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Westbury House, Westbury, L.I., have announced the engagement of their only daughter, Miss Peggie Phipps, to J. Gordon Douglas Jr., son of J. Gordon Douglas of this city and Mrs. Grafton Winthrop Minot of New York and Newport,
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Lakeville section of Great Neck, L.I., at the age of 90. On Saturday he would have been 91 years old. Mr. Phipps had retired
611:"GLADYS MILLS WEDS HENRY C. PHIPPS Special Train Carries New York Guests to Staatsburg for Brilliant Ceremony GIFTS VALUED AT $ 2,000,000 Bride's Father-in-Law Presents Her with House in East 85th Street — Viilagers Entertained"
639:"MISS PRICE BRIDE OF HOWARD PHIPPS | Ceremony at Her Parents' Park Avenue Home Performed by Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland. | NO BRIDAL ATTENDANTS | Marriage Unites Prominent Families—Mr. Phipps Is Son of Late Noted Philanthropist"
988:(Parnassus, Level Lea); in Palm Beach, Fla. Son of Andrew Carnegie's partner Henry Phipps, and uncle of Pologician Winston Guest, John Phipps was a director of U.S. Steel Corp., W. R. Grace & Co., the Hanover Bank.
907:"Miss Peggie Phipps Engaged To Marry. Her Betrothal To J. Gordon Douglas Jr. Is Announced By Her Parents. Members Of Old Families. She Is A Granddaughter Of The Late M. P. Grace and Of Henry Phipps, Carnegie's Partner"
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306:Phipps purchased an old 160-acre (0.65 km)
396:(1906–2006), who married J. Gordon Douglas, Jr.
823:"John H.H. Phipps, 77, Active Conservationist"
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749:"John Cochran Weds Miss Susan Phipps"
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