Philbrick-Philbrook Family Association Newsletter


The Philbrick & Philbrook
Family Association Newsletter

MARCH, 2000 Volume #2, Issue #3

Robert Philbrook, Editor
829 Arroyo Vista Rd.
Palm Springs, CA 92264

Director: Robert Philbrook

Historian: Michael Philbrook

Internet Communications Coordinator:
Jack Ralph

Webmaster: John Philbrook



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Philbrick & Philbrook Gravestones:


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Descendants of John Tyler Philbrook:

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN TYLER8 PHILBROOK (JOB7, JOB6, JOB5, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2 PHILBRICK, THOMAS1)1,2 was born September 21, 1831 in Islesboro, Maine3,4, and died July 30, 1857 5.

More About JOHN TYLER PHILBROOK:
Buried At: Oak Hill Cem., Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine 5
Jacob Chapman's Book: Gen. #8; Descendant: #99-I.
Occupation: 1850, Farmer 6

Child of JOHN TYLER PHILBROOK is:
2. i. JOHN9 PHILBROOK, b. November 15, 1852; d. November 07, 1922.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN9 PHILBROOK (JOHN TYLER8, JOB7, JOB6, JOB5, JONATHAN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2 PHILBRICK, THOMAS1) was born November 15, 1852 7, and died November 07, 1922 7. He married LUCY A. WENTWORTH8,9 April 25, 1874 in Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine10. She was born October 16, 1857 11, and died July 01, 1909 11.

More About JOHN PHILBROOK:
Buried At: Oak Hill Cem., Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine

More About LUCY A. WENTWORTH:
Buried At: Oak Hill Cem., Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine

Children of JOHN PHILBROOK and LUCY WENTWORTH are:
i. GEORGE10 PHILBROOK 12, b. Abt. 187612; d. Aft. 1880 12.
ii. ROSE PHILBROOK 13, b. 1883 14; d. July 12, 1887 14.

More About ROSE PHILBROOK:
Buried At: Oak Hill Cem., Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine 15

iii. MAURICE PHILBROOK 15, b. May 1886 16; d. June 05, 1886 16.

More About MAURICE PHILBROOK:
Buried At: Oak Hill Cem., Winterport, Waldo Co., Maine 17.


Endnotes:
1. 1850 Census - Waldo Co., Maine, "John T. Philbrook."
2. John Pendleton Farrow, History of Islesborough (Maine), (Published
1893), pg. 267, "John Tyler Philbrook."
3. 1850 Census - Waldo Co., Maine, Age "18", "M", Born in "Maine".
4. John Pendleton Farrow, History of Islesborough (Maine), (Published
1893), "Sept. 21, 1831", "Islesborough".
5. Michael Philbroook (Photographer), Gravestone of John Tyler Philbrook
(1831-1857).
6. 1850 Census - Waldo Co., Maine, "Farmer."
7. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family.
8. Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio.
9. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family, "Lucy."
10. Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio.
11. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family.
12. Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio.
13. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family.
14. Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio.
15. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family.
16. Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio.
17. Michael Philbrook (Photographer), Gravestones of John Philbrook
(1852-1922) & Family.

(Photo courtesy of Michael Philbrook of Bucyrus, OH)



 

Historical Documents and Artifacts:


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The Primary Union Speaker was published in 1868 and written by John D. Philbrick, who, at the time, was Superintendent of the Public Schools of Boston, and author of The American Union Speaker. The book is a collection of writings from various authors on several topics, including many that dealt with patriotism and the Civil War.

The Preface states, "Children from six to twelve years of age ought to be accustomed, both at home and at school, to commit to memory some good pieces, and adapted to their capacity, and to recite or speak them with the proper action and expression.

For this purpose both poetry and prose should be used, but poetry chiefly, poetry that is poetry to childhood, and so gets the entry of the child's heart, poetry that is full of sensible images, rural pictures, and tender and heroic sentiments, and not what is formal, over-refined, and sublimated, and hence to the little folks not poetry, but mere sounding emptiness.

Pieces of the right sort children will easily learn so as to repeat them by heart, and not by mere rote; and they will soon speak them well too, if properly encouraged, and not hampered by rules or intimidated by fault-finding. A little skillful management, by the teacher or parent, in reading talking about pieces, will make the better sort of children feel it to be a privilege 'to get pieces and say them.' And how much good education they may get in this way!

The object of this little Speaker is to furnish a choice collection of pieces suitable for the purposes above named. Some of the pieces are wholly new, being now for the first time published; some of them, though not quite new, are not well known; and others are old favorites, well known and much valued. It is believed that these pieces, which have been selected and prepared with much willing care, will be found both pleasing and useful; that they will be the means of quickening the moral sense, and of promoting the love of the good, the true and the beautiful."



