Whittaker, John – Whitwan, Edward A
Whittaker, John
governor. He was the first governor of Oregon after it became a state, serving as such from 1859 to 1862.
Whittemore, Amos
mechanic, inventor, was born April 19, 1759, in Cambridge, Mass. He invented a machine for puncturing the leather and setting the wires of cotton and wool cards, which patent he sold for $150,000. The leading features of the invention were suggested by a dream. He died March 27,, 1828, in West Cambridge, Mass.
Whittemore, Benjamin Frank
clergyman, journalist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1824 in Malden, Mass. After the war he settled himself in South Carolina, and identified himself with the educational interests of the state. He was the founder and editor of the New Era, published at Darlington, S. C. He was also a member of the state senate. He was elected a representative from South Carolina to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Whittemore, Don Juan
civil engineer, was born Dec. 6, 1830, in Milton, Vt. In 1847 he became an engineer, and in 1853-57 was made chief assistant engineer of the La Crosse and Milwaukee railroad, after which he was chief engineer of the Southern Minnesota Railway company.
Whittemore, Elias
congressman, was born in Rockingham county, N. H.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1825 to 1827.
Whittemore, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 1, 1800, in Boston, Mass. He was a universalist clergyman of Boston; and the author of History of Modern Universalism; Notes and Illustrations of the Parables; Commentaries on Daniel and Revelations; Life of Hosea Ballou; and Autobiography. He died March 21, 1861, in Cambridge, Mass.
Whitten, Martha Elizabeth
educator, missionary worker, author, poet, was born Oct. 3, 1842, near Austin, Texas.
She received her education at the Austin Collegiate Female academy, and at the McKenzie college. She attained success as a teacher and missionary worker; and has contributed extensively to the periodical press. Mrs. Whitten's poems are full of thought and a pathos; they were collected in 1886 and published under the title of Texas Garlands, which work was followed by the Drunkard's Wife, a temperance poem in pamphlet form.
Whittet, Robert
publisher, poet, was born in 1829 in Scotland. He was a printer and publisher in Richmond, Va.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled The Brighter Side of Suffering.
Whitthorne, Washington Cur- Ran
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born April 19, 1825, in Marshall county, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee state senate for four years; and in 1859 was elected to the lower house of the legislature of Tennessee, and made presiding officer. He was assistant adjutant-general in the provisional army of Tennessee in 1861; and was afterward adjutant-general of the state, which position he held until the close of the war. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortysecond, forty-third, and forty-fourth congresses; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh congresses. In 1886 he was appointed a United States senator, serving until March 3, 1887. He died Sept. 21, 1891, in Columbia, Tenn.
Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey
poet, was born Dec. 7, 1815, in Haverhill, Mass. She was the author of poems marked by tenderness, grace, and rhythmic felicity. Several of them were included by her brother in his volume entitled Hazel Blossoms. She died Sept. 3, 1864, in Amesbury.
Whittier, John Greenleaf
author, poet, was born Dec. 17, 1807, in Haverhill, Mass. He was one of the early abolitionists, and edited The Pennsylvania. Freeman, 1838- 39. After 1840 he lived at Amesbury, Mass. Among the most characteristic of his shorter poems are, My Soul and I; The Eternal Goodness; In School Days; The Last Walk in Autumn; The Playmates; and My Psalm. His prose writings include, The Stranger in Lowell; The Supernaturalism of New England; Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal; Old Portraits and Modern Sketches; and Literary Recreations and Miscellanies. His work in verse comprises, Legends of New England; Moll Pitcher; Mogg Megone; Poems; Lays of My Home; Voices of Freedom; Songs of Labor; The Chapel of the Hermits; A Sabbath Scene; The Panorama; Home Ballads and Poems; In War Time; National Lyrics; Snow-Bound; The Tent on the Beach; Among the Hills; Ballads of New England; Miriam; The Pennsylvania Pilgrim; Hazel Blossoms; Mabel Martin; Centennial Hymn; The Vision of Echard, and Other Poems; The King's Missive, and Other Poems; The Bay of Seven Islands, and Other Poems; St.
Gregory's Guest, and Other Poems; and At Sundown. He was also the compiler of Songs of Three Centuries; Child-Life; and Child-Life in Prose; and the editor of John Woolman's Journal. He died Sept. 7, 1892, in Hampton Falls, N. H.
Whittingham, William Rollin- Son
bishop, author, was born Dec. 2, 1805, in New York city. He was the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Maryland; and the author of fifteen ser- He died Oct. 17, 1879, in Orange, mons.
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WHITTLE, FRANCIS McNEECE
bishop of Virginia, was born July 7, 1823, in Mecklenburg county, Va. In 1876, he succeeded to the bishopric of Virginia. In 1877 the diocese of Virginia was divided, West Virginia becoming a separate diocese, and Bishop Whittle chose the remaining portion of the old diocese.
Whittlesey, Abigail Goodrich
educator, journalist, was born Nov. 29, 1788, in Ridgefield, Conn. She began in 1832, while in Utica, the publication of the Mother's Magazine, which she edited till about 1850, and subsequently revived under the title of The Magazine for Mothers and Daughters.
Whittlesey, Charles
soldier, lawyer, geologist, was born Oct. 4, 1808, in Southington, Conn. He served in the Black Hawk war. He subsequently was a lawyer of Cleveland, Ohio; and attained note as a geologist. He died Oct. 18, 1886, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Whittlesey, Eliphalet
soldier, clergyman, educator, was born May 14, 1821, in New Britain, Conn. He served with distinction during the civil war, and was brevetted brigadier-general of United States volunteers. For several years he was pastor of the Central church of Bath, Maine; and filled a professor's chair in the Bowdoin college. Since 1874 he has been secretary of the board of Indian commissioners at Washington, D. C.
Whittlesey, Elisha
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1783, in Washington, Conn.
He received an academic education, studied law; and in 1806 removed to the western reserve of Ohio.
He served in the war of 1812 as aid-decamp to General E. and Wadsworth; was, sixteen years, a prosecuting attorney. He was elected to the legislature in 1820 and for 1821; and was a representative in congress from 1823 to 1839. He was appointed auditor for the postoffice department; and was first comptroller of the treasury.
He died Jan. 7, 1863, in Washington, D. C.
Whittlesey, Frederick
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 12, 1799, in Washington, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1835; and in 1839 was chosen vice-chancellor of the eighth judicial district of New York, and retained the office eight years. He was a judge of the supreme court of the state; and in 1850 was elected professor of law in Genesee college. He died Sept. 19, 1851, in Rochester, N. Y.
Whittlesey, Mrs. Sarah John-
SON [COGSWELL], author, was born about 1825 in Williamston, N. C. She is the author of Heart Drops from Memory's Urn; The Stranger's Stratagem, and Other Stories; Herbert Hamilton; Bertha the Beauty; and Spring Buds and Summer Blossoms.
Whittlesey, Thomas T
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1836 to 1839.
Whittlesey, William A
lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut.
He settled in the practice of law in Ohio; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851.
Whittredge, Worthington
artist, was born May 22, 1820, in Springfield, Ohio. His works are mostly pictures of American scenery.
Whitwan, Edward A
soldier, clergyman, college president, poet, was born July 9, 1845, in Flint, Mich. He served as a private soldier until the close of the war in the fourth regiment Michigan cavalry. He subsequently became an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; and in 1884 was elected president of the Western Reserve seminary of east Ohio. In 1886 he was elected to the chair of physics and chemistry in McKendree college of Illinois, and later to the presidency. In 1887 he became president of the North Nebraska Normal college.