Stark County, Illinois and its People: A record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, published 1916, p. 205-206.
Bardwell D. Phenix
Bardwell D. Phenix, of Bradford, who has accumulated considerable wealth through hard work, thrift and wise investment, is connected with banking circles of the county as a member of the Phenix Banking Company of Bradford and is also a prominent farmer and breeder of Guernsey cattle. His birth occurred in Penn township, Stark county, on the 27th of March, 1863, and he is a son of Daniel B. Phenix. He passed the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and received his education in the district schools. As soon as old enough he began helping with the farm work and assisted his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in partnership with his cousin, Oscar Phenix, he came to Bradford and established a store here.
After being connected with its management for six years Bardwell D. Phenix sold out his interest therein and in 1895, when the Phenix Banking company of Bradford was formed, he entered the bank as assistant cashier. He also had charge of his father's extensive interests and had the management of the large tracts of land owned by the bank. He and his cousin, Daniel J. Phenix, have since directed the policy of the institution and have been very successful in its management, securing a large and representative patronage. He has large landholdings, owning four hundred and fifty acres in Stark county and having a half interest in the following tracts: two hundred and eighty acres in this county, one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas, seven hundred acres in Iowa, and three thousand acres in Mississippi, Illinois and Minnesota, all of which is rented to good advantage. He is also well known as a breeder of Guernsey cattle and has imported from the Island of Guernsey as the nucleus of his herd a pure blooded bull, Governor of the Bells, and four pure blooded cows. He now has about twenty head of as fine cattle as are to be found in this state. He was also among the first to raise Cornish Indian Game chickens and took a number of premiums on his fowls at fairs in Chicago and Peoria.
Mr. Phenix was married on the 21st of December, 1887, to Miss Anna V. Downing.
In 1913 Mr. Phenix was again married, his second union being with Miss Gale J. Scipt.
Mr. Phenix is a stalwart republican in politics, but has never desired office. His beautiful residence in Bradford is thoroughly modern and is the finest home in the town. His marked success in all that he has undertaken is the direct result of his enterprise and good judgment and all who have come in contact with him acknowledge his ability. He is quiet and unassuming but those who are admitted to his close friendship recognize his many fine qualities and hold him in the highest esteem.
Bardwell D. Phenix
Bardwell D. Phenix, of Bradford, who has accumulated considerable wealth through hard work, thrift and wise investment, is connected with banking circles of the county as a member of the Phenix Banking Company of Bradford and is also a prominent farmer and breeder of Guernsey cattle. His birth occurred in Penn township, Stark county, on the 27th of March, 1863, and he is a son of Daniel B. Phenix. He passed the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and received his education in the district schools. As soon as old enough he began helping with the farm work and assisted his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in partnership with his cousin, Oscar Phenix, he came to Bradford and established a store here.
After being connected with its management for six years Bardwell D. Phenix sold out his interest therein and in 1895, when the Phenix Banking company of Bradford was formed, he entered the bank as assistant cashier. He also had charge of his father's extensive interests and had the management of the large tracts of land owned by the bank. He and his cousin, Daniel J. Phenix, have since directed the policy of the institution and have been very successful in its management, securing a large and representative patronage. He has large landholdings, owning four hundred and fifty acres in Stark county and having a half interest in the following tracts: two hundred and eighty acres in this county, one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas, seven hundred acres in Iowa, and three thousand acres in Mississippi, Illinois and Minnesota, all of which is rented to good advantage. He is also well known as a breeder of Guernsey cattle and has imported from the Island of Guernsey as the nucleus of his herd a pure blooded bull, Governor of the Bells, and four pure blooded cows. He now has about twenty head of as fine cattle as are to be found in this state. He was also among the first to raise Cornish Indian Game chickens and took a number of premiums on his fowls at fairs in Chicago and Peoria.
Mr. Phenix was married on the 21st of December, 1887, to Miss Anna V. Downing.
In 1913 Mr. Phenix was again married, his second union being with Miss Gale J. Scipt.
Mr. Phenix is a stalwart republican in politics, but has never desired office. His beautiful residence in Bradford is thoroughly modern and is the finest home in the town. His marked success in all that he has undertaken is the direct result of his enterprise and good judgment and all who have come in contact with him acknowledge his ability. He is quiet and unassuming but those who are admitted to his close friendship recognize his many fine qualities and hold him in the highest esteem.
