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Winebrenner, John – Winser, Henry Jacob

Winebrenner, John

clergyman, author, was born March 24, 1797, in Frederick county, Md. He was a German reformed clergyman of Harrisburg, Pa., and founder in 1830 of the Church of God, a sect commonly known as Winebrennerians. He was the author of Regeneration; Practical and Doctrinal Sermons; and Brief Views of the Church of God. died Sept. 12, 1860, in Harrisburg, Pa.

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Wines, Frederic Howard

clergyman, author, was born April 9, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was formerly a presbyterian clergyman, but now devoted in official and private capacities to various reforms connected with the defective, dependent, and criminal classes. He is the author of Punishment and Reformation, an Historical Sketch of the Rise of the Penitentiary System; and The Liquor Problem in Its Legislative Aspects.

Wing, Austin E

state legislator, congressman, was born in 1792 in Berkshire county, Mass. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan from 1828 to 1832. He died Aug. 25, 1849, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Wing, Conway Phelps

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Carlisle, Pa., and long active as an abolitionist. Among his writings are History of Cumberland County, Pa.; and History of the Presbyteries of York and Carlisle. He died May 7, 1889, in Carlisle, Pa.

Wingate, George Wood

soldier, lawyer, author, was born July 1, 1840, in New York city. He is a lawyer and soldier; and the author of Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment; Manual of Rifle Practice; and On Horseback Through the Yellowstone.

Wingate, Joseph F

state legislator, congressman, was born in Massachusetts.

He was a member of the legislature of Massachusetts in 1818 and 1819; and was collector of customs at Bath, Maine, from 1820 to 1824. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1825 and 1826; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1827 to 1831.

Winkler, Edwin Theodore

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 13, 1823, in Savannah, Ga. In 1872 he took charge of the baptist church in Marion, Ala., and in 1874 he was made editor-in-chief of the Alabama Baptist. He was the author of a catechism for the instruction of colored people, and of several published sermons, addresses and essays. He died Nov. 10, 1883, in Marion, Ala.

Winn, Thomas Elisha

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 21, 1839, in Clarke county, Ga. He was elected solicitor of the county court of Milton county, Ga. He entered the confederate army as first lieutenant in 1861; and was soon promoted to captain, afterward major, and finally lieutenant-colonel, twenty-fourth Georgia regiment, serving with Lee's army until the surrender. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as an alliance man and democrat.

Winne, Scott E

financier, lawyer, was born June 29, 1863, in Haskinville, N. Y. For ten years he was special agent and adjuster of the German Insurance company of Freeport, Ill.; has been financial correspondent of the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati, Ohio; and since 1890 has been president of the Winne Mortgage Trust company of Wichita, Kan., where he has also an extensive law practice.

Winner, Septimius

composer, was born May 11, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He is the author of What Is Home Without a Mother; Listen to the Mocking- Bird; and among his other publications are rudimentary instruction books, guides and primers for various instruments.

Winser, Henry Jacob

journalist, author, was born Nov. 23, 1833, in Bavaria. He was a journalist of New York city, and subsequently of Newark, N. J.; and United States consul at Sonneburg, Germany, in 1869-81. He was the author of The Great Northwest; The Yellowstone National Park; and The Seat of a Thousand Industries, a description of Newark.