Wight, Moses – Wilcox, Leonard
Wight, Moses
artist, was born April 2, 1827, in Boston, Mass. His portraits include those of Alexander von Humboldt, Louis Agassiz, Charles Sumner, Edward Everett, and Josiah Quincy. Among his ideal works are Sleeping Beauty; Eve at the Fountain; Lisette; Confidants; John Alden and Priscilla; and Pet's First Cake.
Wight, Orlando Williams
clergyman, physician, author, was born Feb. 19, 1824, in Centreville, N. Y. He was a universalist clergyman and physician, appointed state geologist of Wisconsin in 1874. He was the author of The Philosophy of Sir William Hamilton; Lives and Letters of Abelard and Héloise; Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good; Maxims of Public Health; and People and Countries Visited in a Winding Journey Round the World. He died Oct. 19, 1888, in Centreville, N. Y.
Wight, Peter Bonnett
architect, was born Aug. 1, 1838, in New York city.
He is an architect of New York city; and the author of One Phase in the Revival of Fine Arts in America.
Wight, William W
lawyer, journalist, was born Jan. 14, 1849, in Troy, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of Milwaukee, Wis., and was the originator and promoter of the plan for a public library in Milwaukee. He published The Wights, a genealogy; The Courtship of Miles Standish; and various other volumes.
Wightman, Valentine
clergyman, author, was born in 1681 in North Kingston, R. I. He was the first baptist minister in Connecticut, planted in Groton the first church of that denomination, and was active in establishing other churches throughout the state and in the city and state of New York. He was also the author of a Letter on Singing Psalms (1725). He died June 9, 1747, in Groton, Conn.
Wightman, William May
teлodist episcopal bishop, was born Jan. 29, 1808, in Charleston, S. C. In 1839-40 he was presiding elder of the Cokesbury district. He was a member of the general conference of the methodist episcopal church in 1840; and subsequently became a bishop. He died Feb. 15, 1882, in Charleston, S. C.
Wigman, John H. M
lawyer, was born Aug. 15, 1835, in Amsterdam, Holland. He was admitted to the bar in 1864, and for twentyseven years was a member of the firm of Hudd and Wigman; but in 1885 Mr.
Hudd was elected to congress, and since that time Mr.
Wigman has carried on the law business alone until 1889, when he took in his son-in-law, Mr. P.
H. Martin. He has been the attorney in many of the leading cases in the courts of Wisconsin; was district attorney of Outagamie county, during 1864-70; mayor of Green Bay in 1882-83; United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin during 1893-97.
Wike, Scott
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1834, in Meadville, Pa. In 1859 he commenced the practice of law in Pittsfield, Ill. He was twice elected to the legislature of Illinois, and served from 1863 to 1867. He was a member of the forty-fourth congress; and was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Wikoff, Henry
author, was born in 1813 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a writer whose life after 1834 was passed mainly in Europe. He was commonly known as Chevalier Wikoff. He was the author of Reminiscences of an Idler; Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; Life of Count d'Orsay; My Courtship and Its Consequences; Adventures of a Roving Diplomatist; A New Yorker in the Foreign Of-- fice; and The Four Civilizations. He died May 2, 1884, in England.
Wilber, David
agriculturist, lumber merchant, banker, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1820, in Schenectady county, N. Y.
He was, for several years, interested in the Second National bank at Cooperstown, and the bank at Oneonta. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-third congress; and was also elected to the forty-sixth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.
Wilber, David F
agriculturist, congressman, was born Dec. 7, 1859, in Milford, N. Y. Since 1890 he has been largely interested in farming and stock breeding in Oneonta, N. Y. He is a director of the Wilber National bank of Oneonta; and is president of the Holstein- Friesian association of America and of the American Cheviot Sheep association of the United States and Canada. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. He was instrumental in securing the passage of the filled cheese bill in 1896.
Wilbour, Charles Edwin
author, was born March 17, 1833, in Little Compton, R. I. He was an Egyptologist who published a Life of Victor Hugo and a number of translations from the French.
He died in 1896.
Wilbur, Charles Toppan
physician, journalist, was born May 18, 1835, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1884 he opened a private asylum for the feeble-minded at Kalamazoo. In 1882 he founded the Philanthropic Index and Review, a monthly publication devoted to the interests of feeble-minded children, and the only periodical of the kind in existence.
Wilbur, Hervey
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1787 in Wendell, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and educator of Massachusetts among whose writings are, Elements of Astronomy; and Lexicon of Useful Knowledge. He died Jan. 5, 1852, in Newburyport, Mass.
Wilbur, Hervey Backus
physician, philanthropist, was born Aug. 18, 1820, in Wendell, Mass. He was founder of the schools for idiots in the United States, the first fully organized one being at Syracuse, N. Y., 1854, of which he was appointed superintendent.
Wilbur, Isaac
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in Rhode Island. He was for many years chief justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island; and in 1806 was acting governor. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1807 to 1809.
Wilbur, Newell L
musician, composer, was born Aug. 2, 1851, in Providence, R. I. He has attained eminence as a successful church organist in Providence, R. I. As a teacher of music he stands at the head of his profession. .
Wilbur, Robert Palmer
soldier, shipbuilder, legislator, was born Oct. 28, 1839, in Noank, Conn. During the first part of the war he served in company E, second regiment Connecticut volunteers. He subsequently followed the sea for many years; was commander of the Ulysses in 1863, and subsequently commanded numerous ships in the California and European trade. He was one of the incorporators of The Robert Palmer and Son Shipbuilding and Marine Railway company of Noank, Conn., and has been vice-president of that company since 1893. He has filled numerous public offices in Groton, Conn., and in 1897 served with distinction as a member of the Connecticut state legislature.
Wilcox, Cadmus Marcellus
soldier, author, was born May 29, 1826, in Wayne county, N. C. He was a United States army officer; and the author of Rifles and Rifle Practice; and History of the Mexican War. He died Dec. 2, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Wilcox, Carlos
clergyman, author, poet, was born Oct. 22, 1794, in Newport, N. H. He was the author of a work entitled Religion of Taste; a volume of Sermons; and The Age of Benevolence, a poem. He died May 29, 1827, in Danbury, Conn.
WILCOX, CHARLES W. He is prominently identified with the educational and public affairs of Barkers, N. Y.; and a constant contributor to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States.
WILCOX, MRS. ELLA [WHEELER], author, poet, was born in 1845 in Johnstown Centre, Wis. She is a very popular poet and novelist of New York city. She is the author of Maurine, and Other Poems; Drops of Water, temperance poems; Shells; Poems of Passion; Poems of Pleasure; The Song of the Sandwich; The Beautiful Land of Nod, poems and prose for children; and Custer, and Other Poems. Her prose work includes, Men, Women, and Emotions; Mal Moulée; Was It Suicide?; A Double Life; Sweet Danger; Perdita and Other Stories; An Erring Woman's Love; and Adventures of Miss Volney.
Wilcox, Jeduthun
congressman, was born in 1769 in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from 1813 to 1817. He died in July, 1838, in Oxford, N. H.
Wilcox, John A
congressman, was born in North Carolina. He removed to Mississippi and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Wilcox, John Shuler
soldier, lawyer, was born March 18, 1833, in Fultonville, N. Y. He served as a union soldier during the civil war and became colonel in the fifty-second regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. He is an able lawyer of Elgin, Ill., of which city he has been postmaster and mayor.
Wilcox, Leonard
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1799, in Hanover, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature; was a judge of the superior court; and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire during the years 1842 and 1843. He died June 18, 1850, in Oxford, N. H. +