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Wortendyke, Jacob R

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 27, 1818, in Chestnut Ridge, N. J. He was alderman of Jersey City, where he practiced law; and was elected a representative in the thirty-fifth congress from New Jersey.

He died Nov. 7, 1868, in Jersey City, N. J.

Worth, Thomas

caricaturist, was born Feb. 12, 1834, in New York. He first came prominently before the public in 1862, with his illustrations to Plutarch Restored. He illustrated also some of the books of Orpheus C. Kerr, the edition of Dicken's Old Curiosity Shop that was published by the Harpers in 1878, and numerous other works. At present he is. on the staff of Texas Siftings.

Worthen, William Ezra

civil engineer, author, was born March 14, 1819, in Amesbury, Mass. He is a civil engineer of prominence; and the author of Cyclopædia of Drawing; First Lessons in Mechanics; and Rudimentary Drawing for Schools.

Worthington, Erastus

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 8, 1779, in Belchertown, Mass. He was a member of the general court of Dedham, Mass., in 1814- 15. He published An Essay on the Establishment of a Chancery Jurisdiction in Massachusetts; and History of Dedham, from the Beginning of its Settlement in 1635 to 1827. He died June 27, 1842, in Dedham, Mass.

Worthington, George

bishop, was born Oct. 14, 1842, in Lenox, Mass.

For seventeen years he was rector of St.

John's church of Detroit, Mich., one of the largest protestant episcopal churches in the west. In 1884 he was elected bishop of Nebraska, and was consecrated the following year.

Worthington, Thomas

United States senator, governor, was born July 16, 1773, in Charleston, W. Va. He was a senator in congress from Ohio from 1803 to 1807, and again from 1810 to 1814, when he resigned. From 1814 to 1818 he was governor of Ohio. After his retirement from that office he was appointed a member of the first board of canal commissioners, in which capacity he served until his death. He died June 20, 1827, in New York city.

Worthington, Thomas C

congressman, was born in Prince George county, Md. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1825 to 1827.

He died June 19, 1827.

WORTHMAN, HARRY STEPHEN, lawyer, jurist, was born June 11, 1866, in Newtown, near Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1891 he settled in Boise City, Idaho, where he has attained success in the practice of law.

In 1894 he was elected probate judge and ex-officio county superintendent of public instruction, receiving the re-election in 1896.

Wortman, Denis

clergyman, author, poet, was born April 30, 1835, in Hopewell, N. Y. This eminent clergyman is the author of a number of hymns that have passed into standard hymn-books.

Relics of The Christ is considered one of the best poetic productions of the age.

Wortman, Joseph A

lawyer, was born Sept. 11, 1863, in Berlin, Prussia. He has been a member of the Dayton, Ohio, tax commission; and in 1891 was elected mayor of that city, but was counted out on a technicality. He is prominent in public affairs, and a member of various fraternal orders.

Wren, Thomas

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1826, in McArthurstown, Ohio. He was city attorney of Austin, Nev., in 1874-76; and was a representative in the Nevada legislature in 1875. He was elected a representative from Nevada to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.

Wright, Albert J

lawyer, writer, was born Aug. 8, 1850, in Angelica, N. Y.

In early life he taught school, then took up civil engineering and land surveying; and has done considerable newspaper work. In 1880 he was admitted to the bar; was clerk of the probate court of Allegany county, N. Y., for a period of twelve years; and is now one of the foremost lawyers of his native state at Bradford.