West, George – Wethered, John
West, George
manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1823, in England. He was a representative in the New York legislature from 1872 to 1877, and became president of the First National bank of Ballston Spa, N.
Y., where he was a paper manufacturer.
In 1880 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress, and in 1884 was elected a representative to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
West, Joseph Rodman
soldier, journalist, United States senator, was born Sept. 19, 1822, in New Orleans, La.
He moved to California in 1849, and engaged in commercial pursuits, and at the outbreak of the rebellion was proprietor of the San Francisco Prices Current. He entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the first California infantry, and attained the rank of brevet major-general. He went to Texas, and then removed to New Orleans, and was chief deputy United States marshal and auditor of customs, and adminstrator of improvements. He was elected to the United States senate, for the term commencing in 1871 and ending in 1877. He settled in Washington City, and served for several years as one of the commissioners of the District of Columbia.
West, Lovette Place
railroad president, was born Dec. 24, 1841, in Lake Side, N. Y. Since 1882 he has been president of Conexus Lake railroad at Lake Side, N. Y.
West, Mary Allen
educator, author, was born July 31, 1837, in Galesburg, Ill. She was an Illinois educator who was Knox county superintendent of schools in 1873-92, and the author of Childhood: Its Care and Culture. She died Dec. 1, 1892, in Tokio, Japan.
West, Nathaniel
clergyman, author, was born in September, 1794, in Ireland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of The Ark of God the Safety of the Nation; Popery the Prop of European Despotism; Babylon the Great; Right and Left Hand Blessings of God; and Complete Analysis of the Whole Bible. He died Sept. 2, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa.
West, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born March 3, 1730, in Yarmouth, Mass. He was a member of the convention for framing the constitution of Massachusetts; and for the adoption of that of the United States. He was the author of Essays on Liberty and Necessity; and some sermons. He died Sept. 24, 1807, in Tiverton, R. I.
West, Stephen
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 13, 1735, in Tolland, Conn.
He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at Stockbridge, Mass., in 1759-1819, and the author of Essay on Moral Agency; Life of Reverend Samuel Hopkins; Evidence of the Divinity of Christ; and Duty and Obligation of Christians to Marry Only in the Lord. He died May 15, 1819, in Stockbridge, Mass.
Westbrook, John
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843.
Westbrook, Theodoric R
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.
Westbrooks, Charles P
educator, college president, clergyman, was born June 30, 1854, in Aberdeen, Miss.
He was a successful educator in Mississippi and Texas for twenty years; became president of the Jones Male and Female institute of Goliad, Texas; and is now a successful clergyman of San Antonio, Texas.
Westcott, George
lawyer, journalist, was born March 26, 1843, in Clyde, N. Y. He is the editor and owner of The Times of Ely, Minn. He has served as a county judge in South Dakota.
Westcott, George P
railroad president, was born Dec. 25, 1842, in Blue Hill, Maine. Since 1882 he has been president of the Portland and Rochester railroad at Portland, Maine.
Westcott, James Diament
lawyer, United States senator, was born May 10, 1802, in Alexandria, Va. He was appointed secretary of the territory of Florida, and held the office four years, performing the duties of the governor during his temporary absence. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1832, and was appointed United States district attorney for the middle district of the territory, which office he held until 1836. He was again a member of the legislature, and a member of the convention for framing a state constitution in 1838 and 1839. On the admission of Florida into the union as a state, in 1845, he was elected a senator in congress, and served until 1849.
Westcott, James Diament
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 18, 1839, in Tallahassee, Fla. He entered the confederate service at the beginning of the war, and attained the rank of major.
In 1885 he became attorney-general of Florida, but resigned this post a year later, and was appointed a justice of the supreme court.
Westcott, Thompson
journalist, author, was born June 5, 1820, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia journalist, editor of The Sunday Dispatch in 1848-84, and the author of Life of John Fitch, the Inventor of the Steamboat; The Taxpayer's Guide; Official Guide to Philadelphia; and Historic Mansions of Philadelphia. He died May 8, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Westerlo, Eilardus
clergyman, author, was born in October, 1738, in Holland. He delivered the address of welcome to General Washington when he visited Albany in 1782. He left in manuscript an autobiography containing references to the years between 1761 and 1790, Greek and Hebrew lexicons, complete, and a translation from the Dutch of Alberthonias's Catechism. He died Dec. 20, 1790, in Albany, N. Y.
Westerlo, Rensselaer
congressman, was born in 1775 in Albany, N. Y.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1817 to 1819. He died in 1851 in Albany, N. Y.
Westhafer, Francis M
surveyor, educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 12, 1850, in Tracy, Ohio. He received an academic education, and graduated from the Illinois Normal and the Moore's Hill college. He has been a surveyor, county school superintendent and a professor in the Moore's Hill college. He has attained eminence as a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church in the Indiana conference, and for four years filled a pastorate in Greenwood. He has contributed extensively to current publications on educational and religious topics.
Westlake, William
inventor, was born July 23, 1831. He invented the first loose globe car lamp; and the revolving headlight for locomotives. He has large establishment in New York city, which is known as the Adams and Westlake company. a
Westmoreland, J. F
journalist, legislator, was born April 27, 1847, in Stokes county, N. C. He is the editor and owner of the Davidson County News of Thomasville, N. C., and has represented his district as state senator in the North Carolina legislature.
Weston, Edward
electrician, inventor, was born May 9, 1850, in England. In 1887 he built in Newark one of the largest private laboratories in the world, and he also possesses a fine technical library that contains many rare books on electricity. One of his most valuable inventions is that of tamidine, a modification of cellulose, which is extensively used in incandescent lamps.
Weston, Henry Griggs
clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 11, 1820, in Lynn, Mass. In 1868 he accepted the presidency of the Crozer Theological seminary, Pennsylvania. He was for a time editor of the Baptist Quarterly, and has also been president of the American Baptist Missionary union. He has contributed to periodicals, and is the author of a treatise on the Four Gospels.
Weston, James A
governor. He was governor of Nevada in the years 1871 and 1872.
Weston, James A
civil engineer, governor, was born Aug. 1, 1827, in Manchester, N. H. He was extensively engaged in building and operating railroads and water works in New Hampshire. He was elected mayor of Manchester in 1868, 1870, 1871 and 1874, and was governor of New Hampshire in 1871 and 1874.
Weston, Mrs. Mary Catherine
(NORT1), author, was born April 14, 1822, in Albany, N. Y. She is the author of Calvary Catechism; Synopsis of the Bible; Jewish Antiquities; and Biography of Old and New Testament Characters.
She died Aug. 4, 1882, in Greenwich, Conn.
Weston, Thomas R
lawyer, author, was born June 14, 1834, in Middleboro, Mass. He is the author of A Sketch of Peter Oliver, the last Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in Massachusetts Bay Colony; and a Genealogy of the Descendants of Demon Weston.
Wetherbee, Gardner
was born Nov. 8, 1838, in Harvard, Mass. In 1873 he returned to New York to lease from John T. Daly the Windsor hotel, on Fifth avenue at Forty-seventh street, in partnership with Samuel Hawk, under the firm name of Hawk and Wetherbee. This was a new and exceedingly handsome hotel, situated in the heart of the fashionable residence section of the city, requiring skillful management, but promising good returns to a firm, competent to conduct one of the finest public houses in the metropolis in a proper man- The entire success of the Windsor hotel is a sufficient commentary upon the excellence of its management. ner.
Wethered, John
congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1843 to 1845.