The grave stone of Azariah and Ann Phillips,
Massillon City Cemetery in Massillon, Ohio
Azariah Phillips was born in southern Wales about the 26th of February in 1832. He was probably a coal miner in Wales because when he arrived in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania in 1853, he worked with other Welsh immigrants, mining iron ore. These miners sang while they walked to and from work and most of them lived in small homes close to their workplace.
When Azariah was 24, he signed his Declaration of Intent and Naturalization papers in Columbia, Pennsylvania, near Danville. Then a year later he married Ann Davis, of Danville, whose parents were both born in Wales. Their first child, John J. Phillips,was born in December 1858 in Danville.
By 1861, Azariah and Ann had another son, James A. Phillips, who was born in Barnesville, Schuykill, PA, another mining town. Next, the Welsh folks moved to North Springfield, Summit, Ohio. But this time, Azariah is listed in the census of 1870 as a Baptist minister, at age 38. Even though Azariah changed his occupation, he moved on to the next mining town in Trumbull County, OH with his friends and family. It was here that Azariah had his best success as a minister in a small town called Churchill. He was one of the best known ministers of Trumbull County and he was happy here.
His family had grown to four sons and two daughters: John, James, William, Clyde, Hannah, and Leah.
Some time around 1890 his Welsh friends and family needed to move on to Stark County near Massillon, and it was here that Azariah died and was buried in the Massillon City Cemetery.
Rev. Azariah S. Phillips
Born: 26 Feb 1832 , , Wales
Married: abt. 1857 to Ann Davis
Died: 2 Aug 1891 Massillon, Stark, Ohio
Sources: Census: 1860; 1870; 1880. Declaration of Intent; Naturalization papers; Tax list of 1861; Find a Grave memorial
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