E. Webb PHILLIPPE, b. 1870
E. Webb Phillippe, who since 1892 has been
engaged in the steam fitting and plumbing business
in Oskaloosa, doing much contract work,
was born in Cedar township, Mahaska county,
in 1870. His father, Greenleaf Phillippe, was
born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, and is
of French descent, the first representatives of
the name in America having settled in North
Carolina at an early period in the colonization
of the new world. The paternal grandfather,
George Phillippe, died when Greenleaf was
only three years of age, and his wife, Mrs.
Agnes Phillippe, died during the infancy of
her son. Coming from Indiana to this state in
1851, Greenleaf Phillippe settled in Cedar
township, Mahaska county. He made the trip here
with his parents and his father entered land
from the government in 1852, a year after their
arrival. Mr. Phillippe still resides upon the old
homestead farm and is one of the worthy
pioneer residents of the community. He wedded
Mary Jane White, who was born in Indiana,
and both are now fifty-eight years of age. They
are respected and worthy Christian people, the
former holding membership at one time in the
Methodist church and the latter in the Baptist
church. In their family were four children,
namely: E. Webb; Asa G., who is living upon a
farm adjoining the old homestead; Carrie A.,
the wife of H. B. Fellers, of Oskaloosa, Iowa;
and Cecil, the wife of William Dinsmore, a
farmer of Cedar township. The parents now
make their home on the old homestead near
Fremont, and are greatly esteemed by all who
know them. In his political views Mr. Phillippe
is a republican and has held various township offices.
In the maternal line E. Webb Philippe of this
review is also a representative of one of the
honored pioneer families of the county, for his
grandfather, John Q. White, who was born in
Dearborn county, Indiana, came to Iowa in
1849 and is now located at Fremont in Cedar
township, where he entered land from the
government. Although now eighty-two years of
age he is still a hale and hearty man. In early
days he was well known as a stock shipper and
he conducted the first store in Fremont and was
the first postmaster there. He married Miss
Elvira Hough, who was born in Shelby county,
Indiana, and is living at the age of seventy-
eight years. They were married February 8,
1844, and in their family were twelve children,
nine of whom are yet living. They also have
twenty-seven grandchildren.
E. Webb Phillippe was reared upon the home
farm until seventeen years of age and attended
the country schools in his early youth, and later
received his diploma from the old English Business
College at Indianapolis, Indiana. He
afterward learned the trade of steamfitting at
Indianapolis, and upon his return to Oskaloosa
in 1892 he engaged in the steam fitting and
plumbing business, in which he has since
continued at No. 220 East High street. He has
met with gratifying success, having done much
contract as well as job work and his patronage
is now extensive, making his business a
profitable one.
In 1894 Mr. Philippe was married to Miss
Florence Lawson, a daughter of Joseph and
Sarah Lawson and a native of Keokuk county,
Iowa, born in 1872. Her father was a
plasterer and contractor.
With the exception of the brief period spent
in Indiana, Mr. Phillippe has always resided in
Mahaska county and has now won a gratifying
place in business circles by reason of his
excellent workmanship, his earnest desire to please
his patrons and his honorable dealing. He is a
young man of marked enterprise not only in
business affairs but also in all matters relating
to general progress, and it is with pleasure that
we present to our readers this record of his
career.
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from Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa by Manoah Hedge
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1906
Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa
Mahaska County, Iowa Genealogy
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