JAMES E. PHILLEY, liveryman, Millbrook village, was born April 27, 1852, in the State of New York. He is a son of Silas and Patty (thompson) Philley, who were natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively, and were married in the Empire State; in 1863 they came to Ohio, when Mr. Philley was eleven years of age, and he remained with them six years. In the fall of 1868 he came to Michigan and was in the employ of the G.R. & I.R.R. Co. seven years, in different capacities. In the spring of 1875 he went to Petoskey, Mich., and there opened a saloon, selling out soon after and engaging in lumbering, in which he was occupied five years. He came to Millbrook in the spring of 1881 and commenced the prosecution of his present business to which he has since given his energetic attention.
Mr. Philley was married in Hinton Tp., Oct. 14, 1882, to Sarah, daughter of Levi and Mary Menera, a native of Canada. She came from the Dominion with her parents, and before her marriage was engaged as a teacher. In political faith Mr. Philley is a Republican; in 1882 he was elected Constable, and in 1883 was re-elected to the same office.
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