Carl I won't be much help to you. Your story interested me because I corresponded with a cousin for years about the Phillips family and she was searching for Bennett Phillips. She died several years ago and I have no idea what happened to her research. She died in Eugene but lived in Grants Pass. I keep running into him as I research in Missouri which is where my Phillips resided before coming to Oregon. bhodgkin@oregonvos.net On Mar 04, 2008, at 6:43 AM, CALVIN PHILLIPS wrote: > Hunting for my GGrandfather, Bennett S. Phillips, of Linn County, > who disappeared early > in the civil war. He married my GGrandmother, Elizabeth Johnson > Phillips, in December of 1844. > He was enumerated with his family in both the 1850 and 1860 > federal census in Linn > County, MO.. Since she remarried a Mr. Porch in 1864, I've > always assumed something happened to him around 1861 or 1862. > > GGrandfather Bennett was always meticulous about the use of his > middle initial "S" and > sometimes went by B.S. Phillips especially on the census. > According to the census, he > was born in 1808 and I believe he was married in 1834 in Boone > county to Frances Crouch > or Craucher. He had a boy, "John" with his family in the 1850 > census, about 12 years of > age who I always believed was a son with Frances. > > He was a feisty cuss, I believed I found his name in the roster > of the 11th Missouri > Infantry (Confederate) which would seem about right for Grandpa > Bennett. I do know, > however, that there may have been some problems between him and > some of the Ballews, > because my Dad never liked them (went after them when he was > drinking) and I never > knew why! Think they were Confederate, though. I remember > reading about someone > named Phillips, can't remember the first name, who was shot in > the back on the Grand > River bridge outside Sumner, Mo and did kill the man who shot him > before he died. I > always believed that was my GGF. It seems like I read this when I > was much younger > in the old "Sumner Star". > > Would sure appreciate some help or suggestions. > > Cal Phillips > phillipscalvin@prodigy.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLIPS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >