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     Luke Peter Phillips was born on 27 October 1885 (his birth record says 22 October 1885) in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.^3,4,5,2 He was married by B. C. Ruggles, Minister, to Rachel Harper, daughter of Hugh Harper and Catherine Sproule, on 20 August 1937 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California.⁶ He died on 25 September 1965 in Contra Costa Co., California, at age 79.⁵ He was buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, Contra Costa Co., California.⁷
     In 1900, at age 14, Luke Peter Phillips was living as a servant in the home of Albert H. Whitman and his family in West Bloomfield Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸ In 1910 he was working as a farm laborer in the household of George Edward Callow in Pontiac Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan.⁹ At the time he registered for the draft on 12 September 1918, and at the time of the 1920 census, he was working as a farmer in the household of Smith A. Bartlett in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.^3,10
     He moved to California by 1930, when he was working as a hired man doing farm work for Joseph Prewett in Township Eight, Contra Costa Co.¹¹ He and his wife Rachel are listed in the 1940 census on Peere Valley Rd. in Township Nine, Contra Costa Co., California. Living with them was Joseph S. Dax, Rachel's son from her first marriage.¹² On 27 April 1942, when he registered for the World War II draft, Luke was living at 1624 Belvedere Ave. in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California,⁴ and working for the New Berkeley Window Cleaners Co.⁴

     Raymond Lewis Phillips was born on 23 October 1881 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.^1,2,3 He was married by Henry R. E. Quant, Clergyman, to Cora L. Wightman, daughter of Abel A. Wightman and Sarah M. Newell, on 18 June 1907 in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan.³ He died on 30 June 1958 in Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 76 after suffering a heart attack.^5,6 He was buried on 3 July 1958 at Douglas Cemetery (Plot 09W-58-4) in Allegan Co., Michigan.^6,5
     In 1900 Raymond Lewis Phillips was living with Miles Cole and his family in Waterford Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan, and working as a farm laborer.²
     In 1910 he and his wife Cora were living in the rear of a several-family building at 3250 N. Clark Street in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.⁷ In 1920 they were living with two other families at 907 Fletcher St. in Chicago. Living with them were boarder Shanow Derby, age 36, and lodger Carl M. Swanson, age 35.⁸ They moved back to Michigan by April 1930, when they were living in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co. Boarding with them was John H. Hawley, age 40.⁹ In 1940 they were living in Saugatuck Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.¹⁰
     In Chicago he was employed as a milk truck driver in 1910, an express and coal driver for the Ellison Express Co. in 1918, and an auto truck driver in 1920.^7,1,8 After moving back to Michigan, he worked as a farm laborer.^9,10

     Kathleen Bernice Searles was born on 30 October 1901 in Caruthersville, Pemiscot Co., Missouri.^1,2 She married Forbes Kenneth Town, son of Otis Oren Town and Dora Elizabeth Nye, on 8 May 1922 at the Congregational Church in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.^5,6 Kathleen filed for divorce on 4 December 1946 in St. Joseph Co., Indiana, and the divorce was granted on 23 April 1948.⁷ On 17 June 1982 she suffered a broken hip when she fell out of her bed at the Fountainview Place nursing home in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. She was admitted to Osteopathic Hospital in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, and died there from a pulmonary embolism on 25 June 1982 at age 80.^2,1 She was buried on 26 June 1982 at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^2,1
     She lived in the South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, area most of her life.¹ She and her husband Forbes lived in 737 S. 27th St., South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, from 1928 to 1934^8,9, at 927 S. 23rd St. in 1935¹⁰, at 614 Carroll in 1936¹¹, at 778 Lincolnway East in 1937¹², at 935 S. 28th St. from 1938 to 1941^13,14, and at 741 S. 29th St. from 1942 to 1947.¹⁵ Her husband's parents Otis and Dora Town lived with them during at least parts of 1930 and 1935¹⁶, and Otis continued living with them after Dora's death, until his own death in 1937.^11,17 She continued to live at 741 S. 29th St. after her divorce¹⁸, until 1959, when she moved to 419 W. Wayne in South Bend.¹⁹ At the time of her death in 1982 she was living at 628 Western Ave. in South Bend.¹

     Ruth Jane Ringle was born on 1 April 1918 in Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio.^3,6 She married third Forbes Kenneth Town, son of Otis Oren Town and Dora Elizabeth Nye, on 17 April 1964 in St. Joseph Co., Indiana.^3,2 She died on 8 January 1969 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, at age 50.^3,7,6 She was buried on 10 January 1969 at Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery (Row I-5, Grave 5) in Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio.^3,7,8