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Whiton, James Morris – Whittlesey, Eliphalet

Whiton, James Morris

clergyman, author, was born April 11, 1833, in Boston, Mass. He is a congregational clergyman of New York city; and the author of New Points to Old Texts; Is Eternal Punishment Endless?; The Gospel of the Resurrection; Beyond the Shadow; The Divine Satisfaction; Early Pupils of the Spirit; The Evolution of Revelation; The Law of Liberty; Turning Points of Thought and Conduct; and Gloria Patri.

Whiton, John Milton

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 1, 1785, in Winchendon, Mass. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Antrim, N. H.; and the author of Sketches of the Early History of New Hampshire, 1623-1833. He died Sept. 28, 1856, in Antrim, N. H.

Whitsitt, William Heth

educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1841, in Nashville, Tenn. He is a baptist clergyman of Louisville, professor of ecclesiastical history at the Southern Baptist Theological seminary from 1872; and the author of History of the Rise of Infant Baptism; History of Communion Among Baptists; Life and Times of Jude Caleb Wallace; and A Question in Baptist History.

Whitson, W. C

lawyer, jurist, was born in Indiana. He moved to Lewiston, Idaho; and in 1874 was appointed an associate justice of the United States supreme court for the territory of Idaho. He died Dec. 25, 1875, in Omaha, Neb.

Whittaker, Frederick

soldier, journalist, author, was born Dec. 12, 1838, in England. He was a federal cavalry officer during the civil war, and subsequently a journalist of New York city. He is the author of A Defence of Dime Novels by a Writer of Them; Life of General Custer; Cadet Button, a Tale of American Army Life; and Bel Rubio, a novel.

Whittaker, Henry

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 15, 1808, in Wales.

He was a law-office clerk in New York city; and the author of Practice and Pleading Under the Codes; and Analysis of Decisions in Practice and Pleading. He died Feb. 9, 1881, in New York city.

Whittaker, James Thomas

physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1843 in Ohio. He is a prominent surgeon of Cincinnati; and the author of Lectures on Physiology; History of Tuberculosis; and Theory and Practice of Medicine.

Whittaker, John

governor. He was the first governor of Oregon after it became a state, serving as such from 1859 to 1862.

Whittemore, Don Juan

civil engineer, was born Dec. 6, 1830, in Milton, Vt. In 1847 he became an engineer, and in 1853-57 was made chief assistant engineer of the La Crosse and Milwaukee railroad, after which he was chief engineer of the Southern Minnesota Railway company.

Whittemore, Elias

congressman, was born in Rockingham county, N. H.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1825 to 1827.

Whittlesey, Charles

soldier, lawyer, geologist, was born Oct. 4, 1808, in Southington, Conn. He served in the Black Hawk war. He subsequently was a lawyer of Cleveland, Ohio; and attained note as a geologist. He died Oct. 18, 1886, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Whittlesey, Eliphalet

soldier, clergyman, educator, was born May 14, 1821, in New Britain, Conn. He served with distinction during the civil war, and was brevetted brigadier-general of United States volunteers. For several years he was pastor of the Central church of Bath, Maine; and filled a professor's chair in the Bowdoin college. Since 1874 he has been secretary of the board of Indian commissioners at Washington, D. C.