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Walter, William – Wanamaker, John

Walter, William

clergyman, was born Oct. 7, 1737, in Roxbury, Mass. In 1792 he became rector of Christ church in Boston, Mass., where he ministered till his death. In 1796 he was invited to deliver the Dudleian lecture at Harvard college, and in 1798 he pronounced the anniversary discourse before the Massachusetts Humane society, which was published. He died Dec. 5, 1800, in Boston, Mass.

Walter, William Bicker

author, poet, was born April 19, 1796, in Boston, Mass. ne was a poet who published Poems; and Sukey, suggested by Halleck's Fanny. He died April 23, 1822, in Boston, Mass.

Walter, William Henry

musician, author, was born July 1, 1825, in Newark, N. J. He was appointed organist at Columbia college, New York, in 1856, with which he is still connected.

His published works are Manual of Church Music; Chorals and Hymns; Common Prayer with Ritual Song; Lessons in Music; and Mass in C, with Latin and English text.

Walton, Charles Edgar

physician, surgeon, was born May 30, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio. This eminent physician and surgeon has been professor of anatomy, surgery and gynecology in the Homeopathic Medical society of Cleveland, Ohio, of which institution he was president in 1889.

Walton, Charles W

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1819, in Mexico, Maine. Removing to Androscoggin county, Maine, in 1855, he was elected attorney for that county in 1857, which office he held until 1860, when he was elected a representative from Maine to the thirty-seventh congress. In 1862 he resigned his seat in congress, and was appointed judge of the supreme court of Maine.

Walton, Clifford Stevens

lawyer, author, was born March 2, 1861, near Chardon, Ohio. He is a successful Spanish-American lawyer of Washington, D. C. He has contributed a number of articles to current literature on international law subjects, and his life and experience in Spain.

Walton, E. P

journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1812, in Montpelier, Vt. He edited the Vermont Watchman, and served in the Vermont state legislature as a representative one term. He was then elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. After leaving congress he resumed the editorship of his journal in Montpelier, Vt.

Walton, George Augustus

educator, author, was born Feb. 18, 1822, in Wakefield, Mass. He received a thorough collegiate training; and has attained success as an educator. He has been principal of various schools in Massachusetts, and for twenty-five years was the agent of the Massachusetts state board of education. He has been conductor of institutes in the states of Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. He is the author of several works on arithmetic, and has contributed extensively to educational journals.

Walton, George Edward

physician, educator, author, was born Dec. 25, 1839, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a Cincinnati physician, professor of medicine in Cincinnati college from 1880, and the author of The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada.

Walworth, Reuben Hyde

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 26, 1788, in Bozrah, Conn. He was an attorney of the supreme court of New York; and settled at Plattsburg in 1811. He was a member of the house of representatives during the a

Walworth, Warren S

railroad president, was born Aug. 21, 1838, in Jefferson county, N. Y. In 1894 he became president of the York Southern railroad at Cleveland, Ohio.

Wanamaker, John

merchant, cabinet officer, was born July 11, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the leading merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1886 he declined the nomination for mayor of Philadelphia tendered by independent republicans. He was appointed postmastergeneral March 4, 1889.