Biography of
Harry O. Philip, M. D.
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HARRY O. PHILP,
M. D.
Among Franklin county’s
able and eminent physicians
Dr.
Harry O. Philp is entitled to
representation as one of the deservedly prominent, possessing a large country
practice and enjoying the confidence of both laity and profession. Beloved as
the kindly friend and doctor of hundreds of families in this part of the state,
it might well have been such as he who inspired the famous couplet of Pope,
“A wise physician, skill ‘d our
wounds to heal,
Is more than armies to the public
weal.”
Dr. Philip [Philp?] was born
in Jefferson county, Illinois, October 1, 1869, the son of James W. and
Augusta (Kinne) Philp. The father was a native of Illinois, and his parents
were among the earliest settlers of Jefferson county, their arrival on the
Illinois plains having occurred when the Redman still looked upon them as
his own hunting ground, his trail being clearly marked across them. The
mother, who was a Hoosier by birth, was reared on a farm in Jefferson
county, Illinois, whence she came as a little girl. James Philp was a farmer
and school teacher and was a Union soldier in the Civil war, being captured
and incarcerated in Andersonville prison. He was a member of Company I of an
Illinois regiment. The founder of the family of Philp in this country was
the subject’s grandfather, Thomas Philp, who was born in England and came to
this country when a young man, locating in Illinois and taking an active
part in the many-sided life of the new community. He was noted as a musician
in his day and locality and furnished tunefulness for many interesting
occasions. He could be practical also and made all the shoes for the neighborhood. The maternal grandfather of him whose name inaugurates this
review was a native of Indiana, in which state he lived and died. Thus the
subject‘s forebears on both sides of the house have been personally
concerned with the growth and development of the middle west.
Doctor Philp
received his
education in the public schools of Jefferson county and worked on a farm
until he attained to the age of
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twenty-one years. In the
meantime he arrived at a decision to enter the medical profession and
accordingly matriculated in the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, from
which he was graduated in 1893. Soon after receiving his degree he located
in Ewing and he has continued in active practice ever since that time. His
practice, which is large, takes him over a wide rural territory. He has been
very successful, financially and professionally, and he owns considerable
property, having an excellent farm and other material interests.
Dr. Philp was happily married
in 1894 to Daisy Neal, daughter of Thor Neal, an extensive farmer and stock
dealer. He resided in Franklin county for a number of years, but now makes
his home in Missouri. They have one child, a son named James, who is a pupil
in the public schools. Dr. and Mrs. Philp belong to the Methodist Episcopal
church, taking an active interest in its good works. He is a member of Ewing
lodge, No. 705, of the Masons, and is identified with the Southern Illinois
and Franklin County Medical Societies, He is Republican in politics and is
inclined to the cause of Prohibition, in whose beneficial influence upon a
community he has great faith.
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