Wealtha Viola Stephens and Harry James Phillips

HARRY JAMES PHILLIPS was born May 24, 1885 in Colman, Moody, South Dakota,^{8887, 6979} and died March 17, 1958 in Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota.⁸⁸⁸⁷ He is buried in Saint Simon and Jude Cathoilc Cemetery, Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶

He married WEALTHA VIOLA STEPHENS on April 13, 1909 in Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota,⁸⁸⁸⁶ daughter of SARAH JANE LONG and ALFRED REUBEN STEPHENS. She was born October 30, 1881 in Moody County, South Dakota,⁶⁹⁷⁹ and died August 17, 1963 in Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota.⁸⁸⁸⁶ She is buried in Saint Simon and Jude Cathoilc Cemetery, Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota.^{8886, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wealtha V. Stephens)
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  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wealtha V. Stephens)

Children of WEALTHA VIOLA STEPHENS and HARRY JAMES PHILLIPS:

1. HAROLD JAMES PHILLIPS, b. April 22, 1911, Moody County, South Dakota;⁶⁹⁷⁹ d. March 7, 1971, Alameda County, California.²⁵⁰
2. CHARLES STEPHENS PHILLIPS, b. December 24, 1914, Moody County, South Dakota;⁶⁹⁷⁹ d. May 21, 1980, Sacramento County, California.²⁵⁰
3. BASIL EDGAR PHILLIPS, b. February 17, 1917, Colman, Moody, South Dakota;^{6979, 8888} d. September 20, 2008, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁸⁸⁸⁸

Obituaries

Argus-Leader, March 20, 1958⁸⁸⁸⁷

Egan, S.D.—Phillips, Harry J., 73. Funeral services held Tuesday at the Ss. Simon and Jude Catholic Church. Died Sunday at a Flandreau hospital. Born at Colman. Married Wealtha Stephens at Flandreau April 13, 1909. Farmed in the Colman vicinity. Moved into Egan in 1930 where he had lived since. Survivors include the widow; three sons, Harold, Oakland, Calif.; Charles, Redwood City, Calif.; and Basil, Sioux Falls; one brother, Thomas, Sioux Falls, and six grandchildren.

Sioux City Journal, August 21, 1963⁸⁸⁸⁶

MRS. WEALTHA PHILLIPS

FLANDREAU, S. D.—Special: Funeral services for Mrs. Wealth Phillips, 81, who died Saturday, were Tuesday at Ss. Simon and Jude Catholic church here. Burial was in the Flandreau cemetery, under direction of the Skorch funeral home.

Mrs. Phillips was born October 30, 1881, near Lone Tree, S. D. The former Wealtha Stepens, she was married to Harry Phillips April 13, 1909, at Flandreau.

Survivors include three sons, Harold of Oakland, Cal., Charles of Redwood City, Cal., and Basil of Sioux Falls; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 9, 19007260	Egan, Moody, South Dakota	Alfred Reuben Stephens Sarah Jane Long Wealtha Viola Stephens Ray William Stephens Abner Long
May 9, 19107262	Jefferson, Moody, South Dakota	Wealtha Viola Stephens Harry James Phillips
January 8, 19207269	Colman, Moody, South Dakota	Harry James Phillips Wealtha Viola Stephens Harold James Phillips Charles Stephens Phillips Basil Edgar Phillips
April 5, 19408889	Jefferson, Moody, South Dakota	Wealtha Viola Stephens Harry James Phillips