Tioga County PA Pioneers
Captain John Phenix
Obituary
Died at his residence in Gaines township, Tioga county Penn on the 24th of August, 1839, Capt. John Phenix, in the 67th year of his life.
Mr. Phenix was one of the first settlers on Pine Creek; built the first saw-mill and made the first board that was manufactured on that now great lumbering stream. He was a good citizen, led a quiet and peaceable life with his neighbors; was a kind and affectionate father, gained a comfortable living for himself and family by the sweat of his brow, and his roof was ever a shelter and his table spread for the weary traveler. His spirit left the body within a few feet from the very spot where he built the first cabin. He left a good evidence to his dear children and other friends, that God for Christ sake had pardoned his sins a short time before he left this world.
His memory will long be retained in the minds of all that were acquainted with him. His funeral was attended on the 26th ult., where a large number of the citizens of that place assembled to pay their last respects to their good old friend. --Taken From the Tioga Eagle (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania), September 11 1839 (Transcribed by Nancy Piper)
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