Philip W. Hiden | |
Birth Name: | Philip Wallace Hiden |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1872 |
Birth Place: | Orange, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
Known For: | Mayor of Newport News, Virginia |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Philip Wallace Hiden (April 5, 1872 – October 25, 1936) was a businessman and mayor of Newport News, Virginia.
Hiden, whose earlier ancestors from Watford, England used the spelling Hyden,[1] was born in Orange, Virginia. He married Martha Woodroof (1883–1959), daughter of Jesse Alphonso Woodroof and Susan (Graves) Woodroof. She was, in her own right, a researcher, genealogist, and historian who established the city library system's Virginia collection.[2] The couple had three children.