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Wood, William

clergyman, was born Oct. 14, 1863, in England. He is a grad-

Wood, William Dixon

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 1, 1858, in Marin county, Cal. In 1885-86 he was probate judge of King county, Wash.; in 1889 became state senator; in 1893-95 was regent of the university of Washington; and in 1896-97 was mayor of Seattle.

Wood, William Maxwell

naval surgeon, author, was born May 27, 1809, in Baltimore, Md. He was a United States naval surgeon, and the author of Wandering Sketches; A Shoulder to the Wheel of Progress; Hints to the People on the Profession of Medicine; and Fankwei, or the San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan. He died March 1, 1880, in Baltimore county, Md.

Woodburn, William

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1838 in Ireland.

He was district-attorney of Storey county in 1871 and 1872. He was elected a representative from Nevada to the fortyfourth congress for the state at large, and in 1884 was elected to the forty-ninth congress; and also to the fiftieth congress as a republican.

Woodbury, Augustus

clergyman, author, journalist, legislator, was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Beverly, Mass. He was pastor of the unitarian church from 1849 until 1892, when he retired. He was chaplain during the civil war; has served as a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and for many years was engaged in journalism. He is the author of Plain Words to Young Men; The Second Rhode Island Regiment; and Historical Sketch of Rhode Island Prisons and Jails, his principal works.

Woodbury, Charles Levi

lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 22, 1820, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was United States district attorney for Massachusetts from 1858 until 1861. He edited with George Minot Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, containing the decisions of Judge Levi Woodbury, in three volumes.

Woodbury, Daniel Phineas

soldier, author, was born Dec. 16, 1812, in New London, N. H. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war, and the author of Sustaining Walls; and Theory of the Arch. He died Aug. 15, 1864, in Key West, Fla.

Woodcock, David

state legislator, congressman, was born in Berkshire county, Mass. He was a member of the New York assembly from Seneca county in 1814 and 1815, and from Tompkins county in 1826. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823, and again from 1827 to 1829.

Woodford, William

soldier, was born in 1735 in Caroline county, Va. He was appointed brigadier-general in 1777, and given command of the first Virginia brigade. He died Nov. 13, 1780, in New York city.

Woodruff, Clinton Rogers

lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 17, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. He has been prominent in educational and reform work, and in 1894 was secretary of the Philadelphia conference for good city government.

Woodruff, George

lawyer, jurist, was born July 4, 1807, in Binghamton, N. Y.

He became county judge in 1846, and served two terms in Marshall, Mich.

He was circuit commissioner three terms; and a judge of the circuit court in 1866-75.

He died May 13, 1887, in Marshall, Mich.

Woodruff, George C

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 1, 1805, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a judge of probate in Connecticut for several years. In 1861 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the thirty-seventh congress.