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Benjamin Franklin Phillips
Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Phillips
Date of birth: April 22, 1845
Date of death: May 31, 1927
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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25
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Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
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23rd
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Democrat
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West Mountain / Upshur
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Camp, Upshur
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H
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11
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Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
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22nd
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Democrat
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West Mountain / Upshur
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Camp, Upshur
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Company B, 35th Texas Cavalry. Benjamin Franklin Phillips, born circa 1845 in Tennessee, death date 5/31/1927 in Upshur County, Texas; widow Mrs. M.J. Phillips, marriage date 6/25/1874 in Rusk County. Pension File Nos. 18483 (B.F. Phillips) and 43104 (Benjamin Franklin Phillips), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Private, Company B, 35th Regiment Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Ben F. Phillips, birth date 4/22/1845, death date 5/31/1927, burial in West Mountain Cemetery, Upshur County. Includes historical marker of Ben Phillips Place noting service as legislator and death notice from Shreveport Times, 6/3/1927.
Find a Grave.
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Other Resources |
Historical market text, Ben Phillips Place, Upshur County. "He represented Upshur-Camp counties, 1890-94, in Texas Legislature."
Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
23rd Legislature (1893) - B.F. Phillips, postoffice West Mountain, nativity Tennessee, age 48 (born circa 1845), farmer, 42 years in Texas, member of previous legislature: 22nd, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
B.F. Phillips, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
B.F. Phillips, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph.
B.F. Phillips, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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