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CURTIS D. WILBUR
WILBUR, CURTIS D., Judge of the Superior Court, of Los Angeles, Cal., was born May 10, 1867, in Boonesboro, Iowa, the son of Dwight L. and Edna M. (Lyman) Wilbur. The father was a soldier in the Civil War and a practicing physician in Ohio. Judge Wilbur has been twice married, on November 9, 1892, to Ella Chilson, who died December, 1896, and the second time to Olive Doolittle, January 13, 1898. He has four children.
Judge Wilbur worked on a farm and attended the public schools of Iowa until the family moved to North Dakota in 1882. There he worked in a tile factory, looking after the machinery, and meanwhile attended the high school. In the year 1884 he was appointed to the Naval Academy of Annapolis. He studied the full term of four years and graduated in 1888, the third in his class. During his last year he was cadet lieutenant. On his graduation he resigned from the navy and, in 1888, went to California.
During the first year after his arrival he taught school at the McPherron Academy and studied law. After eighteen months devoted exclusively to study he was admitted to the bar.
He practiced his profession successfully from 1890 to 1903, when he was elected to the bench. Four of these years he served as chief deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County.
He was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1903 and has had a notable career on the bench. Was re-elected in November, 1908, to serve until 1915, receiving the largest majority on the Republican ticket. He has been in charge of the juvenile court since 1903, and has put thousands of boys and young men and hundreds of girls on probation successfully.
Judge Wilbur is a member of the University and the Union League Clubs and of the A.O.U.W.
Transcribed 4-14-10
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 399, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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