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Wharton, Samuel – Wheaton, Laban

Wharton, Samuel

state legislator, congressman was born May 3, 1732, in Philadelphia, Pa. He signed the non-importation resolutions of 1765, and was a member of the city councils of Philadelphia, of the committee of safety in the revolution, of the colonial and state legislatures of Pennsylvania, and of the continental congress in 1782 and 1783. He died in March, 1800, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Wharton, Thomas

governor, was born in 1735 in Chester county, Pa. He was one of the twenty-five citizens that formed the committee of safety in Philadelphia in 1775. In 1777 he was elected president of Pennsylvania, which office he held till his death. He died May 22, 1778, in Lancaster, Pa.

Wharton, Thomas Isaac

lawyer, author, was born May 17, 1791, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of Digest of Cases in United States Court, Third District; Reports of Cases in Pennsylvania Supreme Court; and Memoir of William Rawle. He died April 7, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Wharton, Thomas Isaac

journalist, author, was born Aug. 1, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of A Latter-Day Saint; and Hannibal of New York.

Wheatley, Charles Moore

mineralogist, author, was born March 16, 1822, in England. He was a mineralogist of Phoenixville, Pa., who published a Catalogue of the Shells of the United States. He died May 6, 1882, in Phoenixville, Pa.

Wheatley, Phillis

poet, was born in 1751 in Africa. She is the author of a volume entitled Poems. She died in 1784.

Wheatley, Richard

clergyman, author, was born in England. He is a methodist clergyman of New Jersey and the author of Cathedrals and Abbeys in Great Britain and Ireland.

Wheatley, William

actor, was born Dec. 5, 1816, in New York city. He attained national reputation as noted actor. He died Dec. 3, 1876, in New York. a a

Wheaton, Frank

soldier, was born May 8, 1833, in Providence, R. I. He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and was brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services, and received brevets in the regular army to the grade of major-general.

Wheaton, Henry

lawyer, diplomat, author, was born Nov. 27, 1785, in Providence. He was the author of History of the Progress of the Law of Nations; Elements of International Law; History of the Northmen; Reports of Cases in United States Supreme Court; Digest of Supreme Court Decisions from 1789 to 1820; and Life of William Pinkney in Sparks's American Biography. He died March 11, 1848, in Dorchester, Mass.

Wheaton, Horace

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1847.

Wheaton, Laban

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1754 at Marshfield, Mass. He was a county judge of Massachusetts, and was a representative in congress from 1809 to 1817. He died March 23, 1846, in Norton, Mass.