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MAINE 1850 CENSUS: KENNEBEC CO.

Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | BirthPlace

 

Albion Gore

Joshua Philbrook, 27, M, Farmer, Maine
Celia Philbrook, 53, F, Maine
Ann Philbrook, 22, F, Maine
Henry M. Philbrook, 20, M, Joiner, Maine

Augusta

John L. Philbrick, 49, M, Farmer, Maine
Susan Philbrick, 45, F, New Hampshire
Caroline Philbrick, 14, F, Maine
Charles Philbrick, 10, M, Maine
Frederic Philbrick, 4, M, Maine
John Philbrick, 3 mos., M, Maine
Alden Philbrook, 30, M, Trader, Maine
Mary W. Philbrook, 33, F, Maine
George A. Philbrook, 2, M, Maine
John Philbrook, 37, M, Blacksmith, Maine
Susan M. Philbrook, 34, F, Maine
George H. Philbrook, 11, M, Maine
John A. Philbrook, 9, M, Maine
Mary C. Philbrook, 6, F, Maine
Lizzie B. Philbrook, 4, F, Maine
Calvin Hathaway, 21, M, Blacksmith, Maine
Elbridge Getchell, 23, M, Blacksmith, Maine
Harriet H. Philbrook, 20, F, Maine
Anne E. Philbrook, 19, F, Maine
Sarah H. Philbrook, 19, F, Maine
Emma A. Philbrook, 10, F, Maine
(Living with the Aborn Family)
Walter W. Philbrick, 50, M, Farmer, Maine
Martha Philbrick, 30, F, Maine
George W. Philbrick, 22, M, Farmer, Maine
James Philbrick, 16, M, Farmer, Maine
Francis Philbrick, 15, M, Maine
Elvira Hanscom, 16, F, Maine
Julia Hanscom, 16, F, Maine
Caroline Hanscom, 18, F, Maine
Austin Worcester, 23, M, Maine
William Philbrick, 31, M, Laborer, Maine (Living with the Wade Family)
William Philbrook, 20, M, Farmer, Maine
Betsey J. Philbrook, ?, F, Boarding House, ?

China

James Jones, 60, M, Maine
Hannah Jones, 67, F, Maine
Josiah Philbrook, 28, M, Shoemaker, Maine
Hannah L. Philbrook, 27, F, Maine
Gustavus Austin, 11, M, Maine
Beula R. Philbrook, 2, F, Maine
George C. Philbrook, 11 mos., M, Maine
James J. Jones, 25, M, Mechanic, Maine

Gardiner

Abby Philbrook, 17, F, Maine
(Living with the Bodfish Family)

Hallowell

Johnson Filbrick, 30, M, Farmer, Maine
Ellen C. Filbrick, 25, F, Maine
Louisa C. Filbrick, 5, F, Maine
Sarah N. Filbrick, 2, F, Maine
Anna F. Filbrick, 11 mo., F, Maine
Albert Randall, 16, M, Farmer, Maine
Horace Baker, 30, M, Maine
Rufus C. White, 24, M, Maine

Oliver P. Philbrick, 24, M, Maine
Marietta Philbrick, 18, F, Maine
Lucy E. Mason, 12, F, Maine
Fernand F. Mason, 9, M, Maine
Anna Mason, 48, F, Maine

Nancy Filbrick, 51, F, Maine
John Flye, 24, M, Blacksmith, Maine
Rachel G. Flye, 14, F, Maine
John Flye, 2 mo., M, Maine

Mt. Vernon

Benjamin Philbrick, 41, M, Farmer
Nancy Philbrick, 36, F
Albion Philbrick, 12, M
F.B. Philbrick, 9, M
Milton Philbrick, 8, M
Hartwell Philbrick, 6, M
George Philbrick, 4, M
N.J. Philbrick, 1, M
Mary Sanborn, 30, F
James Clark, 67-47, M, Laborer

Moses C. Philbrick, 37, M, Farmer, Maine
Rosanna Philbrick, 33, F, Maine
Emma A. Philbrick, 4, F, Maine
David Philbrick, 68, M, Farmer, Maine
Nancy Philbrick, 67, F, Maine
Arvilla Bean, 14, F, Maine

Nathan Philbrick, 74, M, Farmer
Mary J. Philbrick, 32, F
Benjamin Wells, 18, M, Farmer

Benjamin Philbrick, 36, M, Farmer, Maine
Abigail Philbrick, 35, F, Maine
Abby L. Philbrick, 9, F, Maine
Hannah A. Philbrick, 7, F, Maine
Julia A. Philbrick, 5, F, Maine
Dudley J. Philbrick, 7 mo., M, Maine
Hannah ___, 86, F, New Hampshire
Benjamin Philbrick, 58, M, Laborer, Maine
Hannah Philbrick, 58, F, Maine
Hannah G. Patten, 37, F, Maine
Mary C.F. Patten, 6 mo., F, Maine

