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Wagner, Madge M – Wakeman, Seth

Wagner, Madge M

journalist, author, poet. In 1881 she published a volume of poems which have since had a second edition. She is the author of Meric; Diana; and A Titled Plebeian.

Wagner, Peter J

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.

Wainwright, Richard

naval officer, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Charlestown, Mass. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1841. He was promoted to commander in 1860, and given the flag-ship Hartford of Admiral Farragut's fleet, fitted out for the capture of New Orleans. He died Aug. 10, 1862, near New Orleans, La.

Wainwright, Richard

naval officer, was born in the District of Columbia. In 1868 he graduated from the Naval academy; and in 1898 gained world-wide renown for his gallant conduct in handling the auxiliary gunboat Gloucester during the Spanish-American war.

Wait, Samuel

educator, was born Dec. 19, 1789, in Washington county, N.

Y. The first baptist newspaper published in North Carolina owed its existence to his labors. He was active in establishing Wake Forest school, which subsequently became Wake Forest college, and was its president. He died July 28, 1867, in Wake Forest, N. C.

Wait, William

was born Feb. 2, / 1821, in Ephratah, N. Y. He was an eminent lawyer of Fulton county, N. Y.; and the author of Law and Practice in Civil Actions; New York Annotated Code of Procedure; Actions and Defenses at Law and in Equity; and Treatise on General Principles of the Law. He died Dec. 29, 1880, in Johnstown, N. Y.

Wait, William Bell

educator, author, was born March 25, 1839, in Amsterdam, N. Y. He was the author of Harmonic Notation; The Normal Course of Piano Technique; and A System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing for the Use of Notation.

Waite, Davis Hanson

governor, was born April 9, 1825, in Jamestown, N.

Y. In 1893 he was elected governor of Colorado, serving until 1894.

Waite, Henry Randall

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 16, 1845, in Copenhagen, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman who has published The Motive of St. Paul's Life; Illiteracy and the Mormon Problem; and A Boy's Workshop.

Wakely, Ebenezer

lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He settled in Wisconsin; and was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Nebraska.

Wakeman, Abraham

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 31, 1824, in Fairfield, Conn. In 1850 he was elected to the New York legislature; and was re-elected in 1851. In 1854 he was elected an alderman in New York, serving two years. In 1856 he was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress; and also frequently served as a member of state conventions.

Wakeman, Seth

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 15, 1811, in Franklin, Vt. He was district attorney of Genesee county, N. Y., from 1851-57; and was a member of the assembly of the state of New York in 1856-57. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of New York in 1867-68; and was elected to the forty-second congress as a republican, serving with ability on several important committees while a member of that body.