The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Clay Township, page 557
Jonathan F. Phillips, the eldest son of Samuel and Rachel (Newman) Phillips, resides on the southeast quarter of section 5, Clay Township. His farm contains 128 acres of valuable land, located on sections 4 and 5. He was born in Clay Township, April 16, 1840. He remained with his parents till July, 1863, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventeenth-Indiana Infantry for six months. He was discharged after a service of seven months, and in February, 1865, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana and served till the close of the war. He was married March 23, 1868, to Makina Couch, a native of North Carolina. They have a family of five children--Alma, Lora, Aldus, Amanda and Olney.