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Wentworth, Joshua – Wessells, Henry Walton

Wentworth, Joshua

soldier, was born in 1742 in Portsmouth, N. H. He was colonel of the first New Hampshire regiment in 1776, was elected to the legislature, served four years as state senator, and was appointed a delegate to the continental congress, but did not attend.

He died Oct. 19, 1809, in Portsmouth, N. H.

Wentworth, Moses J

lawyer, capitalist, state legislator, was born May 9, 1848, in Sandwich, N. H. Becoming sole trustee of the large estate of his uncle, John Wentworth, he did not practice his profession, but devoted his time to the care of property. He is a democrat in politics and was elected a member of the twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first general assemblies of the state of Illinois.

Wentworth, Tappan

state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1802, in Dover, N. H. He was president of the common council of Lowell in 1842; served four years in the state senate, and eight years in the lower house of the legislature.

He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1853 to 1855. He died June 12, 1875, in Boston, Mass.

Wenzel, John

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 30, 1869, in Marlboro, Mass. For seven years he was assistant librarian of Boston university, and since 1894 he has been trustee of the Ashland Public library, Massachusetts. He practices law in Boston, and is the author of The Comparative View of Governments, and contributes extensively to current literature.

Werden, Elias

poet, was born April 26, 1816, in New Marlboro, Mass. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Sketches in Prose and Verse.

Wereat, John

patriot, congressman, was born about 1730. He was a member of the provincial congress of Georgia in 1775, its speaker in 1776, and after the fall of Savannah in 1779, as president of the executive council, was at the head of the state government till the next election. He died in 1798 in Bryan county, Ga.

Wert, J. Howard

educator, poet.

He is a successful educator of Harrisburg, Pa., and the author of Poems of Camp and Hearth; and other works.

Wertman, Sarah K

lawyer. She was admitted to the bar and is nowa member of the law firm of Wertman and Wertman, of Ashland, Ohio.

Wertmuller, Adolph Ulric

artist, born in 1751 in Sweden. Among his portraits are those of Gustavus III. and his queen, and Gustavus IV. His Marie Antoinette and her Children is in the museum at Stockholm. He died Oct. 5, 1811, near Marcus Hook, Pa.

Wesley, John

philanthropist, was born June 17, 1703, in England. He was the founder of methodism. He died Feb. 23, 1791.

Wesselhoeft, Conrad

physician, author. He is a homeopathic physician of Boston, and the author of The Law of Similars.

WESSELHOEFT, MRS. LILY (POPE), author, was born in Massachusetts. She is a Boston writer of popular juvenile tales, and the author of Jerry the Blunderer; Sparrow the Tramp; Flipwing the Spy; Old Rough the Miser; The Winds, the Woods, and the Wanderer; and Frowzle, the Runaway.

Wessells, Henry Walton

soldier, was born Feb. 20, 1809, in Litchfield, Conn. In 1833 he graduated from West Point; served in the Seminole, Mexican and civil wars; and attained the brevet of brigadier-general in the United States army.