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Phillips, Milton Cushing (1856 - 1916) : Milton C. Phillips Steel Engraved Portrait with Facsimile Signature

C. N. Caspar Company

Circa 1900, sized 6 x 9.5 inches, on heavy plate paper, generally very clean and bright. The author was born at Royalton, Wisconsin, July 25, 1856. In 1872, he entered Oberlin College where he studied science for four years before becoming a station agent on the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul Railroad. After some years as a station agent, he began studying law in the office of Brown & Bump in Waupaca and was admitted to the bar in 1879. That same year, he married Marcia H. Eastman, a college graduate and youngest daughter of a Congregational clergyman. They had five children: Bradford E., Ermine J., Phillip, Lewis, and Miriam H. Phillips began his professional practice in Clintonville. In 1881, he and N. A. Burnham published the first issue of the Clintonville Tribune. Soon afterwards, Phillips sold out to Burnham and in 1884, he and his law partner moved to Oshkosh. When the city of Phillips was destroyed by fire, Mr. Phillips was retained and successfully recovered insurance from about 40 companies that declined payment. When the Sons of Veterans was organized in Wisconsin in 1883, Phillips was appointed Judge Advocate of the 3rd Grand Division. Once settled in Oshkosh, he began organizing the Old Abe Camp, which was chartered on May 17, 1885. At the 1892 Department Encampment in Oshkosh, the Old Abe Camp was in charge of the local program and Phillips was elected Department Senior Vice Commander. The Financial Panic of 1893 devastated the Department's membership, including that of the Old Abe Camp. He re-organized the Oshkosh Sons as Nathan Paine Camp #80 on June 6, 1894. Phillips was also a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow, and a Mason of high standing. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church of Oshkosh. In 1894 and 1896, he was chosen chairman of the Republican Committee of Winnebago County. In 1897, President McKinley appointed him the U. S. District Attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Phillips died August 2, 1916 at age 60 and was buried in Oshkosh Riverside Cemetery.. Print. Book Condition: VG. Binding: No Binding

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