Phillip was a well to do landowner and iron producer in Fayette Co Pa.He and his brother Joseph and father David were also owners of Inn,and Stores in the Haydentown, Fayette Co Pa area.They owned several thousand acres of timberland which they logged to make Charcoal for the manufacturing of iron.It was stated that Phillip was a very stout man 5'10 weighing 250 lbs and could lift 2 - 500lb anvils one with each arm through the hole in the anvils.