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VAN ZILE, Philip T., Judge; born, Osceola, Pa., July 20, 1843; son of David M. and Elvira C. (Cook) Van Zile;
Ph.B., Alfred University, 1863; enlisted in War of the Rebellion and served in Battery E, lst Ohio Artillery, to
close of war; LL.B., University of Michigan, 1867; (LL.D., Alfred, 1903); married, Dec. 28, 1866, Lizzie A. Jones,
of Rochester, O.; 2 children: Hortense, Philip Donald. Began practice at Charlotte, Mich., 1867; prosecuting attorney,
Eaton Co., Mich., 1868-72, judge of probate, 1872-75, circuit judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit, Michigan, 1875-78;
U. S. district attorney for Utah, 1878-84; resumed practice at Detroit, 1890; member law firm of Van Zile &
Brownson, 1905-8; prosecuting attorney Wayne Co., Mich., 1909-10; circuit judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Detroit,
since 1910. Dean Detroit College of Law since 1891. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (32°), Knight Templar
(Grand Commander of Michigan, 1900), Shriner. Clubs: Detroit, Felloweraft. Recreations: sailing, fishing. Author:
Van Zile's Bailments and Carriers; Van Zile's Equity, Pleading and Practice, 1903. Address: Wayne County Bldg.
Residence: 148 Forest Ave. W.
From:
The Book of Detroiters
A Biographical Dictionary
Of Leading Living Men
Of The City of Detroit
Second Edition 1914
Edited By: Albert Nelson Marquis
A. N. Marquis & Company
Chicago 1914.
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