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Phillip Lee Phillips

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Phillip Lee Phillips

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
4 Jan 1924 (aged 67)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
North Hill, Lot 141.
Memorial ID
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His date of birth in the District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials is found as November 1, 1857, but his stone has the year of birth as 1856.

The Washington Post January 7, 1924
Rites For P. Lee Phillips
Service for Veteran Employee of Library to Be Held Today
Funeral service for P. Lee Phillips, widely known librarian and cartographer will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence, 1308 Twentieth Street Northwest. The Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Phillips who had been in the employ of the Library of Congress for 47 years died Friday.

Honorary pallbearers for his funeral will be Dr. Herbert Putnam, Admiral Reginald Nicholson, retired; Brigadier General Charles L. McCawley, A.C. Addison, Major Gist Blair, L. Kemp Duval, Gailiard Hunt and F.D. McKenney.
His date of birth in the District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials is found as November 1, 1857, but his stone has the year of birth as 1856.

The Washington Post January 7, 1924
Rites For P. Lee Phillips
Service for Veteran Employee of Library to Be Held Today
Funeral service for P. Lee Phillips, widely known librarian and cartographer will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence, 1308 Twentieth Street Northwest. The Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Phillips who had been in the employ of the Library of Congress for 47 years died Friday.

Honorary pallbearers for his funeral will be Dr. Herbert Putnam, Admiral Reginald Nicholson, retired; Brigadier General Charles L. McCawley, A.C. Addison, Major Gist Blair, L. Kemp Duval, Gailiard Hunt and F.D. McKenney.


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  • Added: Jul 4, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54467511/phillip_lee-phillips: accessed ), memorial page for Phillip Lee Phillips (1 Nov 1856–4 Jan 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54467511, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).