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Wootton, T. J – Worman, James Henry

Wootton, T. J

farmer, business man, jurist, was born Nov. 7, 1832, in Brazos county, Tex. He is a successful farmer of Kerr county, Tex., and for several years was engaged in mercantile business. He has been county judge of his county, and has filled numerous other public positions of trust.

Worcester, Alfred

physician, author, was born in 1855 in Massachusetts. He is a physician of Waltham, Mass.; and the author of Monthly Nursing; A New Way of Training Nurses; Training Schools for Nurses in Small Cities; and Small Hospitals.

Worcester, Noah

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1758, in Hollis, N. H. He was a unitarian clergyman, pastor at Brighton, Mass., in 1813-37. He edited The Friend of Peace; and was the author of A Respectful Address to the Trinitarian Clergy; The Atoning Sacrifice a Display of Love, not Wrath; Last Thoughts on Important Subjects; and Causes and Evils of Contentions Among Christians. He died Oct. 31, 1837, in.

Brighton, Mass.

Worcester, Noah

physician, author, was born in 1812 in New Hampshire. He was a physician who was professor of pathology in Western Reserve college, Hudson, Ohio; and the author of Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Skin Diseases. He died April 4, 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Worcester, Samuel T

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 30, 1804, in Hollis, N. H. In 1848 and 1849 he was elected to the state senate from Norwalk, Ohio. In 1859 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, which position he held until elected a representative from Ohio to the thirtyseventh congress.

Worcester, Thomas

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 23, 1768, in Hollis, N. H. He was a unitarian clergyman; and the author of Call for Scripture Evidence that Christ is God; The True God but One Person; and New Chain of Plain Argument. He died Dec. 24, 1831, in Salisbury.

Worcester, Thomas

clergyman, was born April 15, 1795, in Thornton, N.

H. He was the first clergyman of the Swedenborgian faith in Massachusetts, serving as pastor of the Boston society of the New Jerusalem church from 1821 till 1867. He published sermons, addresses, and magazine articles. He died Aug. 12, 1878; in Waltham, Mass.

Worch, Rudolph

soldier, journalist, poet, was born June 10, 1846, in Germany. He served in the civil war until its close. In 1871 he took charge of a German paper, The Volksfreund; and is the author of a number of poems.

Word, Thomas J

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Mississippi from 1838 to 1839.

Work, Henry Clay

poet, was born Oct. 1, 1832, in Middletown, Conn. He was a popular song-writer of Chicago. Marching Through Georgia; and Grandfather's Clock are perhaps the best known of his songs. He died June 8, 1884, in Hartford, Conn.

Worley, Caleb

educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 18, 1832, in Liberty, Ky. He received a thorough education; has been a college professor; county superintendent of schools; has attained success as an eminent clergyman in the baptist church, and now fills a pastorate in Clarksville, Tex.

Worman, James Henry

educator, author, was born Feb. 28, 1835, in Prussia. He is an educator who has filled professorships in various colleges north and south; and is the author of Complete Grammar of the German Language; Elementary German Grammar; and L'Echo de Paris.

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