Herman Ray Phillips

1888 - 1965  (76 years)

• Name	Herman Ray Phillips
  Anecdote	1888  [1]
  	Herman Ray Phillips was the son of Hanson Sylvester Phillips and Cornelia Jones.
  Birth	14 Aug 1888	Nanticoke, Wicomico Co., Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Census head of household	1930	Salisbury, Wicomico Co., Maryland   [2]
  	Herman Phillips, 30, is head of household #582 at 1014 Division Street. He owns the home and is a general agent in oil. In the household are his mother, Cornelia F. Phillips, 70, and sister, Lillian D. Phillips, 28, stenographer for electric light co.
  Census head of household	1940	Ellendale, Sussex Co., Delaware   [3]
  	Herman Phillips, 50, is head of household #27. He rents the house on Main Street and is an employer for oil company. In the household is his wife, Ida, 33 and daughter Nancy C., 3, DE. Also in the household is his brother-in-law, William M. Scott, 35, who works for Herman as a salesman for Phillips Oil Co.
  Census head of household	1950	Milford, Sussex Co., Delaware   [4]
  	Herman R. Phillips, 58, is head of household #1 on Kings Highway. He is a distributor of petroleum products. In the household are: wife Ida D., 42; daughter Nancy C., 13, DE; and maid Reva E. Wright, 51, Native American, who does house work in a private home.
  Obituary	1965	Wilmington, Delaware   [5]
  	Rehoboth - Herman R. Phillips died yesterday at Beebe Hospital at Lewes. A former resident of Milford, Mr. Phillips lived at Rehoboth Beach for the past seven years. He was President of H. R. Phillips, Inc., distributor of petroleum products. He was a member of Temple Lodge No 170, AF & AM, in Mardela, MD; life member of Chesapeake Chapter No 17, Royal Arch Masons, Salisbury, MD and member of Thomas J. Shyrock Commandery No 11, Salisbury. He also belonged to Boumi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Baltimore and advisory board of the Milford branch of Wilmington Trust Co. Surviving are widow Mrs. Ida Scott Phillips, daughter Mrs. Marshall Wilson Jones, and three sisters: Miss Lillian D. Phillips, Mrs. Elva Adkins and Mrs. Oliver J. Wheatley; and two grandchildren. (paraphrased obituary The Morning News, Wilmington, DE, 6 Apr 1965)
  Death	5 Apr 1965	Lewes, Deleware
  Burial	Manokin Prebyterian Church cemetery, Princes Anne, Somerset Co., Maryland
  	Rehoboth Beach - Herman R. Phillips died yesterday at Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
  Person ID	I124485	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	Ida Evelyn Scott,   b. 31 Oct 1907, Somerset Co., Maryland d. 6 Jun 1997, Lewes, Sussex Co., Deleware (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1934	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [5]
  	Ida and Herman were married at the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. The bride was a graduate of Drexel Institute and an instructor of home economics at a high school in Laurel. The groom worked for Socany Vacuum Oil Company). They were to make their home at Ellendale, Sussex Co., DE. (ed. from wedding announcement in The Morning News)
  Children	1. Nancy Cornelia Phillips,   b. 15 Nov 1936, Milford, Sussex Co., Delaware d. 11 Apr 2022, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co., Delaware (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Herman Phillips, 2n step next to little girl, his daughter, Nancy

  
  

• Notes

  He was the son of Hanson Sylvester Phillips and Cornelia Jones. WWI Draft registration shows his birth as August 14, 1888 Wicomico Co., MD, and that he was single and a farmer near Hebron, MD. WWII Draft registration shows him age 53, born August 14, 1888 Nanticoke and living at Milford, Sussex Co., DE, self-employed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3241] Stell, Judith Marshall, Stell, Judy- The Giant Family Project, 2020 . [S3245] 1930 Census. [S3246] 1940 Census. [S3247] 1950 Census. [S3251] The Morning News, Wilmington, DE.