Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1911 — SIMON PHILLIPS PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. [ARTICLE]

SIMON PHILLIPS PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING.

Was One of the Early Settlers of Jasper County—Funeral to Be i Held Wednesday. Uncle Simon Phillips, one of the early settlers of Jasper county, died this morning at 3:15 o’clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Q. A. Roberts, %fter several weeks’ illness, at the age of 88 years. The last hours of hfe life were without pain and he passed peacefully away. The cause of his death was troubles incident to old age. ' His daughters, Mrs. S. S. Barnes and Mrs. Frank W. Vanatta and daughter Marion, were here when he died, as were his other children with the exception -of Gus, who was compelled to return to New Ydrk before his death. He was .born February 'B, 1823, canje to Jasper county in 1847, he lived on a farm moved to Rensselaer.' An extended obituary will be printed in a later issue. The funeral will be held at the residence Wednesday at 3 P. M., but full arrangements have not yet been made.