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Wurtz, John – Wyman, Edwin Allen

Wurtz, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1827. He died April 23, 1861, in Rome, Italy.

Wyatt, Francis

governor, was born about 1575 in England. He was appointed governor of Virginia in 1621, and with a fleet of nine sail arrived there in October of that year. He died in 1644 in England.

Wyatt, William Edward

clergyman, author, was born July 9, 1789, in Nova Scotia. He was an episcopal clergyman of Baltimore, and rector of St. Paul's church in 1814-64. He was the author of Christian Offices; and The Parting Spirit's Address to His Mother. He died June 24, 1864, in Baltimore, Md.

Wyatt, William Francis

educator, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 3, 1867, in Kane, Ill. For several years he taught school, and has since attained success in the profession of law at White Hall, Ill. He has taken an active part in politics; is an eloquent platform speaker; and the author of Reform Measures and other works on political questions.

Wyche, James E

lawyer, jurist, was born in Mississippi. He moved to Michigan; and was appointed from that state an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington, residing at Vancouver. WYCKOFF, WILLIAM CORNELIUS, journalist, author, was born May 28, 1832, in New York city. He was the scientific editor of the New York Tribune in 1869- 78; and the author of Silk Goods in America; and American Silk Manufacture. He died May 2, 1888, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Wyckoff, William Henry

clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 10, 1807, in New York city. He was a baptist clergyman and educator of New York city; and the author of American Bible Society and the Baptists; and Documentary History of the American Bible Union. He died Nov. 2, 1877, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wyeth, John Allan

surgeon, author, was born May 26, 1845, in Missionary Station, Ala. He is a surgeon of New York city, founder in 1880 of the New York Polyclinic and Hospital, and the first graduate medical school in America.

He is the author of Essays on Surgical Anatomy and Surgery; and Text-Book on Surgery.

Wyeth, Louis Weiss

lawyer, jurist, was born June 20, 1812, in Harrisburg, Pa. In 1874 he was elected judge of the fifth judicial district of Alabama; and later was judge of the supreme court of Alabama. He died July 7, 1889, in Marshall county, Ala.

Wyeth, Nathaniel Jarvis

pioneer explorer, was born Jan. 29, 1802, in Cambridge, Mass. He built Fort William on the Columbia, and established a settlement on Wappatoo Island. He died Aug. 31, 1856.

Wylie, Theophilus Adam

clergyman, educator, author, was born Oct. 8, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a reformed presbyterian clergyman and educator, and professor of ancient languages in the university of Indiana from 1864. He was the author of History of the University of Indiana. He died in 1895.

Wyllys, George

governor, was born about 1570 in England. He was chosen deputy governor of Connecticut in 1641, and governor in 1642. He died March 9, 1645, in Hartford, Conn.

Wyman, Edwin Allen

clergyman, author, was born in 1834 in Maine. He is a clergyman of Malden, Mass.; and the author of Acquaintance with God, or Salvation and Character.