Phillips, Ebon

1899 - 1995  (96 years)    Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Phillips, Ebon
  Born	26 Jul 1899
  Gender	Male
  Family History Researcher	Ella Emilie Wilhelmine Kalwitz. She was born on 30 Oct 1903, in Rt. #3 Calumet County, Wisconsin. Residence 1920 in Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsi. She married Ebon Lyman Phillips on 18 Sep 1923, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malone, Calumet County. She died on 18 Aug 1975, in Brothertown, Wisconsin. Notes for Ella Emilie Wilhelmine Kalwitz: According to her confirmation notice, Ella Kalwitz was confirmed in 1919 at the age of 16 years of age in St. Paul's Church. When she was in high school, Ella played basketball on the first Chilton High School Girls Basketball Team. She was a teacher when she married. She taught in Malone (Calumet County) and in a school one mile north of Brothertown (The "North" School.) Historically, women dominated the pedagogical processes. Women were the educators in the one-room school house. Contracts were drawn for these women in which they agreed to several stipulations for a monthly salary of $75. In Wisconsin, a typical teacher's contract for the school year of 1922 was as follows: Miss ___ agrees: * Not to get married. This contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher marries. * Not to keep company with men. * To be home between the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless in attendance at a school function. * Not to loiter downtown in icecream parlors. * Not to leave town at any time without the permission of the chairman of the Trustees. * Not to smoke cigarettes. * Not to drink beer, wine, or whiskey. * Not to ride in a carriage or automobile with any man except her brother or father. * Not to dress in bright colors. Ella had always wanted to become a nurse and in 1959, she attained her nursing degree and worked at Calumet Memorial Hospital as a nurse. Article on Ella's Golden Anniversary Celebration: Fond Du Lac Reporter, Tuesday, September 25, 1973 "Mr. and Mrs. Ebon L. Phillips of Brothertown, Wisconsin celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a dinner dance and social Sunday at Schneider's Kloten Oasis. The former Ella Kalwitz and Ebon Phillips were married September 18, 1923 at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Malone, the Rev. Hoeppner officiating. Mr. Phillips served in the U.S. Navy in WW 1 and since his marriage has been engaged in farming. Mrs. Phillips taught school in Calumet County for several years. In 1959 she graduated from Moraine Park Technical Institute and was employed at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton for 12 years. The couple has three children, Mrs. James Koertgen of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Mrs. Vernon Damer of Peru, Illinois, and George of Drummond. They also have 10 grandchildren. Ebon Lyman Phillips is the son of George Phillips & Flora Florence Waffle Phillips. He was born at 5:45 A.M on 26 Jul 1899, in Brothertown, Wisconsin Calumet County. He died at the age of 96 following a two-year illness on 12 Dec 1995, in Peru, Illinois and was buried in Chilton, Wisconsin. Notes for Ebon Lyman Phillips: At the age of 17, Phillips helped drive cattle from Brothertown to Malone. That year he moved out west and worked there on a ranch. When the war broke out, he tried to enlist in the Navy but was sent back to work on the ranch harvesting grain. Finally on Dec. 17, 1917, he enlisted in the Navy at Seattle, Washington, where he served as a gunner on the USS South Dakota and the USS Des Moines. At the end of the war, he served on a overt mission in Russia, known as the Polar Bear Mission. He was a member of World War I Barracks of Calumet County, American Legion Post No. 125 of Chilton, Calumet County Veterans of Siberia, the Polar Bears of Detroid, Chilton Senior Citizens, and AARP. He served a treasurer of Consolidated School No. 1 of Brothertown for 20 years and was building inspector for the Town of Brothertown until 1973. He farmed in Brothertown.
  Died	12 Dec 1995
  Person ID	I187121	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	Kalwitz, Ella,   b. 3 Oct 1903, Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1975, Brothertown, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	7 May 2014
  Family ID	F62718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart