NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11178 MARION CO – JAMES G. PHILLIPS, JR. – Phillips, Maxwell, Blanford, Burton, Hundley #11178. Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Marion Co. JAMES G. PHILLIPS, JR., one of the oldest as well as most prosperous merchants of Lebanon, was born in Washington County, Ky., November 9, 1830. His parents were Thomas and Julia (Maxwell) Phillips, both of whom were born in Washington County, where they grew to maturity and married, and where they made a residence until 1832, when, with their family, they removed to Meade County, settling on a farm near Brandenburg. There they passed the remainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1841, and the father in 1846. In 1846 James G. removed to Lebanon, Marion County, becoming a member of the family of an uncle, David Phillips. In 1847 he began his mercantile career as a salesman; in 1861 he opened his first business house with a stock valued at $5,000, which in three years he had increased to $75,000. He was at first associated with T. W. Blanford; in 1864 the firm became Phillips and Bro., which partnership continued for a period of twenty years, since which the firm has been styled J. G. Phillips & Co. Besides his extensive mercantile business in Lebanon, Mr. Phillips is entire owner of the Lebanon Flouring Mills, and a senior partner of an immense mercantile house in Owensboro, Ky. Mr. Phillips was married in 1863 in Boyle County, Ky., to Miss Eusebia Q., daughter of John Burton. Their four children are, Emma, wife of E. M. Hundley; John, Thomas and Birdie Phillips. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch