Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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1847 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 966–1040.

Wackerhagen, Augustus – Wanton, Joseph

255 lives · printed pages 966–975

Ward, Aaron – Wayne, James Moore

252 lives · printed pages 975–986

Wead, Charles Kasson – Wharton, Thomas Isaac

258 lives · printed pages 986–996

Wheatley, Charles Moore – Whelpley, Samuel

46 lives · printed pages 996–998

Whipple, Abraham – Wikoff, Henry

254 lives · printed pages 998–1008

Wilber, David – Wilkinson, William Cleaver

63 lives · printed pages 1008–1010

Will, Thomas Elmer – Wilmshurst, Zavarr

209 lives · printed pages 1010–1019

Wilshire, William W – Wixon, Susan Helen

214 lives · printed pages 1019–1028

Woerner, J. Gabriel – Wortman, Joseph A

209 lives · printed pages 1028–1037

Wren, Thomas – Wythe, Joseph Henry

87 lives · printed pages 1037–1040

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