Warren, Mary Evalin – Washburn, Henry D
Warren, Mary Evalin
temperance lecturer, poet, was born March 14, 1827, in Galway, N. Y. She has been actively engaged in temperance work and in lecturing. She is the author of three books entitled, Our Laurels; Little Jakie; and Compensation, a temperance story. For thirty-five years she has resided in Fox Lake, Wis., where she is prominently identified with various charitable and literary associations. She is the wife of Mr. George Warren.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy
(OTIS), author, poet, was born Sept. 25, 1728, in Barnstable, Mass. She was the author of The Group, a Political Satire; History of the American Revolution; three tragedies, including The Adulator, The Sack of Rome, The Ladies of Castille; and Poems:
Dramatic and Miscellaneous. She died Oct. 19, 1814, in Plymouth, Mass.
Warren, Nathan Boughton
author, was born July 4, 1805, in Troy, N. Y.
He is a writer of Troy, N. Y., and the author of The Ancient Plain Song of the Church; The Order of Daily Service, with the English Musical Notation; The Holidays; and Hidden Treasure, a Goblin Story.
Warren, Samuel Edward
educator, author, was born Oct. 31, 1831, in Newton, Mass. During 1854-72 he was professor in the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute of Troy, N. Y.; and during 1872- 75 in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of a series of text books, comprising a dozen books, principally on geometric subjects; and has contributed on educational subjects to current reviews and periodicals. Elementary Projection Drawing; General Problems of Shades and Shadows; Problems in Stone Cutting; Descriptive Geometry; Machine Drawing; and The Sunday Question, are among his published works.
Warren, Thomas Robinson
merchant, author, was born in 1828 in New York. He is a traveler and merchant, and the author of Dust and Foam Tracks; The Yachtsman Primer; Shooting, Boating, and Fishing; On Deck; and Juliette Irving and the Jesuit.
Warren, William
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1806, in Waterford, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman at Gorham, Maine, and the author of School Geography; Household Consecration; The Spirit's Sword; Twelve Years Among Children; and These for Those. He died Jan. 28, 1879, in Gorham, Maine.
Warren, William Fairfield
clergyman, educator, author, the first president of Boston university, was born March 13, 1833, in Williamsburg, Mass.
After his graduation at Wesleyan university in 1853 he established a classical school in Mobile, Ala.; traveled; preached; and for nearly two years studied at the Andover Theological seminary. In the years 1858-60 he was a pastor, first at Wilbraham, Mass., then at Boston. Of the ten years, however, 1856- 66, more than seven were spent in Europe and the Orient. In Rome he gave much attention to classical and ecclesiastical archæology, and at the university of Berlin he made a special study of philosophy, Christian art and monumental theology. In Halle his studies related more to biblical and oriental antiquities.
In 1866 he returned to Boston to organize and preside over the Boston Theological seminary, which was the nucleus of Boston university, chartered in 1869. To the presidency of this latter Dr. Warren was called, and to its development the best work of his life has been given. He is the author of Paradise Found: the Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole; The True Key to Ancient Chronology; In the Footsteps of Arminius; Constitutional Law Questions in the Methodist Church; The Quest of the Perfect Religion; and The Story of Gottlieb.
Warren, William Wirt
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 27, 1834, in Brighton, Mass. He was appointed assessor of internal revenue of Boston, Mass., and in 1870 was a member of the state senate. He was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Warriner, Edward Augustus
clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1829 in Massachusetts. He is an episcopal clergyman of Montrose, Pa., and the author of Victor La Tourette; Kear, a Poem; and I Am That I Am, a Metrical Essay.
Warriner, Francis
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 24, 1805, in Springfield, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who was a United States naval chaplain in 1831-34, and the author of The Cruise of the Potomac. He died April 22, 1866, in Chester, Mass.