Stark County, Illinois and its People: A record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, published 1916, p. 205-206.
Bardwell D. Phenix
Bardwell D. Phenix, of Bradford, who has accumulated considerable wealth through hard work, thrift and wise investment, is connected with banking circles of the county as a member of the Phenix Banking Company of Bradford and is also a prominent farmer and breeder of Guernsey cattle. His birth occurred in Penn township, Stark county, on the 27th of March, 1863, and he is a son of Daniel B. Phenix. He passed the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and received his education in the district schools. As soon as old enough he began helping with the farm work and assisted his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in partnership with his cousin, Oscar Phenix, he came to Bradford and established a store here.
After being connected with its management for six years Bardwell D. Phenix sold out his interest therein and in 1895, when the Phenix Banking company of Bradford was formed, he entered the bank as assistant cashier. He also had charge of his father's extensive interests and had the management of the large tracts of land owned by the bank. He and his cousin, Daniel J. Phenix, have since directed the policy of the institution and have been very successful in its management, securing a large and representative patronage. He has large landholdings, owning four hundred and fifty acres in Stark county and having a half interest in the following tracts: two hundred and eighty acres in this county, one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas, seven hundred acres in Iowa, and three thousand acres in Mississippi, Illinois and Minnesota, all of which is rented to good advantage. He is also well known as a breeder of Guernsey cattle and has imported from the Island of Guernsey as the nucleus of his herd a pure blooded bull, Governor of the Bells, and four pure blooded cows. He now has about twenty head of as fine cattle as are to be found in this state. He was also among the first to raise Cornish Indian Game chickens and took a number of premiums on his fowls at fairs in Chicago and Peoria.
Mr. Phenix was married on the 21st of December, 1887, to Miss Anna V. Downing.
In 1913 Mr. Phenix was again married, his second union being with Miss Gale J. Scipt.
Mr. Phenix is a stalwart republican in politics, but has never desired office. His beautiful residence in Bradford is thoroughly modern and is the finest home in the town. His marked success in all that he has undertaken is the direct result of his enterprise and good judgment and all who have come in contact with him acknowledge his ability. He is quiet and unassuming but those who are admitted to his close friendship recognize his many fine qualities and hold him in the highest esteem.
Bardwell D. Phenix
Bardwell D. Phenix, of Bradford, who has accumulated considerable wealth through hard work, thrift and wise investment, is connected with banking circles of the county as a member of the Phenix Banking Company of Bradford and is also a prominent farmer and breeder of Guernsey cattle. His birth occurred in Penn township, Stark county, on the 27th of March, 1863, and he is a son of Daniel B. Phenix. He passed the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and received his education in the district schools. As soon as old enough he began helping with the farm work and assisted his father until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in partnership with his cousin, Oscar Phenix, he came to Bradford and established a store here.
After being connected with its management for six years Bardwell D. Phenix sold out his interest therein and in 1895, when the Phenix Banking company of Bradford was formed, he entered the bank as assistant cashier. He also had charge of his father's extensive interests and had the management of the large tracts of land owned by the bank. He and his cousin, Daniel J. Phenix, have since directed the policy of the institution and have been very successful in its management, securing a large and representative patronage. He has large landholdings, owning four hundred and fifty acres in Stark county and having a half interest in the following tracts: two hundred and eighty acres in this county, one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas, seven hundred acres in Iowa, and three thousand acres in Mississippi, Illinois and Minnesota, all of which is rented to good advantage. He is also well known as a breeder of Guernsey cattle and has imported from the Island of Guernsey as the nucleus of his herd a pure blooded bull, Governor of the Bells, and four pure blooded cows. He now has about twenty head of as fine cattle as are to be found in this state. He was also among the first to raise Cornish Indian Game chickens and took a number of premiums on his fowls at fairs in Chicago and Peoria.
Mr. Phenix was married on the 21st of December, 1887, to Miss Anna V. Downing.
In 1913 Mr. Phenix was again married, his second union being with Miss Gale J. Scipt.
Mr. Phenix is a stalwart republican in politics, but has never desired office. His beautiful residence in Bradford is thoroughly modern and is the finest home in the town. His marked success in all that he has undertaken is the direct result of his enterprise and good judgment and all who have come in contact with him acknowledge his ability. He is quiet and unassuming but those who are admitted to his close friendship recognize his many fine qualities and hold him in the highest esteem.
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