Last Updated: August 5, 2022

William Riley “Bill Riley” Phillips Family

(2 known wives)

1. Phillips, William Riley “Bill Riley”	Parents: James & Nancy Eleanor “Nantie” (Cox) Phillips 1856 Birth: abt 1856 Carroll Co., VA i1873 Marriage: Wm R. Phillips m. Usley Cox 6-12-1873 Carroll Co., VA. He 18 yo single w/m, b. Carroll Co., VA, s/o James Phillips & Elender. She 23 yo widowed w/f, b. Carroll Co., VA, d/o Sarah Boyd. 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District, H27: …… Phillips, William 24 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write, HOH. ………… Ursula 28 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write. ………… Flournoy 17 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write. (he is actually a Cox, s/o Usely & her 1^st husband Braxton Cox) [cox1] ………… Sarah E. 6 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… Violet L. 4 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… Emmett C. 2 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… Susannah 1/12 daughter, b. April VA, parents b. VA. 1890 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District: …… Wm R. Phillips, 40 yo. ………… Usley 48 yo. ………… Violet L. 14 yo. ………… Crockett S. 6 yo. 1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District 15, H206: …… Phillips, Wm R. 44 yo w/m farmer, b. (no mon) 1856 VA, parents b. VA, m. 24y, cannot read or write, owns farm, HOH. ………… Usley 52 yo wife, b. (no mon) 1848 VA, parents b. VA, m. 24y, 8 children with 4 living, cannot read or write. ………… Crockett S. 15 yo son, b. June 1884 VA, parents b. VA, farm laborer, no school, cannot read or write. 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District 48, H89: …… Phillips, William R. 57 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, m. 37y, cannot read or write, owns farm, HOH. ………… Ersley 65 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, m. 37y, 8 children with 4 living, cannot read or write. I1913 Marriage #2: W.R. Phillips m. Lucy E. Phillips 9-24-1913 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA by Asa Harris, Minister of the P. Baptist Church. He 59 yo widowed w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Jas. & Ellen Phillips. She 35 yo widowed w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Richard & Pop Simpkins. Lucy Ellen Simpkins, d/o Richard & Mary “Pop” (Quesenberry) Simpkins. She was 1^st married to Ambrose Phillips. [simpkins] 1942 Death: 2-21-1942 Court House District, Floyd Co., VA. William Riley Phillips, abt 90 yo, b. unknown 1852 Carroll Co., VA. Spouse: Lucy Ellen Phillips. Father: unknown. Mother: unknown. Informant: L. B. Cox of Willis, VA. COD: apoplexy; hypertension. Burial: Cox Cem. 1942 Burial: Ambrose Cox Memorial Park, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. (src: Find A Grave; photo added by Angie Weast King with this note: Inscription: I am not sure why there is a "40" painted over his birth year, but all of the information that I have found states that he was either born in 1856 or 1857 and the original date on his stone is 1857.)
…+ Phillips, Ursula	Parents: Need to look into this more 1851 Birth: abt 1851 VA. 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband William Riley Phillips. 1913 Death: 3-15-1913 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. Ursley Phillips, 70 yo married w/f, b. (no date) VA. Father: George Quesenberry, b. VA. Mother: Sarah Bonds, b. VA. Informant: Itura Dalton of Copper Valley, VA. COD: pneumonia. Burial: Cox Burial Ground. 1913 Burial: Cox Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA.
…2. Phillips, Sarah E.	Parents: William Riley “Bill Riley” & 1^st wife Ursula (Jennings) Phillips. 1874 Birth: abt 1874 VA. 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.
…2. Phillips, Violet Louise (src: Find A Grave; photo added by Mary Hylton Johnson)	Parents: William Riley “Bill Riley” & 1^st wife Ursula (Jennings) Phillips. 1874 Birth: 1874 Floyd Co., VA. (src: 1900 census) 1876 Birth: 6-3-1876 Floyd Co., VA. (src: tombstone & death record) 1880, 1890 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. i1895 Marriage #1: Violet Louisa Phillips m. Braxton Cox 03-25-1895 at William R. Phillips', Floyd Co., VA by Q.D. Weeks M.G. He 22 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o William & Patsy Cox. She 19 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o William R. & Ursula Phillips. Lawyer Braxton “Brack” Cox, s/o William & Martha A. (Gallimore) Cox. [Cox_Braxton_Nancy] 1938 Death: 4-4-1938 Willis, Indian Valley District, Floyd Co., VA. Violet Louise Cox, 61y 8m 1d, married w/f, b. June 3, 1876 Floyd Co., VA. Spouse: Lawyer B. Cox. Father: William R. Phillips, b. Carroll Co., VA. Mother: Eursley Bond, b. Floyd Co., VA. COD: had organic heart trouble and rheumatism for many years and ended with paralysis. 1938 Burial: Ambrose Cox Memorial Park, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. (src: Find A Grave; photo added by Angi Weast King)
