Elihu Lyman Phillips (February 16, 1800 – January 10, 1884) was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
Elihu Phillips was born in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, in February 1800.
He was raised and educated in that area, and at age 16 went to work in a store of owned by Amos P. Granger in Syracuse, New York.
[1] In 1852, he and his brother moved west to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and settled on farms in the town of Empire.
[5] He did not run for re-election in 1861, and was subsequently appointed provost marshal of the Fond du Lac district under the Enrollment Act, in the midst of the American Civil War.
Among Wisconsin districts, Phillips had an outstanding record at enrolling volunteers and conscripts for the Union Army.
[1] His closest remaining relative at his death was his niece, Susan, a daughter of Lyman Phillips, who was then the wife of Edward Colman.