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The Phifer Family
The ancestor of this large family, Martin Phifer, or (Pfifer), was a native of Switzerland and emigrated to America; went first to Pennsylvania, and afterwards came to North Carolina with the current of German, Irish and Scotch, and settled in the then Mecklenburg County. He was much respected for his industry, frugality, and sound sense. He was elected in 1777 a member of the Legislature from Mecklenburg, with Waightstill Avery as a colleague in the Commons, and John McKnitt Alexander in the Senate. He married Margaret Blackwelder. He died in 1789, leaving three sons.
The services of John Phifer, son of Martin and Margaret Blackwelder, in the war of the Revolution, and in the Councils of the State, deserve a perpetual remembrance; as also those of General John Phifer, (son of Martin and Betsy Locke). He was a useful man, of decision of character, patriotic and enterprising. He often represented Cabarrus in the Legislature from 1803 to 1815, and weilded great influence in public afairs. He was an educated man; graduated at the University in 1799, and died on the 18th October, 1845, near Concord. Source: John H. Wheeler, Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians (Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Print. Works, 1884), 96-97.
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