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Deshler Flag Obituary

Name: Philips, 'John'
Obituary Date: 13 Aug 1909
Volume: 1906-1912	Page: 031	Year: 1909
Date of Birth: 26 Jan 1909	Date of Death: 7 Aug 1909
Father: Daniel Phillips	Mother: Susannah Hemminger
Comment: Civil War Veteran, Company B, 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Obituary: [Excerpt] When John Phillips, a grader on the B & O improvement was working two miles west of Deshler, a fast train No. 8 hit him and his team of horses. Phillips and one of the horses were killed instantly.