Whitefield, Henry – Whiting, Justin Rice
Whitefield, Henry
clergyman, author, was born in 1597 in England. He was a puritan clergyman who came to New England in 1637, and was one of the founders of the New Haven colony. He returned to England in 1650. He was the author of Helps to Stir Up to Christian Duties; The Light Appearing; and Strength Out of Weakness. He died about 1651 in Winchester, England.
Whitefield, J. W
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a delegate from the territory of Kansas to the thirty-fourth congress.
Whitefield, James
soldier, governor, was born in Georgia. He moved to Mississippi at an early day; served as a soldier in the war of 1812; and also in the Creek war. He was governor of Mississippi from 1851 to 1852. During the late rebellion he acted as funding agent for the confederate government. He died June 30, 1875, in Columbus, Ga.
Whitehead, Charles E
railroad president, was born in 1830 in New York city. Since 1887 he has been president of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad at New York city.
Whitehead, Charles Edward
author, was born in 1829 in New York.
He is the author of The Campfires of the Everglades, or Wild Sports in the South.
Whitehead, Cortlandt
bishop of Pittsburg, Pa., was born Oct. 30, 1842, in New York city. He was elected bishop of Pittsburg in October, 1881, and was consecrated in Trinity church, Pittsburg, on Jan. 25, 1882.
Whitehead, James Madison
soldier, editor, lawyer, was born Feb. 21, 1839, in Houston county, Ga. He served in the confederate army, and lost a leg at Seven Days Mound, near Richmond.
Since 1860 he has been editor of fifteen different papers, and as a writer is humorous and particularly strong in satire. He is an advanced populist, an able platform speaker, and a successful lawyer of Greenville, Ala. as a
Whitehead, John
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1819 in Jersey, Ohio. In 1857 he was elected United States circuit court commissioner for the district of New Jersey.
Whitehead, John M
lawyer, state senator, was born July 29, 1852, near Hillsboro, Ill. Since 1883 he has practiced law in Janesville, Wis.; and in 1896 was elected to the Wisconsin state senate.
Whitehead, Thomas
soldier, journalist, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1825, in Clifton, N. J.
He was elected to the state senate in 1865, but did not qualify; and was elected a representative in the Virginia legislature for Amherst county in 1866. He was re-elected in 1869; resigned in 1873; and in 1872 was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-third congress.
Whitehead, William Adee
author, was born Feb. 19, 1810, in Newark, N. J. He was a prominent citizen of Newark, N. J.; and the author of Biographical Sketch of William Franklin; Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy; and East Jersey Under the Proprietary Governments. He died Aug. 8, 1884, in Perth Amboy, N. J.
Whitehill, Alexander Reid
educator, was born Aug. 4, 1850, in Hookstown, Pa. He received his education at the Princeton college, N. J.; the School of Mines of Freiberg, Saxony; and the university of Leipsic. For four years he was professor of physical sciences in the university of Mound College, San Francisco, Cal.; and for four years was principal of the Lindsly institute of Wheeling, W. Va.
For the past twelve years he has filled the chair of chemistry in the West Virginia university, of which institution he is also treasurer. He has traveled extensively in America and Europe, and has contributed valuable articles to current literature.
Whitehill, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1813 and 1814; and was judge of a county court and a general of militia. He died March 5, 1822, in Strasburg, Pa.
Whitehill, John
congressman, was born in 1721. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1807. He died in 1815.
Whitehill, Robert
congressman, was born July 29, 1738, in Pequea, Pa.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1805 to 1813. He died April 8, 1813, in Lauther Manor, Pa.
Whitehouse, Henry John
bishop, was born Aug. 19, 1803, in New York city.
He was rector of St. Thomas's church of New York city, from 1844 till 1851, when he was made a bishop. He died Aug. 10, 1874, in Chicago, Ill.
Whitehouse, James Horton
designer, was born Oct. 28, 1833, in England. Many of the best-known art-pieces of silver-ware that have been produced in this country were designed by him, among them the Bryant vase, which was presented to the poet on his eightieth birthday, and is to be seen in the Metropolitan museum of Art of New York city.
