Wayne, Anthony
soldier, statesman, was born Jan. 1, 1745, in East Town,. Chester county, Pa. In 1773 he was elect-- ed a representative in the Pennsylvania. general assembly.
In 1775 he entered the army as colonel, and at the close of the campaign was made brigadiergeneral. In 1781 he led the Pennsylvania line to form a junction with Lafayette in Virginia, and engaged in the capa ture of Cornwallis, after which he conducted the war in Georgia with equal suc-- cess, receiving from the legislature of that state, as a reward for his services, a valuable farm, upon which he retired after the war. In 1787 he was a member of the convention for framing the constitution.
He concluded a treaty, Aug. 3, 1795, with the hostile tribes northwest of the Ohio, and attained the rank of major-general.
He was called Mad Anthony. He died in December, 1796, in Erie, Pa.