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.