Whitehouse, John O
merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born July 19, 1817, in Rochester, N. H. He was elected a representative from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to the forty-third congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fourth congress.
Whitehouse, William Penn
lawyer, jurist, was born April 9, 1842, in Kennebec county, Maine. This eminent lawyer was for twelve years judge of the supreme judicial court.
Whitelaw, R. J
congressman, was born Jan. 30, 1854, in Essex county, Va.
In 1859 he moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy.
WHITELEY, MRS. ISABEL [NIXON], author, was born in 1850 in New York.
She is a Philadelphia writer; and the author of The Falcon of Langéac.
Whiteley, John
was born April 5, 1819, in England. He emigrated to the United States in 1842; moved to St.
Charles, Ill., the following year; and subsequently settled in Shirley, Mass., where for many years he has been a successful manufacturer. He has been elder and trustee of Shirley and Harvard, Mass.; and is now elder and trustee of the United society.
Whiteley, Richard Henry
soldier, manufacturer, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 22, 1830, in Ireland. He was appointed solicitor-general of the southwestern circuit of Georgia in 1868. In 1870 he was elected United States senator for the term ending in 1871. He was elected to the forty-first, forty-second, and forty-third congresses.
Whiteley, William G
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1819 in Newark, N. J. He was elected from Delaware a member of the thirty-fifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirtysixth congress. In 1872 he was appointed prothonotary of the supreme court of New Castle county; and in 1875 was elected mayor of Wilmington, Del. In 1884 he was appointed judge of the circuit court.
He died April 23, 1886.
Whiteside, Jenkins
United States senator, was born in 1782, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a senator in congress from Tennessee, from 1809 to 1811. He died Sept. 25, 1822, in Nashville, Tenn.
Whiteside, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1815 to 1819.
Whitfield, Robert Parr
paleontologist, author, was born May 27, 1828, in New Hartford, N. Y. In 1877 he was appointed curator of the geological department of the American museum of Natural History in New York city. He is the author of thirty memoirs, which have appeared in the Bulletins of the American museum of Natural History.
Whitford, William Clarke
educator, legislator, clergyman, college president, was born May 5, 1828, in Edmeston, N. Y. He received his education at the Brookville academy, De- Ruyter institute, the Union college of Schenectady, and the Theological seminary of New York city. He has been successfully engaged in educational work; has been president of Milton college for the past forty years; and served with distinction as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature. He has been president of the Wisconsin Teachers' association; and for four years was state superintendent of public instruction. For nine years he was regent of the state normal schools of Wisconsin; and for four years was editor of the Wisconsin Journal of Education. He has attained success as an eminent clergyman, and has been prominently identified with the seventh-day baptist church.
Whiting, Charles Goodrich
journalist, author, was born in 1842 in St. Albans, Vt. He is a journalist of Springfield, Mass., on the editorial staff of The Republican; and the author of The Saunterer: Essays on Nature.
Whiting, George Elbridge
musician, composer, was born Sept. 14, 1842, in Holliston, Mass. In 1878 he became organist of the Music hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, and head of the organ department in the college of Music, but after five years he returned to his old post in the New England conservatory. His compositions include a mass in C minor; a mass in F minor; Dream Pictures; The Tale of the Viking; and Leonora. He has also composed music for the organ, and has published The Organist; and The First Six Months on the Organ.
Whiting, Harvey A
railroad president, was born Oct. 27, 1833, in Pittsburg, Mass. Since 1884 he has been president of the Monson railroad at Wilton, N. H.
Whiting, Henry
soldier, author, was born about 1790 in Lancaster, Mass.
He was a United States army officer; and the author of Otway, the Son of the Forest, a Poem; Sanilæ, a Poem; The Age of Steam; and Life of Zebulon Pike, in Sparks's American Biography. He died Sept. 16, 1851, in St. Louis, Mo.
Whiting, Justin Rice
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1847, in Bath, N. Y. He is a merchant and manufacturer; and was elected mayor of St. Clair in 1879. He was elected state senator in 1882; and was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, and fiftythird congresses as a democrat.