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Way, Andrew John Henry – Weaver, John G

Way, Andrew John Henry

artist, was born April 27, 1826, in Washington, D. C. At the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 he received a medal for two panels.

His numerous works include A Christmas Memory; Prince Albert Grapes; Flora and Pomona; Wild Fowl; A Sportsman's Luck; To my Sweetheart; and Preparation for Apple Toddy. He died Feb. 7, 1888, in Baltimore, Md.

Way, George Brevitt

artist, was born Oct. 29, 1854, in Baltimore, Md.

Among his works are Sunset; Twilight on the Susquehanna; Village Scene in Brownsville; and On the Upper Potomac.

Wayland, Francis

educator, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Aug. 23, 1826, in Boston, Mass. In 1864 he was elected judge of probate for New Haven; and in 1869 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Connecticut. In 1872 he was appointed to a professorship in the Law school of Yale, and in the next year he was made dean of that school. He published papers on Tramps; and Out-Door Relief, prepared for the American Social Science association.

Wayland, Heman Lincoln

clergyman, journalist, author, was born April 23, 1830, in Providence, R. I. He is a baptist clergyman, editor of The National Baptist at Philadelphia in 1872-94, and editor of The Examiner from 1894. He is the author of Life and Labors of F.

Wayland; and Faith and Works of Charles Spurgeon.

Wayne, Isaac

congressman, was born in 1770 in Warren county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1825. He died Oct. 25, 1852, in Chester county, Pa.

Weakley, Robert

congressman, was born July 20, 1764, in Halifax county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1809 to 1811; and in 1819 was appointed United States commissioner to treat with the Chickasaws. He died Feb. 4, 1845, in Nashville, Tenn.

Wear, Robert Duke

lawyer, poet, was born Feb. 26, 1854, in Verona, Miss.

He is a successful lawyer of Granbury, Tex.; and the author of a volume entitled Beauty, and Other Poems.

Weare, Meshech

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born June 16, 1713, in Hampton, N. H. He was elected to the New Hampshire legislature for several years, serving as speaker in 1752. In 1754 he was a commissioner to the colonial congress at Albany, and he was afterward a justice of the supreme court, and in 1777 became chief justice.

He died Jan. 15, 1786, in Hampton Falls, N. H.

Weathersby, Eliza

actress, was born in 1849 in England. She has attained a national reputation throughout the country as a noted actress. She died March 24, 1887, in New York city.

Weatherwax, Frank

elocutionist, orator, was born Nov. 21, 1863, in Corey, Mich. He received a thorough education in the district schools, and at the Northern Indiana Normal school of Valparaiso. He studied elocution and oratory under the best masters, and is now teacher of those arts in Detroit, Mich.

Weaver, George Sumner

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 24, 1818, in Rockingham, Vt. He is a universalist clergyman; and the author of Lectures on Mental Science; Hopes and Helps for the Young; Aims and Aids for Girls; The Ways of Life; The Christian Household; The Open Way; Moses and Modern Science; The Heart of the Word; and Lives and Graves of Our Presidents. -

Weaver, John G

legislator, public official, was born Nov. 25, 1812, in Newport, R. I. In 1863-64 he was a representative in the Rhode Island state legislature; and was one of the first aldermen of Newport.