Webster, Ezekiel – Weeks, John W
Webster, Ezekiel
lawyer, state legislator, was born March 11, 1780, in Salisbury, N. H. He was a member for several years of the New Hampshire legislature. He died April 10, 1820, in Concord, N. H.
Webster, Fletcher
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, author, was born July 23, 1813, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was private secretary to his father during part of the latter's service as secretary of state; secretary of legation in China under Caleb Cushing in 1843; a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1847; and from 1850 till 1861 surveyor of the port of Boston. He died Aug. 30, 1862, near Bull Run, Va.
Webster, Harrison Edwin
soldier, educator, college president, was born Sept. 8, 1842, in Angelica, N. Y. He accepted the professorship of geology and natural history at the university of Rochester, where he remained until 1888, when he was elected president of Union college.
He has written several pamphlets on natural history subjects, especially on marine forms.
Webster, Horace
educator, was born Sept. 21, 1794, in Hartford, Vt. In 1848 he became principal of the Free academy in New York city. Here he held the chair of moral and intellectual philosophy from 1851, and in 1852 that of political philosophy was added. In 1866 the name of the academy was changed by law to The College of the City of New York, and he continued at its head till 1869, after which he was emeritus professor till his death. He died July 12, 1871, in Geneva, N. Y.
Webster, John R
lawyer, was born Dec. 25, 1860, in Rutledge, Tenn. He received his education at the university of Tennessee; and has become one of the foremost lawyers of the west at Boise City, Idaho. Prior to his moving to Idaho he practiced his profession in Kansas, and during 1887-91 was clerk of Morton county.
Webster, John White
educator, chemist, author, was born May 20, 1793, in Boston, Mass. He was a chemist who was professor at Harvard university in 1824-50, and was tried and executed in 1850 for the murder of Dr. Parkman. He was the author of Description of the Island of St. Michael; and Manual of Chemistry. He died Aug. 30, 1850, in Boston, Mass.
Webster, Nathan Burnham
educator, author, was born June 13, 1821, in Unity, N. H. He is an educator of Norfolk, Va.; and the author of Outlines of Chemistry.
Webster, Noah
lexicographer, author, was born Oct. 16, 1758, in Hartford, Conn. He was a famous lexicographer, best known by his Spelling Book and his American Dictionary of the English Language. Among his other works are included A Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the English Language; The Prompter, or Common Sayings and Subjects; Rights of Neutrals; Dissertations on the English Language; and A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806). He died May 28, 1843, in New Haven, Conn.
Webster, Pelatiah
economist, author, was born in 1725 in Lebanon, Conn. He was a once famous political economist of Philadelphia; and the author of Essays on Free Trade and Finance; Essay on Credit; and Political Essay on the Nature and Operation of Money. He died in September, 1795, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Webster, Prentiss
lawyer, author, was born May 24, 1851, in Lowell, Mass.
He has been United States consul to Germany; and is the author of Law of Citizenship in the United States; and Law of Naturalization in the United States, and of Other Countries.
Webster, Richard
clergyman, author, was born July 14, 1811, in Albany, N. Y. He was a presbyterian clergyman, pastor at Mauch Chunk in 1835-56; and the author of History of the Presbyterian Church in America till 1760. He died June 19, 1856, in Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Webster, Taylor
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He settled in Ohio; and was elected a representative in congress from Ohio from 1833 to 1839.
Webster, Warren
physician, surgeon, author, was born March 7, 1835, in Gilmanton, N. H. He was an army surgeon during the civil war; and is the author of The Army Medical Staff; and Sympathetic Diseases of the Eye, from the German of Mauthner.
Webster, William Prentiss
soldier, jurist, was born June 9, 1817, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1869 he was appointed consul-general of the United States at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; and subsequently served as judge. He died Feb. 27, 1877, in Lowell, Mass.
Wedderburn, Alexander John
farmer, journalist, was born Oct. 31, 1849, in New Orleans, La. He is master of the Virginia State grange; has lectured extensively on various topics; and was special agent of the department of agriculture for investigating food adulterations; and is the editor and owner of the Weekly National Intelligencer, and The National Farm and Fireside of Washington, D. C.