John Philbrick, 40, M, Farmer, Maine
Emily Philbrick, 32, F, Maine
Harriet E. Philbrick, 9, F, Maine
Mary S. Philbrick, 3, F, Maine
Dudley A. Philbrick, 2, M, Maine
Ada Philbrick, 1, F, Maine
Hannah E. Richards, 24, F, Maine

Perly Philbrick, 22, M, Farmer, Maine
Jane A. Philbrick, 18, F, Maine

Pittston

Oliva S. Philbrick, 48, M, Farmer, Maine
Mary Philbrick, 44, F, Maine
Ann I. Philbrick, 20, F, Maine
David T. Philbrick, 17, M, Farmer, Maine
Hannah E. Philbrick, 13, M, Maine
Harrison Edgecomb, 34, M, Carpenter, Maine

Levi G. Philbrick, 35, M, Mariner, Maine
Clara Philbrick, 24, F, Maine
Levi W. Philbrick, 3, M, Maine
Clara R. Philbrick, 1, F, Maine

Readfield

Caroline Philbrick, 22, F, Maine (Living with the Titcomb Family)

Rome

Susan Philbrick, 40, F, Maine
Nancy Gallerby, 75, F, Pauper, Maine
(Living with the Hammond Family)

Joseph Philbrick, 60, M, Farmer, Maine
Joanna Philbrick, 64, F, New Hampshire
James Philbrick, 33, M, Carpenter, Maine
Jonathan Q. Philbrick, 31, M, Farmer, Maine
Frances T. Philbrick, 29, M, Farmer, Maine
Mary A. Philbrick, 28, F, Maine
Joanna Philbrick, 26, F, Maine
Betsey Philbrick, 23, F, Maine
Hannah Philbrick, 19, F, Maine
Mary Philbrick, 34, F, Maine
Winefield Philbrick, 5, M, Maine
Marietta Philbrick, 3, F, Maine
Frank Philbrick, 1 mo., M, Maine

Benjamin Philbrick
Hannah Philbrick
Salome Philbrick
Charles H. Philbrick
Maurice S. Philbrick
Sally Meader (No other info on this family)

Oliver P. Philbrick, 24, M, Maine
Marietta Philbrick, 18, F, Maine
Lucy E. Mason, 12, F, Maine
Herman Mason, 7, M, Maine
Anna Mason, 48, F, Maine

Sidney

John R. Philbrick, 34, M, Farmer, Maine
Almeda Philbrick, 30, F, Maine
Charles G. Philbrick, 8, M, Maine
Darwin L. Philbrick, 6, M, Maine
Georgianna Philbrick, 4, F, Maine
Hellena Philbrick, 2, F, Maine

Waterville

John R. Philbric, 61, M, N.H.
Julia M. Philbric, 26, F, Maine
Hannah T. Philbric, 18, F, Maine

John M. Philbric, 29, M, Engineer, Maine
Julia M. Philbric, 26, F, Maine
Elizabeth B. Philbric, 6, F, Maine
Samuel Philbric, 4, Maine
Ben F. Philbric, 2, Maine

Edwin Tibbetts, 42, M, Fish Monger, Maine
Jane C. Tibbetts, 30, F, Maine
Hanah Philbrick, 64, F, N.H.

Winthrop

Betsey Philbrook, 74, F, Mass.
Elizabeth Sewell, 72, F, Mass.
Ann Eliza Stanley, 20, F, Maine
(Living with the Goodale Family)

Samuel N. Williams, 24, M, Tanner & Currier, Maine
Hannah Philbrick, 17, F, Maine
George Kenniston, 20, M, Tanner, Maine
Henry F. Perkins, 28, M, Currier, Maine
Edward Balten, 14, M, Maine

This 1850 Maine Census information is courtesy of
Michael Philbrook, Bucyrus, Ohio



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In Search Of..  

Charles H. Philbrick (1837-1885)

Ruth Cole, of Hull, Illinois submitted the following information on Charles H. Philbrick, who was son of Jabez D. Philbrick. The following is an excerpt of a brief biography of Charles in the book, Copperheads, Black Republicans and Bushwhackers (pages 121-123) by Walter S. Waggoners:

Charles Philbrook was an assistant to Lincoln"Also in September of 1864, Charles H. Philbrick of Griggsville was appointed to assist Hay and Nicolay in secretarial duties at the Lincoln White House. Philbrick had taken over the former job of Nicolay in Springfield as assistant to O.M. Hatch. Lincoln now had three secretaries with Pike County backgrounds working for him in the Executive Mansion -- Philbrick, Nicolay and Hay.

