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Wade, Leonidas Elijah – Wagner, John

Wade, Leonidas Elijah

educator, lawyer, was born April 13, 1858, in Tallokas, Ga. He has been a successful school teacher, and is now a successful lawyer of Jacksonville, Fla.

Wade, William H

soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 3, 1835, in Clarke county, Ohio. He enlisted in the union army in 1861, and rose through the intermediate grades to lieutenant-colonel. In 1880 he was elected a representative in the Missouri state legislature, and was re-elected in 1882. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-ninth congress; and re-elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.

Wade, William P

author. He is the author of a Treatise on the Law of Notice; On the Operation and Construction of Retroactive Laws; Manual of American Mining Laws in the Western States; The Laws of Notice as Affecting Civil Rights and Remedies; and The Law of Attachment and Garnishment.

Wadleigh, Bainbridge

lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Jan. 4, 1831, in Bradford, N. H.

He was a member of the New Hampshire state house of representatives for eight years between 1865 and 1873; and was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1873 and ending in 1879. He died Jan. 24, 1891, in Boston, Mass.

Wadley, William Morris

railroad manager, was born Nov. 12, 1813, in Brentwood, N. H. He was the pioneer in successfully consolidating railroads in the south; and also created the Ocean Steamship company, with its immense wharves; and organized the powerful South Railway and Steamship association. He died Aug. 10, 1882.

Wadsworth, Benjamin

college president, was born in 1669 in Milton, Mass. In 1725 he was elected president of Harvard college, serving until his death.

He died March 16, 1737, in Cambridge, Mass.

Wadsworth, James

congressman, was born July 6, 1730, in Durham, Conn.

He was a delegate from Connecticut to the continental congress from 1783 to 1786.

He died Sept. 22, 1817, in Durham, Conn.

Wagener, David D

merchant, banker, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a merchant, and for many years president of the Easton bank.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1841. He died Oct. 1, 1860, in Easton, Pa.

Wagener, George A

railroad president, was born Dec. 25, 1845, in Charleston, S. C. He is president of the Carolina Midland railway at Charleston, S. C.

WAGGAMANN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, United States senator, was born in 1782 in Somerset county, Md. He was secretary of the state of Louisiana under three administrations; and held various other public positions. He was a senator in congress from 1831 to 1835. He died March 22, 1843, in New Orleans.

Wagnalls, Adam Willis

railroad president, was born Sept. 24, 1843, in Lithopolis, Ohio. Since 1891 he has been president of the Harriman Coal and Iron railroad at New York city.

WAGNER, ARTHUR LOCKWOOD, soldier, author, was born in 185- in Illinois. He is an officer in the United States army; and the author of Catechism of Outpost Duty; Organization and Tactics; The Service of Security and Information; and The Campaign of Königgrätz.

Wagner, John

educator, physician, surgeon, was born July 7, 1791, in Charleston, S. C. In 1829 he was elected professor of pathological and surgical anatomy in South Carolina Medical college, which is said to have been the first college to establish this department. In 1832 he succeeded Dr. James Ramsey in the chair of surgery. He died May 22, 1841, in Charleston, S. C.