Warrington, Lewis
naval officer, was born Nov. 3, 1782, in Williamsburg, Va. In 1800 he entered the navy as a midshipman; served in all the wars; and attained the rank of commodore. He captured the British sloop Epervier in 1813, and received a gold medal and the thanks of congress. In 1827-30 he was navy commissioner; also in 1840-42; and president of the board in 1841. He died Oct. 12, 1851, in Washington, D. C.
Warrock, John
printer, was born Nov. 4, 1774, in Richmond, Va. He became a printer, and for forty years issued annually Warrock's Almanac. He was chosen to the office of printer to the Virginia senate, and held that place for more than forty years. He died March 8, 1858, in Richmond, Va.
Warthen, Richard
state senator, was born in February, 1794, in Washington county, Ga. In 1833 he was elected to the Georgia state legislature; and in 1842 was a member of the state senate. He died Nov. 27, 1861, in Warthens, Ga.
Washburn, Cadwalader Col- Den
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 22, 1818, in Livermore, Maine.
He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses; and was reelected to the thirtysixth congress. He was also a delegate to the peace congress of 1861. In 1862 he was appointed a major-general in the union army; and was a delegate to the soldiers' convention held in Pittsburg in 1866. He was governor of Wisconsin during 1872-74, and was re-elected to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses as a republican. He died May 14, 1882, in Eureka Springs, Ark.
Washburn, Charles Ames
diplomat, author, was born March 16, 1822, in Livermore, Maine. He was a diplomatist who was minister to Paraguay in 1863-68. He was the author of The History of Paraguay; From Poverty to Competence: Graduated Taxation; Political Evolution; Philip Thaxter; and Gomery of Montgomery. He died Jan. 26, 1889, in New York city.
Washburn, Dexter C
merchant, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1861, in Rockport, Maine. He is a merchant of Boston, Mass., and the author of a volume of poems entitled Songs of the Seasons.
Washburn, Edward Abiel
clergyman, author, was born April 16, 1819, in Boston, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of broad church views, rector of Calvary church, New York city, and the author of The Social Law of God; Voices from a Busy Life, a volume of verse; The Relation of the Episcopal Church to Other Bodies; Epochs of Church History; and Beatitudes, and Other Sermons. He died Feb. 2, 1881, in New York city.
Washburn, Emory
educator, lawyer, jurist, governor, author, was born Feb. 14, 1800, in Leicester, Mass. He was a member of the general court from 1825 to 1827, and in 1838; was judge of the court of common pleas from 1844 to 1847; and was governor of Massachusetts in 1854 and 1855. He became a professor of the Cambridge Law school in 1855, and so continued for many years. He was the author of Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts; History of Leicester, Massachusetts; Treatise on American Law of Real Property; American Law of Easements and Servitudes; Testimony of Experts; and Lectures on the Study and Practice of the Law. He died March 18, 1877, in Cambridge, Mass.
Washburn, Francis
clergyman, author, was born in 1843 in New York.
He is an episcopal clergyman of Newburg, N. Y.; and the author of Meditations on Charity; The Soul Athirst, and Other Sermons; and Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer.
Washburn, Frederic Leonard
educator, biologist, was born April 12, 1860, in Brookline, Mass. He has been instructor of zoölogy in the university of Michigan, in the State Agricultural college of Oregon, and also in the university of Oregon.
Washburn, Ganem
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born in October, 1823, in Livermore. He settled in Oshkosh, Wis.; has been a member of the senate of Wisconsin; and judge of Winnebago county and of tenth judicial circuit of the state.
Washburn, George
educator, clergyman, college president, was born March 1, 1833, in Middleboro, Mass. He was professor of philosophy and political economy and acting president in Robert college, Constantinople, in 1869-76, and since the latter year he has been president.
Washburn, Henry D
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1832, in Windsor county, Vt. In July of 1861 he raised a company for service in the war; was promoted to the command as colonel of the eighteenth Indiana volunteers in 1862; in 1864 was brevetted a brigadier-general; and was mustered out of the service in 1865. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-ninth congress. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican; and in 1869 was appointed surveyor-general of Montana.