Ira Phillips

Ira was born in 1845.¹   Ira's father was Seth Phillips and his mother was Elizabeth Southwick.  His paternal grandparents were Chad Phillips and Sarah Weller. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Ephraim, Francis, George, Sarah, Lydia, Delia and Margaret.  He was the fourth youngest of the eight children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Edwin and Mary.¹