Philip H. Wilbour
Little Compton (jan 1, 1902 – dec 31, 1904)
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Dates of Service: January 1902-1904
Date of Birth: August 27, 1855
Birth Place: Little Compton
Education: Little Compton Public Schools; Dean Academy
Occupation: Farmer
Other Offices: Commission on Shell Fisheries; State Senate (1911-); Rhode Island's State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner (1917-1929)
Affiliations: He was an active member of the New England Genealogical Society and a cornerstone of the Little Compton Historical Society, serving as its President and acting as its Historian for over 20 years. After two decades of research, he authored the monumental five-volume work Wildbores in America (1941). His massive collection of local data also led to the posthumous publication of the definitive Little Compton Families in 1967.
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