Henry Marcus Phillips

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Henry Marcus Phillips

Birth
Clay County, North Carolina, USA
Death
12 Sep 1903 (aged 74)
Grayson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Whitewright, Fannin County, Texas, USA
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As a boy Henry Marcus Phillips was a freighter across the hills of his native North Carolina. When he was about 14 the family moved to Indiana and settled on White River near Elberfeld at Patoka, a German settlement. Mary, whose maiden name was Schinetyka, likely had relatives there. There Henry met Hanna Gage Smith and they married. A boy and a girl were born in Indiana. In 1855 they joined a wagon train to make the long trek to Texas seeking a new home. They found rich land in Fannin County near the village of Whitewright, drove their stakes and started a home.
Henry was taken into the Confederate Army under General Kirby Smith and Hanna was left with two children to tend the homestead. With the white people at war the Indians marauded from north of the Red River but Hanna was not molested. After two years Henry was stricken with pneumonia and was sent home. After his recovery the Army sent him to Bonham where the Army was building wagons and gun carriages. Henry was not far from wife and home.
(from the North Carolina Gage Family by John A. Gage pub 2001)
As a boy Henry Marcus Phillips was a freighter across the hills of his native North Carolina. When he was about 14 the family moved to Indiana and settled on White River near Elberfeld at Patoka, a German settlement. Mary, whose maiden name was Schinetyka, likely had relatives there. There Henry met Hanna Gage Smith and they married. A boy and a girl were born in Indiana. In 1855 they joined a wagon train to make the long trek to Texas seeking a new home. They found rich land in Fannin County near the village of Whitewright, drove their stakes and started a home.
Henry was taken into the Confederate Army under General Kirby Smith and Hanna was left with two children to tend the homestead. With the white people at war the Indians marauded from north of the Red River but Hanna was not molested. After two years Henry was stricken with pneumonia and was sent home. After his recovery the Army sent him to Bonham where the Army was building wagons and gun carriages. Henry was not far from wife and home.
(from the North Carolina Gage Family by John A. Gage pub 2001)

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