Alfred William Phillips 1862-1932

"My father Alfred William Phillips was born in Salt Lake City Utah June 15, 1862 was the first child of Alfred and Frederica Phillips whom was Pioneers that came to Salt Lake City Utah in the year of 1861.  Their first home was a two room house on the corner of what is now 9th South and 5th East, then known as the Gates Farm.  That was where father was born.

He first lived there for several [years].  In the year 1879 his father bought a farm on 7 East and [fourteth] So, which is now 33rd So. 7 East.

Father as a boy had to help on the farm and herd cows.

Near the house was deep springs and a [milk ___ (house?)] was built by it.  The milk was put in pans for the cream to rise.  His mother made butter and sold it, so the family could only have the skim milk and clabber for breakfast.

When he was about nineteen years old he left home to work at the Smelter he lived with Lucy Bullock whom had borders.  Later on Dec. 13 1882 Father married Lucy Caroline Bullock, the 1st baby was born Sept 6 1883.  After a few years they moved to Ashley, Vernal Co. Utah.  It was there my brother Roy was born, May 12 1887.

[Two years later she had a pair of twins which one, Ray lived 5 [ __ ] Fay lived 7 mo.] (**notation on side of sheet; church genealogical records show they were born August 2,1885 between Elon and Leroy and lived only five days)

They soon moved back to Salt Lake.  He bought five acres of ground at [3357] So 3rd E. from his father.  He then farmed ten acres as there was five acre going on the north belonging to his [father].

Mother owned 5 acre of which is now [fourty fifth] South.  She sold that to her sister and they bought ten acres of ground at Cresent West of the Cresent School house.  He farmed that raised hay and grain.  He would drive down with a team of horses and wagon to cut the hay and get it up, often bring back a head of hay to sell.

Later he bought ten acres joining so that was twenty acres to farm.

He [also] did work for [Kimbal] and Richards.

At one time he and a neighber owned a Thrasher and horse power machine and would thrash for different ones.

Later he got a job of the [sprinkling] wagon.  They would sprinkle St streek (**state street?) as then it was not a hard top road.

Clair drove the team quite a lot as father had the farm to take care of.

About the year of 1911 the old home which was a red brick two room house was torn down and a new light brick home was built.  That is where my youngest brother now lives.  (**Side note: this refers to Benjamin Willey Phillips, my great grandfather.  I think this is the same house where his second wife my great grandmother, Bertha Haycock Phillips, lived until she passed away November 18, 2007.)

Father and mother had twelve children
Elon Alfred
Layfayette
Raymond
Leroy
Leo Thomas
John Clairmond
Ancel Clayton
Ardelle William
Lucy Frederica
Carl James
Verle Joseph
Benjamin Willy

[ ____ of ______ _____ ____ _______ ______] and small children.

Father did not do much in Church work till after [1907] when he went to the temple and had the family sealed to him.  (**per church record this occurred June 3rd of 1908)

Later he worked with the Genealogical and did lots of temple work.

In 1930 just befor mother passed a way he went to the Dr. for gland trouble

After mother died Nov 16 1930, he kept getting worse

He finally had to go to hospital for opperation.

We did learn that he had Cancer and he just kept going down.  He cam back home.  Ben and his wife then took care of him till he passed away, Sept 28 1932

Buried in Murray City Cemetary

Alfred William Phillips
Born          Salt Lake City Utah
              June 15, 1862
Baptized 1874 by Jessie [Murfay]
Ordained a Priest 1896 by James Hamilton
Ordained a elder 1907 by Edward [G___ ]
Ordained a Seventy Feb 26, 1917 by J Golden Kimball
Ordained High Priest July 13,1917 by [G__ Wooley (or Worley?)]

Written by Lucy Fredericka Phillips-Butterfield"

This record was written by Lucy Butterfield, daughter of my great great grandfather Alfred William Phillips (the father of my father's grandfather).  Some of the information is missing or illegible on the copy I possess as noted, and I tried to preserve the punctuation and spelling as it was written.  If you have an original or full copy of the record, please let me know what needs to be changed and I will be happy to update the post :)