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DRT chapter holds ceremony honoring early descendant, family

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Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Joshua D. Brown Chapter of Kerrville held a medallion ceremony November 4, honoring Joseph Vincent Phillip and Barbara Schweizer Phillip. The ceremony was held at the Kreutzberg Cemetery in Boerne, Texas.

Joseph Vincent Phillip was born in Pilsen, Bohmen (Bohemia) on July 10, 1810, and became a carpenter. He served in the military for some time. Joseph then settled in Alsace Lorraine, France, where he met Barbara Schweizer and married her in 1839. Barbara was born September 17, 1817, in Alsace Lorraine.

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