Ca 1821 Philip married Mary Bigler. Born on 6 May 1805 in Pennsylvania. Mary died in Grove, Davis County, Iowa, on 30 Aug 1857; she was 52. Buried in Bloomfield South Cemetery, Cleveland Township.
1840 Federal Census. Vermillion, Ashland County, Ohio
Roll 434, page 39
Family of Mary Friend
1 male 5-9 [Robert 7]
1 female under 5 [Elizabeth 4]
1 female 5-9 [Rosanna 6]
1 female 10-14 [?]
1 female 30-39 [Mary 35]
1850 Federal Census. Vermillion, Ashland County, Ohio
Roll 658, page 412A
Isaac Ferel, 23, farmer, $1200 real estate, b. PA
Mary Friend, 44, b. PA
Robert Friend, 17, farmer, b. OH
Rosana Friend, 16, b. OH
Elizabeth Friend, 14, b. OH
Isaac and Elizabeth married the following year.