ADAM PHILLIPS

    Adam Phillips, a farmer, is a son of Holdridge and Sarah (Ryan) Phillips, both natives of Barbour County, Va., and grandson of John J. Holdridge, of Revolutionary fame.  His maternal grandparents, James and Catharine Ryan came to Union County in 1845, and settled on the land now owned by our subject.  Holdridge Phillips and Sarah Ryan were married January 13, 1829, and moved to this county in 1847.  He purchased of his father's estate 212 acres of land in Dover Township, upon which he settled and raised a family of four children, of whom our subject is the youngest, and was born in Barbour County, Va.,in1841.  He was raised on the homestead farm, and was married in Fulton County, Ind., October 20, 1864, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Daniel and Saloma Hodkins, of Virginia.  This union produced three children, two of whom are living, viz.: Albert and Bertha.  Mr. Phillips has a farm of ninety-nine and one-half acres at the present time: which, however, is highly cultivated and productive.  He fills the office of Township Trustee, and ranks among the pioneer farmers of the township and county.  Phineas W., of Mahaska County, Iowa; Cyrus, of Mitchell County, Kan., and Eva, wife of Andrew Watson, of Richwood, Union County, are his brothers and sister.