Wood, Leonard – Woodbury, Charles Levi
Wood, Leonard
soldier, physician.
In 1898 he was appointed General Chambers McKibbin's successor as military governor of Santiago. uate of the Maine Wesleyan seminary, and the Boston university. He has attained success as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and now fills a
Wood, Reuben
soldier, lawyer, jur-pastorate in Booth Bay Harbor, Maine. ist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1792 in Rutland county, Vt. He served as captain of the Vermont volunteers in the war of 1812. After the war he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and was a member of the state senate from 1825 to 1828. He was made president judge of the third district of the state in 1830, serving until 1833, when he was elected judge of the supreme court of Ohio. He continued to hold that office until 1845, and was chosen governor of Ohio for the term beginning in 1850 and ending in 1853. was appointed United States consul to Valparaiso in 1853. He died Oct. 2, 1864, in Rockport, Ohio.
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Wood, Mrs. Sarah Sayward
(BARRELL) (KEATING), author, was born in 1759 in Massachusetts. She was a novelist whose sentimental fictions include, Duval; Ferdinand and Almira; Amelia, or the Influence of Virtue; Tales of the Night; and The Illuminated Baron.
She died in 1855.
Wood, Silas
congressman, author, was born in 1769 in Suffolk county, N. Y.
He was the author of a History of Long Island. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1829. He died March 2, 1847, in Huntington, L. I.
Wood, Thomas J
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 30, 1844, in Athens county, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney for a term of two years, in Crown Point, Ind.; and was re-elected. He was a state senator for four years, and was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-eighth congress as a republican.
Wood, Thomas John
soldier, was born Sept. 25, 1823, in Munfordville, Ky.
In 1845 he graduated from the United States Military academy; was assigned to the topographical engineers; was transferred to the second dragoons, becoming a second lieutenant in 1846.
He took part in the with Mexico; war served in Kansas during the border troubles, and in 1861 became brigadiera general of volunteers. He was present at the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and in 1864 was severely wounded. In 1865 he was promoted major-general of volunteers. He received the brevet of first lieutenant, United States army, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista; that of brigadier-general for Chickamauga, and major-general for Nashville.
Wood, Thomas Waterman
artist, was born Nov. 12, 1823, in Montpelier, Vt. During 1878-87 he was president of the American Water-Color society; 1879-91 was vice-president of the National Academy of Design, and president of that institution since 1891. in
Wood, Walter Abbott
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1815, in Mason, N. H. He removed to New York and engaged largely in manufacturing; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republi- He died Jan. 15, 1892, in Hoosick Falls, N. Y. can.
Wood, William
clergyman, was born Oct. 14, 1863, in England. He is a grad-
Wood, William Dixon
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 1, 1858, in Marin county, Cal. In 1885-86 he was probate judge of King county, Wash.; in 1889 became state senator; in 1893-95 was regent of the university of Washington; and in 1896-97 was mayor of Seattle.
Wood, William Henry Sigel
educator, lawyer, orator, public official, was born Oct. 10, 1858, in Goodrich, Mich.
For ten years he was engaged in educational work; was in the railway mail service in 1885, a civil service clerk in the postoffice department of Washington during 1885-90. In 1891 he was clerk of the Michigan state board of auditors; in 1892 superintendent of the Michigan State Reform school; in 1893 superintendent Michigan State Industrial School for Boys; and in 1897 was elected circuit court commissioner of Livingston county, Mich.
Wood, William Maxwell
naval surgeon, author, was born May 27, 1809, in Baltimore, Md. He was a United States naval surgeon, and the author of Wandering Sketches; A Shoulder to the Wheel of Progress; Hints to the People on the Profession of Medicine; and Fankwei, or the San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan. He died March 1, 1880, in Baltimore county, Md.
Wood, William Maxwell
naval officer, inventor, author, was born March 9, 1850, in Baltimore, Md. He has patented a boat-detaching apparatus, which has been adopted in the United States navy and merchant service. He is the author of an article on Life-Boats and Boat-Detaching Apparatus.
