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White, William

clergyman, bishop, author, was born April 4, 1748, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania; and for nearly sixty years he ruled his growing diocese, and for forty years was senior and presiding bishop; and the author of Memoir of the Episcopal Church; Lectures on the Catechism; and Comparative View of the Controversy Between Calvinists and Arminians. He died July 17, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.

White, William Allen

journalist, author, was born in 1868 in Emporia, Kan.

He is now editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette in Emporia, Kan. He is the author of The Real Issue; and also a clever book of Kansas Stories.

White, William Charles

lawyer, dramatist, author, was born in 1777 in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer and dramatist of Worcester, Mass.; and the author of The Country Cousin; The Poor Lodger; and Compendium of the Laws of Massachusetts. He died May 2, 1818, in Worcester, Mass.

White, William J

agriculturist, banker, manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1850, in Canada. He owns large vessel interests, and is interested largely in banking, farming, stock-raising, and various other business enterprises.

He was elected mayor of West Cleveland as a republican in 1889; and was elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican.

White, William Jones

railroad president, was born Oct. 7, 1842, in Warrenton, N. C. Since 1885 he has been president of the Warrenton railroad at Warrenton, N. C.

White, William N

bookseller, author, was born in 1819 in Walton, N. Y. He was a bookseller of Athens, Ga., who edited The Southern Cultivator. He was the author of Gardening for the South; and Scientific Gardening. He died July 9, 1867, in Athens, Ga.

Whitefield, Henry

clergyman, author, was born in 1597 in England. He was a puritan clergyman who came to New England in 1637, and was one of the founders of the New Haven colony. He returned to England in 1650. He was the author of Helps to Stir Up to Christian Duties; The Light Appearing; and Strength Out of Weakness. He died about 1651 in Winchester, England.

Whitefield, J. W

congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a delegate from the territory of Kansas to the thirty-fourth congress.

Whitefield, James

soldier, governor, was born in Georgia. He moved to Mississippi at an early day; served as a soldier in the war of 1812; and also in the Creek war. He was governor of Mississippi from 1851 to 1852. During the late rebellion he acted as funding agent for the confederate government. He died June 30, 1875, in Columbus, Ga.

Whitehead, Charles E

railroad president, was born in 1830 in New York city. Since 1887 he has been president of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad at New York city.

WHITEHEAD, CHARLES EDWARD, author, was born in 1829 in New York.

He is the author of The Campfires of the Everglades, or Wild Sports in the South.

Whitehead, Cortlandt

bishop of Pittsburg, Pa., was born Oct. 30, 1842, in New York city. He was elected bishop of Pittsburg in October, 1881, and was consecrated in Trinity church, Pittsburg, on Jan. 25, 1882.

Whitehead, James Madison

soldier, editor, lawyer, was born Feb. 21, 1839, in Houston county, Ga. He served in the confederate army, and lost a leg at Seven Days Mound, near Richmond.

Since 1860 he has been editor of fifteen different papers, and as a writer is humorous and particularly strong in satire. He is an advanced populist, an able platform speaker, and a successful lawyer of Greenville, Ala. as a