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Isaiah Phipps

Isaiah Phipps is a practical farmer, one who believes that it is beneficial to have all his farming operations conducted in a manner so thorough as to not slight one department of labor in order to bestow more work on some other portion. He was born in Perry County, Louisiana, December 9, 1820, to John Phipps, who was born, reared and married in Georgia, the last event being to Miss Mary Ann Crenshaw, a Georgian also. They immigrated to Alabama after their marriage, where the father was an active and fairly successful tiller of the soil until his death, which took place about 1842. He was a soldier in the Creek War, and was afterward captain of a company of militia. His widow survived him until 1880, when she passed from life in this State.

Isaiah Phipps grew to manhood in Alabama, marrying there, at the age of nineteen years, Miss Mary Veazey, an Alabamian by birth, and in that State they continued to reside and farm for a number of years, removing to Louisiana in the fall of 1853 and locating in this parish on a farm. He purchased a tine plantation, and with the aid of a number of slaves which he possessed he opened the greater portion of this large plantation.

Although he lost his slaves during the war he has been successful, and is now the owner of 1,600 acres of land, all in one body, about 800 of which is open land. He raises from fifty to ninety bales of cotton annually, but the most of his cultivated land he rents out. In 1862 he enlisted in Col. McNeil's regiment, and served until the war was over, being a participant in several important engagements in Louisiana and Arkansas, returning at the close of the war to his home.

He has always supported the measures of Democracy, and has taken an active part in the political campaigns of his parish. In 1875 his wife died, leaving a family of ten children, all of whom are now living with the exception of two. In 1878 Mr. Phipps wedded Mrs. Margaret Oakes, an Alabamian. She has three children, who are now grown, by her former husband. Mr. Phipps and his wife are members of the Baptist, Church, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890