PHILE (PFEIL), Henry Everett ²²⁵

  Allgemeine Notizen:

Henry E. Phile, the subject of this sketch, was born March 14, 1837, in the township of Northfield, Summit Co., Ohio where, at the public schools, he received his education. On arriving at manhood he assisted his father upon the farm until 1862 at which time, with many of his neighbors and friends who rallied around "the flag of their country" when it was threatened by disloyal hands, he enlisted in Company B, Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, in which he served two years and three months, the regiment being stationed most of the time on the Rapidan river, Virginia, where they were doing hard service at the front. Mr. Phile was on detail duty in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. He was not musted out with his regiment, but was discharged in Nashville, Tenn. Returning home, he came to Clay (now Allen) township, and purchased eighty acres of timber land on which he built a small log cabin and lived for some time. In February, 1865, he again enlisted in the army, this time joining the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Infantry. His time of service was short, however, for he was seized with paralysis and was discharged June 9 of the same year at Nashville, and was returned to his father's home at Northfield where he remained until May, 1866. At the expiration of that time he returned to Clay township and added forty acres more to his possessions, making a total of 120 acres.
A weighty problem in life now presented itself. How was he, in feeble health, obliged to go about on crutches, and, physically unable to labor, to accomplish the feat of clearing off his land, supporting his family, and paying a debt of five hundred and fifty dollars? There were only four log cabins in his vicinity, not a road within three miles of his shanty, the land covered with dense forests, and no comforts or conveniences of any description. It was here that the undaunted courage and steadfast purpose of this stout-hearted pioneer and his brave wife came in to play. They cheerfully bore all hardships, hired what help they could procure, worked day and night, and, as a result of twenty-years' labor, have today one of the most highly improved farms in the county on which stands a splendid brick residence, with numerous barns, outhouses, and other improvements which make the place an ornament to the township and a credit to the intelligent management of its owner.
Mr. Phile was married January 7 1860 to Evaline N., daughter of John and Lydia (Spafford) Tyron, the former who was a farmer in Northfield township. Mrs. Phile proved herself the worthy wife of a worthy pioneer, and bore no small part in the prosperity of her husband and the development of the township. She died May 27, 1885, much regretted. To this happy union but one child has come: Alsom E., whose birth took place May 9, 1862, in Northfield township. He attended the public schools in Clay township for some years, and took a three-years' course at Oberlin; he then attended a private school at Port Clinton, conducted by Miss Mothly, from which he was graduated in 1881. He now owns eighty acres of his father's old farm, on which he lives. Alsom Phile was married Novermber 18, 1884 to Emma, daughter of Reuben M. and Lucy M. (Ensign) Babcock, the former an agriculturist and manufacturer of charcoal who lives in Allen township. They have one son, Alsom E., born December 21, 1891, and one daughter, Eva J., born December 20, 1886. Our subject belongs to the G.A.R., and is a member of the American Protective Association. In politics he is a Republican, and with his family he attends the Baptist Church.

Henry heiratete Evaline N. TRYON, Tochter von John TRYON und Lydia SPAFFORD, am 7. Jan. 1860 in Summit Co., OH.²²⁵ (Evaline N. TRYON wurde geboren im Jahr 1841 in OH und starb am 27. Mai 1885 in Northfield Twp., Summit Co., OH.)