Weed, Annie W
lecturer, author, poet, was born June 18, 1833, in Canada.
She is a successful lecturer of Rose, N.
Y.; and the author of Isidore; and The Pathway to the Rifted Rock.
Weed, Clarence Moores
educator, author, was born in 1864 in Ohio. He is a professor of zoölogy and entomology at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, Durham, N. H. He is the author of Ten New England Blossoms and their Insect Visitors; Insects and Insecticides; Fungi and Fungicides; and Spraying Crops.
Weed, Edwin Gardner
bishop of Florida, was born July 23, 1847, in Savannah, Ga. He was consecrated third bishop of Florida in St. John's church, Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 11, 1886.
Weed, Elbert D
lawyer, was born Dec. 1, 1858, in Allegheny county, N. Y.
In 1880 he graduated from the Lawrence university of Appleton, Wis.; and subsequently from the Wisconsin State Law school of Madison. He has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Montana at Helena; was assistant United States district attorney, district of Montana, in 1884-85; was United States district attorney during 1889-94; and in 1894-95 was mayor of the city of Helena.
Weed, Emily Stuart
poet, was born in Greenwich, Conn. Her collection of poems entitled Twilight Echoes contains many fine gems. She is of English parentage, and lineally descended from John Adams, second president of the United States.
Weed, Smith Mead
lawyer, financier, state senator, was born July 26, 1833, in Belmont, N. Y. His connection with what are now known as the Chateaugay Iron mines in northern New York, dates from 1867. In 1865 he took his seat in the New York state assembly. By successive re-elections he served in the assembly during 1866, 1867, 1871, 1872, and
Weed, Stephen Hinsdale
soldier, was born in 1834 in New York city.
He served in the Seminole, Mexican and civil wars, and in 1863 was made brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 2, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pa., from a wound received while holding a position on Little Round Top, which is now historically marked as Weed's Hill.
Weed, Thurlow
journalist, author, was born Nov. 15, 1797, in Cairo, N. Y.
His first effort in journalism, the great work of his life, was to establish a paper called the Agriculturist, after which he edited various newspapers, until in 1830 he became editor of the Albany Evening Journal, which position he occupied until 1865, and acquired great distinction and influence as a party manager for the whigs and republicans. Being the father of so many newspapers he is sometimes called The Priam of the Press. He was the author of Letters from Europe; and Autobiography. He died Nov. 22, 1882, in New York city.
Weeden, William Babcock
soldier, manufacturer, author, was born Sept. 1, 1834, in Bristol, R. I. He served as a union soldier during the civil war.
He is president of the Providence board of trade in Rhode Island. He is the author of The Morality of Prohibitory Liquor Laws; Social Law of Labor; and The Economic and Social History of New England.
Weedon, George
soldier, was born about 1730 in Fredericksburg, Va. He was commissioned brigadier-general in 1777, and participated in the battles of the Brandywine and Germantown. He died in 1790 in Fredericksburg, Va.
Weeks, Edgar
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 3, 1839, in Mount Clemens, Mich. He received his education in the public schools of his native city.
In 1861 he entered the military service as first sergeant of company B, fifth regiment Michigan infantry; was promoted in 1862 to first lieutenant and adjutant of the twenty-second regiment Michigan infantry; and subsequently became captain of company F in the same regiment. He also served as assistant inspector-general of the third brigade, second division reserve corps, army of the Cumberland. Since 1866 he has practiced law in Mount Clemens, Mich. During 1867-70 he was prosecuting attorney of Macomb county; and during 1875-76 was judge of probate.
Weeks, Edwin Lord
artist, author, was born in 1849 in Boston, Mass. He is an artist of note; and the author of From the Black Sea through Persia and India.
Weeks, John M
inventor, author, was born May 22, 1788, in Litchfield, Conn.
He was an inventor of Salisbury, Vt.; and the author of Manual on Bees; and History of Salisbury. He died Sept. 1, 1858, in Salisbury, Vt.
Weeks, John W
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman. He was a county sheriff in New Hampshire from 1820 to 1825. He was a state senator in 1827 and 1828; and was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1829 to 1833. He was judge of probate in Coos county in 1854.