the descendants of the Jonah Phillips Family. The collection is 143 lose sheets in length, containing biographies for Jonah and Ann Phillips and all their children and the wives of their sons. The collection also includes transcripts of obituaries and other essential information. Martha Jane Phillips' portion consists of one typewritten page briefly describing Martha's short life emphasizing the influence that this little girl had on her family.