Re: Henry Beecher Phillips 1875-1963, Lenoir Co, NC
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Re: Henry Beecher Phillips 1875-1963, Lenoir Co, NC
REX PHILLIPS 12/19/11
Thanks Rex.Do you know anything about the supposed father, Charles Phillips?
I just found the following info while browsing around ancestry.com.You may have already known all this but it was news to me.
1880 NC, Lenoir Co, Contentnea Neck Twp census shows John Mozingo, 22, as head of household with Patsey A Mozingo, 40, wife and David Mozingo, 7, and Beecher Mozingo, 5, as sons. Patsey, David, and Beecher also went by the last name Phillips. Patsey was actually Martha Ann Phillips, daughter of Thomas O Phillips and Mariza Phillips.
1900 NC, Lenoir Co, Contentnea Neck Twp census shows John Mozinga, 44, as head of household with son Beacher Philip, 23.
John Mozingo, b.27 May 1857 - d.15 Oct 1915 is buried in the Sam Jones Cemetery. Parents and other family are unknown to me at this time.
The census takers were pretty loosey-goosey with their facts.David and Beecher could have been Mozingo's sons out of wedlock, or they may have been Mozingo's step-sons, or may have had no real relation to Mozingo except for living in his household.I don't know that Patsy ever married Mozingo or anyone else.