Background
Wilson, Philip St. Julien was born on May 30, 1867 in Powhatan Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel M. and Sallie B. (Cocke) Wilson.
Wilson, Philip St. Julien was born on May 30, 1867 in Powhatan Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel M. and Sallie B. (Cocke) Wilson.
Preparatory education Episcopal High School, Virginia. C.E., Virginia Military Institute, 1886. Unmarried.
Instructor mathematics and engineering, at Suffolk, Virginia, 1887-1891. Assistant city engineer, Richmond, Virginia, 1902-1906. State highway commissioner of Virginia, 1906-1913.
Assistant director Bureau Public Roads, Washington. District of Columbia, 1914-1916. Chief engineer Bureau Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, since 1916.
Served as captain infantry, Spanish-American War.