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Washburn, Ganem – Waterman, Elijah
Washburn, Ganem
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born in October, 1823, in Livermore. He settled in Oshkosh, Wis.; has been a member of the senate of Wisconsin; and judge of Winnebago county and of tenth judicial circuit of the state.
Washburn, George
educator, clergyman, college president, was born March 1, 1833, in Middleboro, Mass. He was professor of philosophy and political economy and acting president in Robert college, Constantinople, in 1869-76, and since the latter year he has been president.
Washburn, Israel
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, governor, author, was born June 6, 1813, in Livermore, Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1842; and was elected to the federal house of representatives from Maine for the thirty-second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. In 1860 he was elected governor of Maine; and in 1863 was appointed collector of the port of Portland, Maine. He died May 12, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Washburn, John Henry
insurance president, was born Oct. 27, 1828, in Amherst, Mass. He first became identified with the insurance business in 1850. In 1859 he became connected with the Home Insurance company of New York city; was appointed its secretary in 1867; and became vice-president of that company in 1884. He has been twice elected president of the association of Western Underwriters; and has also been president of the Insurance Tariff association of New York.
Washington, James B
railroad president, was born Aug. 26, 1839, in Baltimore, Md. He was president of the Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore railroad; and also president of numerous railroad corporations in Pittsburg, Pa. WASHINGTON, JOHN AUGUSTUS, soldier, was born May 3, 1821, in Blakely, Va. He was a descendant of George Washington; served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Robert E. Lee; and was killed with a reconnoitering party, Sept. 13, 1861, near Richmond, Va.
Washington, William H
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1814 in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from 1841 to 1843; and subsequently served five or six years in the state legislature. He died Aug. 12,
Wasson, David Atwood
clergyman, author, poet, was born May 14, 1823, in West Brooksville, Maine. He was a unitarian clergyman of Massachusetts, prominent as a radical thinker, who lived at West Medford after his retirement from the ministry. He was the author of Poems; and Essays: Religious, Social, Political. He died Jan. 21, 1887, in West Medford, Mass.
Wasson, George Savary
artist.
His works are Great Misery Island; The Constitution and the Guerrière; A Wreck at Isle au Haut; Moore's Head, Isle au Haut (1886); Going to Pieces; and Running for a Harbor.
Waterbury, Jared Bell
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 11, 1799, in New York city. He was a presbyterian clergyman who was city missionary of Brooklyn, and the author of Advice to a Young Christian; Voyage of Life; Sketches of Eloquent Preachers; and Southern Planters and Freedmen. He died Dec. 31, 1876, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Waterhouse, Benjamin
educator, physician, author, was born March 4, 1754, in Newport, R. I. He was a physician who was professor of medicine at Harvard university in 1783-1812, and of natural history at Brown university in 1784- 91. He was the author of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine; The Principles of Vitality; The Botanist; and The Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, a novel. He died Oct. 2, 1846, in Cambridge, Mass.
Waterman, Elijah
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 28, 1769, in Bozrah, Conn. He contributed prose and verse to periodicals, and his other publications include An Oration before the Society of the Cincinnati; A Century Sermon at Windham; and Life and Writings of John Calvin. He died Oct. 11, 1825, in Springfield, Mass.