A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 BLAIR ALLEN PHILLIPS is president of the White-Phillips Company, investment bankers, with offices in the First National Bank Building at Davenport and 39 South La Salle Street, Chicago, with connections in the financial world throughout the Middle West. He was born n a farm near by Albany, Illinois, May 22, 1888. His parents, Benjamin Franklin and Mary (Rosenkrans) Phillips, are still living on the old farm at Albany. Mr. Phillips is of Welsh ancestry in the paternal line, while his mother's people were originally German and Dutch. One branch of the family produced Gen William S. Rosecrans, one of the great Union leaders in the Civil war, who spelled his name slightly differently. The Phillips family has been in America for nine generations. Blair Allen Phillips was educated in the common schools of an Illinois agricultural district. His home was on a farm until he was eighteen, at which time he became a student in Brown's Business College at Davenport. After leaving college he became associated with George M. Bechtel & Company i the bond business, later became vice president of the company, and had the reputation of being one of the largest single producers in the bond and investment field in the State of Iowa. In 1919 he and George White founded the White-Phillips Company, each of the partners having had a wide experience in the purchase and sale of municipal bonds. From the beginning the White-Phillips Company has specialized in safe and secure investment securities, and it has become a buying and selling organization of nation wide scope. The company has handled more than $100,000,000 worth of bonds since it was founded. Mr. Phillips has been an active member of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Rotary Club, is affiliated with Albany Lodge No. 566, A. F. and A. M., is a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory and Mystic Shrine, member of the Davenport Country Club, Hamilton Club, Chicago, and Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, in 1912, Clara M. Fort, a native of Davenport. They have three children, Jeanne Marie, Blair Allen, Jr., and Richard Elsworth. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)