Weeks, Joseph – Welch, Adonijah Strong
Weeks, Joseph
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1835 to 1839, having previously been for two years judge of the county court for Cheshire county.
Weeks, Leroy Titus
educator, college president, poet, was born Feb. 1, 1854, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. In 1893 he became president of the Little Rock university of Arkansas; and is the author of a volume of poems.
Weeks, Robert Kelley
lawyer, poet, was born Sept. 21, 1840, in New York city. He was a lawyer and verse-writer of New York city whose poems are not without individuality and a very measurable degree of charm. He was the author of Twenty Poems; and Episodes and Lyric Pieces. He died April 13, 1876, in New York city.
Weeks, Stephen Beauregard
author, was born in 1865 in North Carolina. He is an historical writer; and the author of Bibliography of the Historical Literature of North Carolina; Church and State in North Carolina; The Press of North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century; and Southern Quakers and Slavery.
Weeks, Thomas Edwin
dental surgeon, author, was born May 5, 1853, in Massillon, Ohio. In 1892 he filled the chair of dental anatomy and operative technics in the university of Minnesota.
He is the author of a work entitled Weeks's Manual of Operative Technics.
Weeks, William Raymond
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 6, 1783, in Brooklyn, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Newark, N. J.; and the author of Nine Sermons; Pilgrim's Progress in the Nineteenth Century; and Scripture Catechism. He died June 27, 1848, in Oneida, N. Y.
Weems, John. C
congressman, was born in Calvert county, Md. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1826 to 1829.
Weems, Mason Locke
clergyman, author, was born about 1760 in Dumfries, Va. He was an episcopal clergyman, famous as a book agent in his day, but at one time rector of Pohick church, Mount Vernon, where Washington attended. His Life of Washington, which as early as 1811 had reached an eleventh edition, is still the most popular life of its subject, as from some points of view it is the most entertaining. He wrote also Lives of Marion, Penn, and Franklin. He died May 23, 1825, in Beaufort, S. C.
Weidenmeyer, John William
He was a writer of New York city; and the author of Catalogue of North American Butterflies; Real and Ideal, a volume Themes and Translations; of verse; American Fish and How to Catch Them; and From Alpha to Omega. He died in 1896.
Weidner, Revere Franklin
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 22, 1851, in Centre Valley, Pa. He is a lutheran clergyman, professor of systematic theology at Augustana seminary, Rock Island, in 1885-91, and subsequently at the Lutheran seminary of Chicago. He is the author of Commentary on Mark; Exegetical Theology; Historical Theology; System of Dogmatic Theology; Grammar of New Testament Greek; Commentary on the Hebrew Text of Obadiah; and Method for Study of New Testament Greek.
Weightman, Richard Hanson
soldier, congressman, was born in 1818, in Maryland. He was a captain in the Missouri battalion of light artillery volunteers in the Mexican war and distinguished himself under Colonel Donophan in the battle of Sacramento; and subsequently held the position of additional paymaster. He was a delegate to congress from New Mexico from 1851 to 1853. He died Aug. 10, 1861, near Wilson's Creek, Mo.
Weightman, Roger C
librarian, was born in 1786 in Alexandria, Va. He was mayor of Washington in 1824-27; became cashier of the Washington bank, and was for many years librarian of the patent office. He died Feb. 2, 1876, in Washington, D. C.
Weir, Allen
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born April 24, 1854, in Los Angeles county, Cal. He received his education in the public schools of California and Washington territory, and finished at the Olympia Collegiate institute. He has been municipal judge of Port Townsend, Wash.; United States commissioner; and secretary of the board of trade of that city; and a member and chairman of the Puget Sound board of health. For twelve years he was the editor and owner of the Puget Sound Argus, a prominent daily and weekly newspaper. He has served with distinction as a member of the upper house of the Washington territorial legislature; was a member of the constitutional state convention in 1889; and during 1889-93 was the first secretary of state. In 1892 he was acting governor for the state of Washington at the dedication of the World's Columbian Exposition buildings at Chicago. This eminent lawyer practices in all state and federal courts, and resides in Olympia.
Weir, James
lawyer, banker, author, was born June 16, 1821, in Greenville, Ky.
