Laura Matilda Phipps
Laura Matilda Phipps (maiden name: Wild) was born on January 23, 1828, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Charles and Mary Wild. Her father was a physician who owned $20,000 of real estate by 1850. She grew up and attended school in Brookline, and she married Joseph H. Phipps on January 1, 1849. They had at least three children: Anna, born around 1850; Emily, born around 1852; and Harriet, born around 1844. They lived in Framingham, Massachusetts, and her husband worked as a Unitarian minister. By 1870, they were living in Kingston, Massachusetts, and they owned $1,800 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property. Her husband killed himself on July 20, 1871, while suffering from “extreme and continued mental depression.”
 
By 1900, she was living in North Andover, Massachusetts, with her brother Walter, her daughter Emily, and two grandchildren. She died of “old age” in North Andover on February 3, 1909.
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(4817)Phipps, Laura Matilda ~ Wild, Laura Matilda1828-01-231909-02-03
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (13361) [recipient] ~ Walter H. Wild to Laura M. Phipps, 12 May 1861
  • (13395) [recipient] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild et al., 12 May 1862
  • (13396) [recipient] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild and Sister, 19 July 1862

People - Records: 10

  • (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda is the [sibling of] (4815) Wild, Edward Augustus
  • (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda is the [sibling of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda is the [aunt/uncle of] (5529) Wild, Elsie
  • (4818) Wood, Susanna Seraphina is the [sibling of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4819) Wild, Mary Joanna is the [parent of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4821) Conklin, Helen Maria is the [sibling-in-law of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4828) Wood, George Augustus is the [sibling-in-law of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4830) Wild, Frances Ellen is the [sibling-in-law of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4831) Cushing, Mary Heath is the [sibling of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda
  • (4833) Cushing, Edward Jarvis is the [sibling-in-law of] (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda

Places - Records: 2

  • (1583) [birth] ~ Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • (2992) [death] ~ North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

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SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Rutland (VT) Daily Herald, 22 July 1871