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Wing, Austin E
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1792 in Berkshire county, Mass. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan from 1828 to 1832. He died Aug. 25, 1849, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wing, Conway Phelps
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Carlisle, Pa., and long active as an abolitionist. Among his writings are History of Cumberland County, Pa.; and History of the Presbyteries of York and Carlisle. He died May 7, 1889, in Carlisle, Pa.
Wing, George Clary
lawyer, was born April 4, 1848, in Bloomfield, Ohio.
He received his education at the Phillips academy; attended Harvard college during 1867-71, receiving the degree of A. B.; and in 1872-73 at the law department of the Georgetown university, graduating with the degree of LL. B. For several years he was employed in the United States department of justice at Washington, D. C.; from 1879-83 was attorney for the government in the defense of suits in the court of claims; thereafter was chief of the diplomatic bureau of the United States department of state until 1884; since which time he has practiced law with success in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wing, George Curtis
lawyer, jurist, was born April 16, 1847, in Livermore, Maine. He was admitted to the bar in 1868. He practiced law for two years at Lisbon Falls and in March, 1870, removed to Auburn where he formed co-partnership with the Hon. Nahum Morrill.
He served on the superintending school committee of Auburn in 1872 and 1873; and was city a solicitor in 1878-87. He was one of the incorporators of the Shoe and Leather bank in 1875, and has been one of its directors ever since. He was elected county attorney for the county of Androscoggin in 1872, and judge of probate in 1875 and 1879, and was appointed judge of probate for the year 1885. He was chairman of the republican state committee in 1884, and in that year was chairman of the republican state delegation to the convention at Chicago. He served on the staffs of Governors Bodwell and Marble. In 1885 he took a prominent part in the formation of the Maine Benefit association, was elected its president and has been re-elected ever since. At the present time he is vice-president of the Auburn Trust company, president of the Auburn board of trade and one of the directors of the Portland and Rumford Falls railway.
Wingard, Samuel Cyrus
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Aug. 6, 1825, in Huntingdon county, Pa. He served two terms as a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature. He moved to Washington territory in 1870; and in 1872 was appointed United States attorney for that territory. In 1875 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the territory, and continued in that position by reappointment.
Wingate, Charles Edward Lewis
journalist, author, was born in 1861 in New Hampshire. He was a Boston journalist; and the author of Shakespeare's Heroines on the Stage.
Wingate, Charles Frederick
civil engineer, author, was born March 5, 1847, in New York city. He was a sanitary engineer of New York city; and the author of Views and Interviews on Journalism; Plumbing and House Drainage; and Twilight Tracts.
Wingate, George Wood
soldier, lawyer, author, was born July 1, 1840, in New York city. He is a lawyer and soldier; and the author of Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment; Manual of Rifle Practice; and On Horseback Through the Yellowstone.
Wingate, Joseph F
state legislator, congressman, was born in Massachusetts.
He was a member of the legislature of Massachusetts in 1818 and 1819; and was collector of customs at Bath, Maine, from 1820 to 1824. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1825 and 1826; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1827 to 1831.
Wingate, Paine
clergyman, lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born May 14, 1739, in Amesbury, Mass. He was ordained as a congregational minister at Hampton Falls, N. H., in 1763. He was appointed a member of congress under the confederation in 1787; and after the adoption of the constitution was elected a member of the United States senate in 1789, and served until 1793, when he was elected a representative in congress, serving until 1795. In 1798 he was appointed a judge of the superior court of New Hampshire, and continued in office until 1809, when he attained the age of seventy. He died March 7, 1838, in Stratham, N. H.
Winger, Benjamin Franklin
lawyer, journalist, was born Nov. 27, 1835, in Pennsylvania. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, and became lieutenant-colonel of the one hundred and twelfth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. In 1868 he served as a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives; and for a quarter of a century has been editor and owner of The Press of Greencastle, Pa.
Wingfield, John Henry Duca- Chet
clergyman, bishop, was born Sept. 24, 1833, in Portsmouth, Va. In 1874 he was consecrated bishop of northern California. He is also the president of the St. Augustine college and the St. Mary's college, and rector of St. Paul's church of Benicia, Cal.
Winkler, Edwin Theodore
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 13, 1823, in Savannah, Ga. In 1872 he took charge of the baptist church in Marion, Ala., and in 1874 he was made editor-in-chief of the Alabama Baptist. He was the author of a catechism for the instruction of colored people, and of several published sermons, addresses and essays. He died Nov. 10, 1883, in Marion, Ala.
Winn, Thomas Elisha
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 21, 1839, in Clarke county, Ga. He was elected solicitor of the county court of Milton county, Ga. He entered the confederate army as first lieutenant in 1861; and was soon promoted to captain, afterward major, and finally lieutenant-colonel, twenty-fourth Georgia regiment, serving with Lee's army until the surrender. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as an alliance man and democrat.
Winne, Scott E
financier, lawyer, was born June 29, 1863, in Haskinville, N. Y. For ten years he was special agent and adjuster of the German Insurance company of Freeport, Ill.; has been financial correspondent of the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati, Ohio; and since 1890 has been president of the Winne Mortgage Trust company of Wichita, Kan., where he has also an extensive law practice.
Winner, Septimius
composer, was born May 11, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He is the author of What Is Home Without a Mother; Listen to the Mocking- Bird; and among his other publications are rudimentary instruction books, guides and primers for various instruments.
Winser, Henry Jacob
journalist, author, was born Nov. 23, 1833, in Bavaria. He was a journalist of New York city, and subsequently of Newark, N. J.; and United States consul at Sonneburg, Germany, in 1869-81. He was the author of The Great Northwest; The Yellowstone National Park; and The Seat of a Thousand Industries, a description of Newark.
Winship, Albert Edward
journalist, lecturer, author, was born Feb. 24, 1845, in West Bridgewater, Mass. For several years he was editor-in-chief of the Boston Evening Traveler; and is now the editor of the Journal of Education of Boston, Mass. He is well known as a lecturer and as public speaker on educational, political and philanthropic subjects; and is the author of Life of a Horace Mann; Methods and Principles in Bible Study; The Shop; Waifs; Our Industries; Educational Leaders; and other works. He was the first president of the Educational Press association; was president of the New England Press association in 1897; and the same year was also president of the American Institute of Instruction, the oldest educational association of America. He has served on the Massachusetts republican state committee, and on the executive committee; and was a delegate from Massachusetts to the national republican convention of 1896.
Winslow, A
lawyer, orator, was born Feb. 4, 1848, in Geneva county, Ala. He received his education in his native state at the Clintonville and Midway academies. He has been justice of the peace; United States commissioner for the western district of Texas; and master in chancery of the district court. He is a lawyer of ability and an orator of distinction; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of Laredo, Texas.
Winslow, Benjamin Davis
clergyman, author, poet, was born Feb. 13, 1815, in Boston, Mass. He was ordained deacon in 1838, and priest in 1839. His Sermons and Poetical Remains were edited by Bishop Doane, who prefixed a notice entitled The True Catholic Churchman in His Life and Death. He died Nov. 21, 1839, in Burlington, N. J.
Winslow, Mrs. Catherine Mary
[REIGNOLDS], actress, author, was born about 1830 in England. She is a popular actress of Boston, and since her retirement from the stage well known as a public reader. She is the author of Yesterdays with Actors; and Readings from the Old English Dramatists.
Winslow, Mrs. Celeste M. A
author, poet, was born Nov. 22, 1837, in Charlemont, Mass. She is the author of a volume of poems; and her contributions of both prose and verse have appeared in Scribner's, Lippincott's and other leading publications.