Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
LAST MEMBER OF OLD PUTNAM FAMILY
John C. Phillips, Former Super intendent Wauregan Mill,
 Dies in Hartford
Graduate of Putnam High School In
 1894, Yale in 1900

John C. Philips, last survivor of an old Putnam family died suddenly during the noon hour last Friday at fhe Hartford Retreat where he had been patient for over two geafs- Mr Phillips was standing looking out of the window when an attack came an and hH dropped la tHH floor. He died feN minutes later.
 Pie Ha h=la ai one o'clock sunday afternoon at Fratt's funeral uomai Earmip taa avenue, Hartford The service was conducted by Rev. Charles Peck. pa tor of the Broadbrook Congregational church. The hearers were Clarence Bartleto and Howard Smith of Broad Brook and Henry A. Wheeloek and Arthur $. Macdonald of Putnam. Burial was beside his wife in the Melrose ceme- tery.
 Born in Putnam
 John Cleveland Phillips was born in Putnam. July 2s. 1876. His fa- ther. Gilbert w. Phillips, was a prom inent Windham county lawyer and was for many years a leading citizen of the town. He was counsel for the N. Y. N. II. & H. Railroad Company. His mother was Jane tStoddard) Phil Hps. member of an old Woodstock family. The Phillips home was on Church street, the present residence of l.. r. Smith. Both his father and mother. and an older brother, Wheel CT Phillips. died quite some years ago.
 Mir Phillips attended the old Fifth District school and Putnam High school. from which he graduated in the class of 1894. He attended An- dover Academy and also attended the Black Hall preparatory school before entering Ha'e University, where he graduated with the class of 1900.
 After finishing his education Mir. Phillips took up cotton manufaetur- ing He first worked for the Putnam Manufacturing Company in this city. Subsequently he was connected with the Grosvenordale Manufacturing Company. North Grosvenordale, tho King Phillip mill. Fall River, the Queen City mill. Burlington. Vt, and other mills It was from Burlington that he went Co Wauregan as super intendent of the Wauregan Com panys mill While he was in this posi- ton he first became ill.
 Married in 1906
 In 1906, while he was living in Fall River Mir Phillips married Miss Myr- tice Johnson. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Albert Johnson of Broad Brook. Mrs Phillips died in the south during September. 1929. The only surviving relative is 9 daughter, Miss Jane Phil lips, 9, of Broad Brook. emplyed by a Hartford insurance company.
 Mir. Phillips never fully recovered from his first attack of illness in Wauregan. This was ten of twelve years ago He was forced. because of his ill health, to give up his position as superintendent of the mill. Upon the advice of his physician he went south, taking his family with him. The climate did not afford Mir. Phil- lips relief and he returned north. He made his home with Mrs. North, an aunt of Mrs. Phil lbs. in Broad Brook. his daughter living with him. His last employment was with an insurance company in Hartford. Approximately three years ago his condition became such that he was forced to retire. Some months later he became a pa- tient in the hospital in Hartford where his death occurred
 Fraternally Mir. Phillips was a mem- Der of Quinebaug Lodge of Masons of Putnam. For a number of years he was also affiliated with Putnam Lodge of Elks.