Whelan, Vincent
bishop, was born Jan. 28, 1809, in Baltimore, Md. In 1841 he was consecrated second bishop of Baltimore. He erected a cathedral at Wheeling, W. Va.; and in 1850 was made first bishop of Wheeling. He died July 7, 1874, in Baltimore, Md.
WHELPLEY, JAMES DAVENPORT, physician, journalist, was born Jan. 23, 1817, in New York city. In 1847 he removed to New York city, where he became editor and one of the owners of the American Whig Review, to which he had been a contributor since 1845. He died April 15, 1872, in Boston, Mass.