Wolfe, Catharine Lorillard – Wood, Daniel P
Wolfe, Catharine Lorillard
philanthropist, was born March 28, 1828, in New York city. She gave about $100,- 000 to Union college, $30,000 to St. Luke's hospital, New York city, and $65,000 to St. Johnland on Long Island; largely aided in building the American chapel at Rome, and contributed a large sum to the one in Paris; established an Italian mission, costing $50,000, and a newsboys' lodging-house, and a diocesan house which, including its endowment, cost $170,000. She died April 4, 1887, in New York city. a
Wolfe, Henry E
clergyman, was born Aug. 5, 1859, in Ortonville, Mich.
In 1886 he graduated from the Albion college of Boston, Mass.; subsequently from the University School of Theology, and has received the degrees of A. M. and S. T. B. He has filled pastorates in the methodist episcopal churches at Calumet, Saginaw and Flint, Mich., and has contributed extensively to religious publications.
Wolfe, James B
educator, college president, was born Nov. 14, 1856, in Sullivan county, Tenn. In 1885 he graduated from the National Normal university of Lebanon, Ohio; has been superintendent of the Bremond public schools, Texas; principal of the Calvert High school, and president of the Gladeville college, Virginia.
Wolfe, John B
clergyman, philanthropist, was born May 14, 1843, in Bond county, Ill. He served in the civil war, and has attained prominence as one of the most eminent clergymen of Illinois.
He has been secretary of the Illinois conference of the methodist episcopal church; presiding elder, a delegate to the general conference of 1896, and a delegate to the national conference of charities held in Toronto, Ontario, in 1897. He now fills a pastorate in Bloomington, Ill.
Wolfe, John David
merchant, philanthropist, was born July 24, 1792, in New York city. He founded a highschool for girls, known as Wolfe hall, at Denver, Col., and a diocesan school for girls at Topeka, Kan., gave the building for the theological seminary connected with Kenyon college, and a fund for the college of the Sisters of Bethany, at Topeka, Kan., built homes for crippled and destitute children and for impoverished Christian men, in Suffolk county, N. Y., and, with Mrs. Peter Cooper, established the Sheltering Arms charity in New York city. He died May 17, 1872, in New York city.
Wolfe, Norman M
lawyer, jurist, was born July 6, 1850, in Richland county, Ohio. He is an eminent lawyer of Mansfield, Ohio. He has been a member of the board of education of his city, city solicitor, and is now judge of court of common pleas.
Wolfe, Simeon K
soldier, lawyer, journalist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 14, 1824, in Floyd county, Ind. He was a presidential elector in 1856, and was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1860, and served four years. He was colonel of the Indiana militia in 1861, and was editor and proprietor of the Corydon Democrat from 1857 to 1865. In 1870 he moved to New Albany; and was elected to the forty-third congress.
Wolfenbarger, Andrew Giv- Ens
lawyer, author, was born March 24, 1856, in Greenbank, Va. He has attained prominence as a lawyer of Lincoln, Neb., and is president of the Nebraska Irrigation association. He is the author of the Nebraska Legislative Year Book of 1897.
Wolff, S. A
educator, musician, was born Feb. 8, 1861, near Abbottstown, Pa.
During 1886-91 he was musical director of Gaston college of Dallas, N. C., and since 1891 has been principal of that institution.
Wolford, Frank D
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1817, in Adair county, Ky.
He was a representative in the Kentucky state legislature in 1847, 1848, 1865 and 1866. He was a presidential elector in 1864 and 1868, and was adjutant-general of the state of Kentucky in 1867 and 1868.
He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Wolle, Francis
clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 17, 1817, in Jacobsburg, Pa. He was a Moravian clergyman and educator of Bethlehem, Pa. He was the author of Desmids of the United States; Fresh-Water Algæ; and Diatomaceæ of North America. He died in 1893.
HERMANN WOLLENHAUPT, AD- OLPH, musician, was born Sept. 17, 1827, in Germany. He composed pieces for the pianoforte, some of which were much admired; several of them were published in Europe. He died Sept. 18, 1863, in New York city.
Wollenweber, Louis August
journalist, author, was born Dec. 5, 1807, in Germany. He was a German printer who came to America, and, after editing several German papers in Philadelphia, removed to Reading, Pa. He was the author of Sketches of Domestic Life in Pennsylvania; Treu bis in den Tod; and Zwei treue Kameraden. He died July 25, 1888, in Reading, Pa.
Wolverton, Simon P
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1837, in Rush township, Pa. In 1862 he raised a company of emergency men, of which he was made captain. and served in the eighteenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers. In 1863 he was chosen captain of company F, thirty-sixth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer In 1878 he was elected to the state senate, and was re-elected in 1880 and 1884, when he declined further nomination to that office. In 1884 he was nominated for United States senator by the democrats of both houses, and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat. He declined further nomination for congress.
Wood, Abiel
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1772. He was a distinguished merchant of Wiscasset, Mass., and from 1807 to 1811, and in 1816, was a member of the state legislature. He was a member of congress from that state from 1813 to 1815, and was a state councilor in 1820 and 1821. He died in November, 1834, in Belfast, Maine. years.
Wood, Alan
banker, congressman, was born July 6, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He took charge of the Delaware Iron works of his father and was there six years. He moved to Conshohocken, Pa., and assisted in building the original mill of the Schuylkill Iron works. He became interested in the two companies, and was president of the First National bank of Conshohocken. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress as a republican.
Wood, Alphonso
educator, author, was born Sept. 17, 1810, in Chesterfield, N. H. He was an educator of Brooklyn whose text-books were very popular. He was the author of Class-Book of Botany; First Lessons in Botany; Leaves and Flowers; and The American Botanist. He died Jan. 4, 1881, in West Farms, N. Y.
Wood, Amos E
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1810 in Jefferson county, N. Y. He twice served in the legislature, and once for the term of two years in the state senate, from Woodville, Ohio. He was elected a representative in congress from Ohio from 1850 to 1852. He died Nov. 19, 1850, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Wood, Benjamin
journalist, state senator, congressman, author, was born Oct. 13, 1820, in Shelbyville, Ky. He made several voyages to the West Indies and along the South American coast, and before reaching manhood had traveled through nearly every state in the Union.
His business was principally transacted in New York, where he became very wealthy. He was a state senator in 1866 and 1867, and was elected a representative from New York to the thirtyseventh, thirty-eighth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat. He is the author of Fort Lafayette, or Love and Secession.
Wood, Benson
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1839 in Susquehanna county, Pa. He was an Illinois soldier in the war of the rebellion, attaining the rank of captain of infantry. He was mayor of the city of Effingham, Ill., and a representative in the general assembly of Illinois. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress.
Wood, Bradford R
lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut. He moved to Albany, N. Y., and was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847. In 1861 he was appointed minister resident to Denmark.
Wood, Charles
clergyman, author, was born June 3, 1851, in Brooklyn, N.
Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Germantown, Philadelphia, and the author of Saunterings in Europe.
Wood, Charles Bradley
educator, was born Aug. 29, 1843, in Fulton county, Ohio. He graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university, and received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. For two years he taught mathematics in West Farmington, Ohio; then in Willoughby.
He subsequently was principal of public schools at Sewickley, Pa.; professor of mathematics in the Pittsburg High school for eleven years; and for sixteen years has been principal of the Pittsburg High school. He has been actively identified with building and loan associations for fifteen years, and has contributed extensively to current literature on educational topics.
Wood, Daniel P
lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 5, 1819, in Pompey, N. Y. He is a prominent lawyer of New York city, and was a member of the New York state senate.