Woodberry, George Edward
educator, author, was born May 12, 1855, in Beverly, Mass. He is a prominent literary critic of New York city, professor of literature in Columbia university, and editor, with E. C. Stedman, of the complete works of Poe. He has also edited a complete edition of Shelley, with Memoir and Notes. He is the author of A History of Wood Engraving; The North Shore Watch, and Other Poems; Life of Edgar Allan Poe; Life of James Russell Lowell; and Studies in Letters and Life.
Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch
lawyer, state legislature, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1819, in Vergennes, Vt.
He served three years in the Vermont state legislature; two years in the state senate and three years as state auditor.
In 1863 he was elected a representative from Vermont to the thirty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirtyninth and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died April 26, 1888, in Vergennes, Vt.
Woodbridge, Luther Dana
educator, physician, lecturer, author, was born Dec. 27, 1850, in Perth Amboy, N. J.
He received his education in the Pingry school of Elizabeth, N. J.; graduated in 1872 from the Williams college of Williamstown, Mass., from the college of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city in 1877, and subsequently from the medical department of the Vienna university. In 1872-73 he was a tutor in the Robert college of Constantinople; and in 1877-79 was house physician in the Roosevelt hospital of New York city. In 1880 he was in the Interne London hospital, England, and in 1882-83 was assistant surgeon in the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital. Since 1884 he has been professor of anatomy and physiology in the Williams college of Williamstown, Mass. He has been president of the Berkshire District Medical society, president of the Berkshire Congregational club, and since 1894 has been lecturer on the nervous system in the college of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston, Mass. He is the author of The Syllabus of Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology; a pamphlet on the Abortive Treatment of Typhoid Fever, and other works.
Woodbridge, Samuel Merrill
clergyman, author, was born in 1819 in Massachusetts. He is a Dutch reformed clergyman, professor at Rutgers Theological seminary of New Brunswick, N. J., from 1857, and the author of Analysis of Theology; and Faith: Its True Position in the Life of Man.
Woodbridge, William
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Aug. 20, 1780, in Norwich, Conn. In 1807 he was elected to the assembly of Ohio, and in 1808 was prosecuting attorney for his county, which office he held until 1814.
During the same period he was also a member of the state senate. In 1814 he received the appointment of secretary of the territory of Michigan, and removed to Detroit. In 1819 he was elected the first delegate from Michigan to congress, and in 1828 was appointed judge of the supreme court of Michigan territory and held the office four years. In 1837 he was elected to the state senate of Michigan.
In 1839 he was chosen governor of the state, and was a senator in congress from 1841 to 1847. He died Oct. 20, 1861, in Detroit, Mich.
Woodbridge, William Chan- Ning
educator, author, was born Dec. 18, 1794, in Medford, Mass. He was an educator of Hartford, and the author of Modern School Universal Geography; Modern Schoól Geography; and Letters from Hofwyl. He died Nov. 9, 1845, in Boston, Mass.
Woodburn, Benjamin Franklin
clergyman, was born March 23, 1832, in Crescent Township, Pa. Since the opening of the Allegheny General hospital in 1884 he has been its president.
Woodburn, William
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1838 in Ireland.
He was district-attorney of Storey county in 1871 and 1872. He was elected a representative from Nevada to the fortyfourth congress for the state at large, and in 1884 was elected to the forty-ninth congress; and also to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Woodbury, Augustus
clergyman, author, journalist, legislator, was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Beverly, Mass. He was pastor of the unitarian church from 1849 until 1892, when he retired. He was chaplain during the civil war; has served as a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and for many years was engaged in journalism. He is the author of Plain Words to Young Men; The Second Rhode Island Regiment; and Historical Sketch of Rhode Island Prisons and Jails, his principal works.
Woodbury, Charles Levi
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 22, 1820, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was United States district attorney for Massachusetts from 1858 until 1861. He edited with George Minot Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, containing the decisions of Judge Levi Woodbury, in three volumes.