Charles H. Philbrick was the son of Col. J. D. Philbrick. "Charley," as he was known to his many friends, grew up in Griggsville. In 1851 he enrolled in the west end district school in Jacksonville. The school was run by Newton Bateman. There Charley prepared for entry into the school which Lincoln once considered attending -- Illinois College of Jacksonville. Philbrick entered Illinois College in 1854 and graduated with highest honors in 1858.

During his college days Philbrick demonstrated a remarkable gift for oratory. He was remembered by Jacksonville citizens primarily for two things. On the death of his classmate, Benjamin Brown of Pittsfield who died before graduation, Charley delivered a beautiful tribute that was remembered long after by the citizens of Jacksonville. Philbrick was also remembered for his position in a college debate delivered in 1857. The topic was "Resolved, That the states have the right to secede," and Philbrick took the affirmative position because of his upbringing in Federalist and republican principles. His Master's oration was remembered as "the finest one ever delivered in that city." That was a glowing tribute to Philbrick as William Jennings Bryan also attended Illinois College in Jacksonville, and many feel that Bryan was the greatest orator of U.S. history.

Upon graduation from college Philbrick went immediately to work in Springfield in the employ of Secretary of State O.M. Hatch. He worked with Hatch as Nicolay had done earlier, and was Hatch's employee for six years before being summoned to Washington to work in the White House. In 1864 Charles Philbrick became assistant private secretary to President Lincoln. Officially, he was second-class clerk in the Department of Interior and assigned to help Nicolay and Hay. By November Philbrick was installed in the White House and working alongside Hay and Nicolay. He wrote a letter of November to Josiah Strong, the Postmaster of Jacksonville, describing his reaction to the elections of that November. He rejoiced in the victories of Lincoln, Oglesby and Republican legislators but shared disappointment with Strong in the defeat of Ayers, Fullerton and Mattheson.

Just ten days before the assassination of President Lincoln, Philbrick wrote another letter to O. M. Hatch. He expressed an interest in getting back to Illinois some time that summer. He wrote that both Nicolay and Hay were leaving for Europe the end of May and expressed concern as to whom would replace Nicolay. He thought that Mrs. Lincoln would try and replace him with her favorite, a newspaperman by the name of Brooks, but he did not know (what the) president's reaction would be. Richmond had fallen by this time and Philbrick reported that Mrs. Lincoln would be going down again to Richmond to see the president who was there. Philbrick also wrote that fellow Griggsville citizen Reuben B. Hatch had been in Washington. He thought that Hatch had been examined, and he believed that Hatch had not received the highest commendation. However, he thought that R.B. Hatch would be confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, a position to which he was appointed on March 24, 1864.

According to his obituary twenty-five years later, Philbrick returned to Griggsville after the president was assassinated. Others have maintained that he was visiting his sick mother in Griggsville when the president was martyred and did not bother to return to Washington after the assassination. It is widely believed that Philbrick was an alcoholic and the performance of duties in the White House were affected by his alcoholism. It continued to be a problem for the rest of his life.

At any rate, Philbrick returned to Griggsville despite the contacts with people in positions who should have been able to help him further his career in other places. Congressman Shelby M. Cullom wrote an open letter of recommendation for Philbrick in May of 1865 and touched upon his personal strengths: "I regard him as a young man of much more than ordinary capacity, he is earnest, honest, loyal, faithful and capable __ He has rendered very valuable service to the country in the political campaigns through which we passed in the last four years and our friends in this section of the state (Springfield) will be gratified if he can receve (sic) some honorable and lucrative position"

Charles Philbrick lived out the rest of his short life in Griggsville and in relative anonymity. To this day, he remains the forgotten Lincoln secretary. Despite the recommendation of Cullom, Philbrick returned to Griggsville and Pike County. There he continued to live the rest of his life, except for two years when he was employed by the Vandiver Corn Planter Company. He served as Justice of the Peace in Griggsville, a position which he held at the time of his death. Charles did not marry and lived with his parents. He was only fifty years old when he died at home in his bed. The Pike County Democrat of October 22, 1885 wrote that he died with no apparent sign of struggle. It was an interesting comment to make for someone who died a natural death. Philbrick's obituary appeared in the following week's issue of the paper and indicated that he had retired, "in his usual health the previous evening, and passed away peacefully before the morning." The obituary hinted at personal problems, writing that "his life was not one of perpetual sunshine, but was o'ercast with shadows." This may have been an indirect reference to Philbrick's problems with the bottle. Whatever his personal problems may have been, Charles H. Philbrick was genuinely liked and was a very popular individual in and around Griggsville. "A better hearted and more genial friend and companion never lived than 'Charley' Philbrick and his many virtues will long be cherished in memory of friends."

If anyone has any additional information on Charles Philbrick's life or his activities with the White House and President Lincoln, please let us know. Just send e-mail to: Robert Philbrook, Editor.


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