Joseph Medford PHILLIPS^[1]

1888 - 1957  (69 years)

• Name	Joseph Medford PHILLIPS
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	30 Apr 1888	Cheswold, Kent Co, DE   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	5 Jun 1917	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [2]
  	In June 1917, Joe was employed as a guard by the Dupont Powder Company at their Hagley Yard.
  Death	9 Aug 1957	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [1]
  	Joe died at 9:40 pm at Delaware Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Arteriosclerosis was a contributing factor to his death. He was 69 years old.
  Burial	13 Aug 1957	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [1]
  	His body was interred at Lombardy Cemetery.
  Person ID	I28727	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William J. PHILLIPS
  Mother	Molley BARCUS
  Family ID	F5845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(UNKNOWN)
  Marriage	Before 5 Jun 1917  [2]
  	Joe's WWI Draft Registration card states that he was married.
  Family ID	F5897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Augusta GIZEWSKI,   b. 23 Dec 1881, Germany d. 15 Oct 1970, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Between Jan 1920 - Apr 1930  [3, 4, 5]
  	The couple was married some time between April 1920, when Gus was enumerated with the last name of Bowers in the 1920 census, and April 1930, when she and Joe were enumerated as wife and husband in the 1930 census.
  Family ID	F1565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		Joseph Medford Phillips. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Ancestry .com 811 Market Street, Wilmington, DE.
  		1930 US Census / Phillips, Joseph M. Cooch's Bridge Road, New Castle Co, DE.

  
  

• Sources

  [S522] Joseph M. Phillips, Delaware death certificate no. 2529 (1957). [S714] Joseph Medford Phillips. WWI draft registration card. [S573] Emma Burrows, New Castle County, DE will & petition for testamentary no. 43535 (1962).. [S765] 1920 US Census / Kemske, Charles E. [S776] 1930 US Census / Philips, Joseph M.