He has been a lawyer for forty years, and a banker for thirty years. He is the president of the Owensboro and Nashville railroad; and president of the Deposit bank of Owensboro, Ky. He is the author of three novels entitled Long Powers, or the Regulators; Simon Kenton; and Winter Lodge.
Weir, John Ferguson
educator, artist, author, was born Aug. 28, 1841, in West Point, N. Y. He is director of the school of Fine Arts at Yale university from 1869, and professor of painting and design there. He is the author of The Way: the Nature and Means of Revelation.
Weir, Joseph Latimer
poet, was born Jan. 24, 1821, in White House, Tenn.
His poems have received extensive publication in the periodical press of the south.
Weir, Julian Alden
artist, was born Aug. 30, 1852, in West Point, N. Y.
Among his works are A Brittany Interior; Brittany Peasant-Girl; Study of an Old Peasant; Breton Interior; The Muse of Music; Jenne Fille; and The Good Samaritan.
Weir, Robert Walter
artist, was born June 18, 1803, in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Among his well known paintings is The Embarkment of the Pilgrims in the rotunda of the capitol at Washington. He died May 1, 1889, in New York city.
Weiss, George Michael
clergyman, author, was born in 1697 in Germany. From about 1746 until his death he preached in Old Gosenhoppen and Great Swamp, Pa. He published An Account and Instruction relating to the Colony and Church of Pennsylvania, made up by the Deputies of the Synod of South Holland; a pamphlet concerning his arrangements with the classis of Amsterdam to care for the Germans in Pennsylvania; and an Account of the Indians. He died in 1762 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Weiss, John
clergyman, author, was born June 28, 1818, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of very radical views who was pastor at Watertown, Mass., and was prominent as an abolitionist. He was the author of Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare; American Religion; The Immortal Life; and Life of Theodore Parker. He died March 9, 1879, in Boston, Mass.
Weiss, Lewis
lawyer, jurist, journalist, was born Dec. 28, 1717, in Prussia. He was one of the founders of the German society of Philadelphia; and its president in 1783-84. He was commissioned by the executive council of the province a justice of the peace, and a justice of the court of common pleas. He edited Collection of the Laws of Pennsylvania. He died Oct. 22, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa.
WEISS, MRS. SUSAN ARCHER [TUL- LEY], poet, was born Feb. 14, 1835, in Hanover county, Va. She is a poet of New York city whose poems were first collected in 1859.
Weisse, Faneuil Dunkin
physician, author, was born Aug. 27, 1842, in Roxbury, Mass. In 1879 he took charge of the dissecting room of the University Medical college, which position he still holds. He is the author of a work entitled Practical Human Anatomy.
Weisse, John Adam
philologist, author, was born Dec. 3, 1810, in France.
He was a philologist, born in Lorraine, who came to America in 1840, and ten years later settled in New York city, where he was president of the New York Philological society. He was the author of Key to the French Language; Origin, Progress, and Destiny of the English Language and Literature; and The Obelisk and Freemasonry. He died Jan. 12, 1888, in New York city.
Weissert, Augustus G
soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 7, 1844, in Canton, Ohio. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in the eighth Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and was brevetted captain for meritorious conduct on the field of battle. In 1888 he was department commander of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic; received the re-election a second time; and in 1892-93 was commander-in-chief of that body.
Weitzel, Godfrey
soldier, was born Nov. 1, 1835, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1864 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers for meritorious and distinguished services during the civil war. He died March 19, 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Welborn, Joseph F
banker, legislator, was born Aug. 6, 1818, in Guilford county, N. C. In the fall of 1876 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of the Indiana state legislature, and served during 1877-78. WELBY, MRS. AMELIA [COPPUCK], poet, was born Feb. 3, 1819, in St.
Michaels, Md. She was a poet of Louisville whose sentimental lyrics attained an extraordinary popularity in their author's lifetime. She was the author of a volume entitled Poems by Amelia. She died May 3, 1852, in Louisville, Ky.
Welch, Adonijah Strong
lawyer, college president, United States senator, author, was born April 12, 1821, in East Hampton, Conn. In 1865 he moved to Florida; and in 1868 was elected a senator in congress from that state for the term ending in 1869. He was president of Iowa Agricultural college in 1869-83. was the author of Analysis of the English Sentence; Object Lessons; Talks on Psychology; and The Teacher's Psychology. He died March 15, 1889, in Pasadena, Cal.
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