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Mabel
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Mabel (Bailey) Philp was born on Nov. 12, 1884 in Isabel, Barber County, KS, the daughter of Richard D. and Frances Jeanette (White) Bailey.
When Mabel was five, her mother was tragically killed by a bolt of lightning during a Kansas harvest. Mabel was taken into the home of her aunt, Helen (White) Clark near Laredo, Grundy County, MO.
Mabel had hoped to become a missionary, and attended Missouri Wesleyan College and Scarritt Biblical Institute in Kansas City. When illness struck, she altered her career plans, and became a secretary in the horticultural department of the University of Missouri. She later moved to California, where in 1918 she was a secretary at the University of California at Davis, which had its roots as an insitution for agricultural farming education.
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West Hall at the University of California's campus at Davis |
On Dec. 28, 1918, Mabel married Guy Lockhart Philp (1890-1947). He was born on June 7, 1890 in Federal, PA, the son of George and Alice (Kennedy) Philp. She was six years older than her husband.
They went on to have one son -- Rev. Allan Bailey Philp.
When the federal census was enumerated in 1920, the Philps lived on Cherry Street in Davis, Yolo County, CA. Guy's occupation was listed as "instructor - university farm." That year, young widow Charlotte Reddington and her toddler son John lived under their roof as roomers. The 1930 census shows the Philps and their young son residing on Seventh Street in Davis, with Guy working as a "teahcer - university."
Guy later was promoted to head of the horticulture and agriculture department at UCal-Davis.
On June 23, 1947, Guy died suddenly of a heart attack in Davis. He was just age 57. He was buried in East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento, CA.
Mabel outlived her husband by 11 years. She died on Jan. 18, 1968 in Visalia, Tulare County, CA, at the age of 84.
Son Allan Bailey Philp (1922- ? ) married Margaret "Marian" Sill (1922-2007), the daughter of Harvey and Pearl sill. He became a clergyman, and served as pastor of Presbyterian churches in Bend, OR; Watsonville, CA; Visalia, CA; and, circa 1971, the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. They had two sons -- Mark Philp and David Philp. Reported the Kaweah Commonwealth, they enjoyed traveling, and "were able to explore Hong King, the British Isles, as well as Japan, where they made lifelong friends and developed an enduring interest in Japanese art and culture. Upon retirement in 1990, the couple moved to Three Rivers, where their family designed and built a home in the spirit of the Japanese culture that Marian so loved." They also enjoyed classical music, with Marian performing as a classical pianist with the Tulare County and Sacramento symphony orchestras. She also served for many years as a church pianist and organist. In 2001, they relocated to Quail Park Retirement Home in Visalia, where they had been founding members. Marian passed away at the age of 85 on June 12, 2007.
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