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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [295-296]

           THOMAS PHILP, retired farmer, resident on section 1, Bingham
        Township, was born in Cornwall County, Eng., March 25, 1808. He
        began his contest with the world at the age of 16 years, when he
        engaged as a laborer in a grist-mill, and acquired a thorough
        knowledge of every detail of the occupation of a miller.
           In 1831 he came to the Dominion of Canada and operated as a
        miller at Coburg about 25 years. In November, 1857, he removed to
        Michigan and located 320 acres of land under the Graduation Act on
        section 36, Verona Township, where he was the first permanent
        settler. (The village of Sand Beach was in its first days.) The
        land he had purchased was two miles from the main thoroughfares,
        and MR. PHILP built the road from his premises to the routes of
        communication with the world at large. Forestville was the nearest
        point of supplies, where all provisions were secured.  MR. PHILP
        cleared and otherwise improved 70 acres of his farm, and in 1875
        bought 40 acres in Bingham Township, to which he has retired. He
        still owns 220 acres of land at different points in Huron County,
        and has given his children different amounts from his original
        acreage.
           He was one of the prime movers in the organization of the town-
        ship of Verona, and was its first Supervisor.  He has held the
        position of Treasurer and other minor offices. He was formerly a
        Republican, but at present sustains the principles of the Prohibi-
        tion element.
           He was married Jan. 30, 1849, in Hope Township, Durham Co.,
        Ont., to ANN MOON. Twelve children have been born to them, as
        follows: LOVEDA, ELIZABETH A., ANNA M., THOMAS J. and REBECCA J.
        (twins), ROBERT, MARY, JAMES and WILLIAM (twins), ISAAC and MARTHA
        (twins). The last named child is deceased; MARTHA is the only one
        now unmarried.  MRS. PHILP was born Feb. 2, 1819, in Cornwall,
        Eng., and is the daughter of JOHN and ANN (CULLIES) MOON, also
        natives of Cornwall. She was 12 years of age when her parents
        emigrated to Canada. The family are attached to the English Church,
        in which they were reared.

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