…2. Phillips, Emmett C.	Parents: William Riley “Bill Riley” & 1^st wife Ursula (Jennings) Phillips. 1878 Birth: abt 1878 VA. 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.
…2. Phillips, Susannah	Parents: William Riley “Bill Riley” & 1^st wife Ursula (Jennings) Phillips. 1880 Birth: Apt 1880 VA. 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.
…2. Phillips, Crockett Sherman “Sherman”	Parents: William Riley “Bill Riley” & 1^st wife Ursula (Jennings) Phillips 1884 Birth: 6-3-1884 Floyd Co., VA. 1880, 1890 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. i1901 Marriage #1: Crockett S. Phillips m. Susan E. Phillips 01-27-1901 at J.M. Phillips', Floyd Co., VA by Q. D. Weeks, Minister of the Primitive Baptist Church. He 16 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o W.R. & Uslie Phillips. She 18 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o J.M. & Lucy J. Phillips. Susan Emeline Phillips, d/o 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District 48, H149: …… Phillips, Crocket S. 25 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, M1 10y, owns farm, HOH. ………… Susan E. 28 yo wife, b. VA, M1 10y, 3 children with 2 living. ………… Lucy I. 4 yo daughter, b. VA. ………… Guidy E. 7/12 daughter, b. VA. (Guida) 1951 Death: 4-8-1951. 1951 Burial: Big Sand Cemetery, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. (no photo)
……+ Phillips, Susan Emaline	Parents: John Montague & Lucy Jane Quesenberry) Phillips. [Phillips_WilliamM_Eliza] 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Crockett Sherman “Sherman” Phillips.
……3 Phillips, Lucy Isabelle	Parents: Crockett Sherman “Sherman” & Susan Emaline (Phillips) Phillips. 1905 Birth: 4-29-1905 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. Marriage #1: Charles Noah Valentine Funk. Charles Noah Valentine Funk, 1888-1963 s/o William H. & Lou Emma (CHECK) Funk. 1946 Death: 6-3-1946. 1946 Burial: Big Sand Cemetery, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA.
……3 Phillips, Guida Ethel	Parents: Crockett Sherman “Sherman” & Susan Emaline (Phillips) Phillips. 1909 Birth: 8-29-1909 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. 1910 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents. i1931 Marriage #1: Guida Ethel Phillips m. Warren C. Cox 8-31-1931 Floyd Co., VA by A. N. Hylton, Minister of the Brethren Church. He 39 yo single w/m carpenter, b. Floyd Co., VA & living in Indian Valley, VA, s/o Winfiled Cox & Mary E. Mitchell. She 23 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA & living in Indian Valley, VA, d/o Sherman Phillips & Susan Phillips. Warren Clayton Cox, s/o Winfield Scott & Mary Elizabeth (Mitchell) Cox. [Cox_ArisR_Irenia]
……3. Phillips, Gertrude Vashie “Gertie”	Parents: Crockett Sherman “Sherman” & Susan Emaline (Phillips) Phillips. 1916 Birth: 1916 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. i1933 Marriage #1: Gertie Phillips m. Foster Turman 8-7-1933 Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA by G. P. Harris, Minister of the Prim. Baptist Church. He 21 yo single w/m farming, b. Carroll Co., VA, residence Indian Valley, VA, s/o Mack Turman & Dora Hollandsworth. She 16 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, residence Indian Valley, VA, d/o C. S. Phillips & Susan Phillips. Joseph Foster Turman, 1912-1988, s/o Charles Mack “Mack” & Eliza Aldora “Dora” (Hollandsworth) Turman. [Turman_Joseph_Serenah] 1944 Divorce: granted to husband Joseph Foster Turman from Gertie P. Turman 7-10-1945 Radford, VA. He 32 yo in US Army, residence Ft. Story, VA. She 27 yo, b. Radford, VA. 3 minor children affected. 1952 Marriage #2: Gertrude Vashtie Phillips m. Frank Frederick Wilson 7-12-1952 Roanoke, VA. He 41 yo single w/m painter, b. Bluefield, WVA, residence Boones Mill, VA, s/o Walter William Wilson & Bessie Catherine Linkous. She 35 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, residence Boones Mill, VA, d/o Crockett Sherman Phillips & Susan Emeline Phillips. 1994 Death: 10-26-1994 VA. 1994 Burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, VA. (src: Find A Grave; photo added by Barry Lavinder)

William Riley “Bill Riley” Phillips Family – 2 known wives.