Tenth Generation9830. Donald Ward PHILBRICK2811,2812 was born on 16 March 1896 in Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine.2811 He served in the military during World War I between 1917 and 1919 in France.2813 Aptd: 2nd Lt Inf Aug. 15/17 fr CL. 1st Lt Corps of Interpreters May 1/19. Org: 167 Inf to disch. Overseas: Nov 3/17 to July 13/19. Hon disch for conv of Govt: July 31, 1919. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.2814 Donald was listed in Who's Who In America between 1974 and 1984.119 [The 38th through 43rd editions]. He died on 1 September 1984 at the age of 88 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.2060 Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. From Maine Biographies by Harriet B. Coe, 1928 [see source cititation]: "DONALD WARD PHILBRICK Among the younger members of the legal profession in Portland is Donald Ward Philbrick, who is a partner in the well-known legal firm of Verrill, Hale, Booth, & Ives, with offices located at No, 57 Exchange Street, Portland. Mr. Philbrick is a Bowdoin man, and received his professional training in Harvard. He is also a veteran of the World War, and was in active service overseas. Donald Ward Philbrick was born in Skowhegan, Maine, March 16, 1896, son of Samuel W. Philbrick, a native of Skowhegan, born August S, 1862, and of Mabel (Ward) Philbrick, also a native of Skowhegan, born August 16, 1868, died April 30, 1924. He received his earliest education in the public schools of his birthplace, graduating from Skowhegan High School in the class of 1913, and the following fall matriculated in Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Maine, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After two years in military service in France, he began professional study in the Law School of Harvard University, where he completed his course with graduation in 1922, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In September of the same year he was admitted to the bar of Maine, and began practice with the law firm of Verrill, Hale, Booth & Ives, at No. 57 Exchange Street, Portland. Able, energetic, and thoroughly prepared for his work he soon demonstrated the fact that he was of the calibre which commands success, and on January 1, 1925, he was admitted to partnership in the firm. He is engaged in general practice and although he has been so occupied for only about five years, he has already made for himself an assured place among his professional associates, and there is every prospect that an increasingly successful future lies before him. Upon the entrance of the United States into the World War, Mr. Philbrick, who was just completing his course in Bowdoin College, enlisted, April, 1917, and was sent to the Officers' Training School. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Infantrv, Forty-second Division, known as the "Rainbow Division," of the American Expeditionary Forces, and was in active service overseas from November, 1917, to July, 1919. After the Armistice he served in the Intelligence Section at the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces. Upon his return to civilian life he entered Harvard Law School, and since the completion of his course there has been successfully engaged in general practice. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and of Phi Beta Kappa College fraternities; of the Bowdoin Club, of Portland, which he serves as secretary and treasurer; of the Portland Club; of the Portland Country Club; of the Reserve Officers' Association; and of the Military Order of the World War. He is also a member of Somerset Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Somerset Chapter, and De Molay Commandery, of Skowhegan, Maine; and of the Exchange Club. of which he is president. He is a member of Andrews Post of the American Legion, serving on its executive committee, and professionally is affiliated with the Cumberland County Bar Association. He is also a director of the Associated Charities in Portland. Politically, he gives his support to the Republican party, and his religious affiliation is with the Stale Street Congregational Church of Portland." Donald Ward PHILBRICK and Ruth LOCKEY were married on 17 April 1922 in Chipley, Washington, Florida.2815 Ruth LOCKEY, daughter of William Calloway LOCKEY and Xuripha Louisa Ann HUTCHISON, was born on 9 June 1899 in Chipley, Washington, Florida.2815 Age 100 yr., 6 mo., 5 days. She died on 14 December 1999 at the age of 100 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.2816 Donald Ward PHILBRICK-27854 and Ruth LOCKEY-27855 had the following children:
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