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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitney , Eli 1765 -1825 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whiton , John Milton 1785 -1856 (search)
Whiton, John Milton 1785-1856
Clergyman; born in Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 1, 1785; graduated at Yale College in 1805; was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Andover, N. H., in 1808-53.
His publications include Brief notices of the town of Antrim, in the Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society; Sketches of the early history of New Hampshire, 1623–;1833, etc. He died in Antrim, N. H., Sept. 28, 185
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whittlesey , Charles 1808 -1886 (search)
Whittlesey, Charles 1808-1886
Geologist; born in Southington, Conn., Oct. 4, 1808, and went to Tallmadge, O., in 1813; graduated at West Point in 1831; resigned the next year, and became a lawyer.
Afterwards he engaged in journalism, and in geological and mineralogical surveys of Ohio at different periods from 1837 to 1860.
He became assistant quartermastergeneral of Ohio in 1861; engaged in the campaign in western Virginia in the summer of that year; and became colonel of the 20th Ohio Volunteers.
He was at the siege of Fort Donelson, and in the battle of Shiloh commanded a brigade in Gen. Lew. Wallace's division, rendering important service.
He resigned a few days after this event, and was afterwards engaged in geological exploration.
He is the author of several biographical, historical, and scientific works; and was one of the founders and the president of the Western Reserve Historical Society, at Cleveland.
He died in Cleveland, O., Oct. 18, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , James Douglas 1808 -1880 (search)
Williams, James Douglas 1808-1880
Legislator; born in Pickaway county, O., Jan. 16, 1808; received a common school education; and became a farmer in Indiana; served many years in the State legislature as Representative and Senator; was elected to Congress in 1874; and governor of Indiana in 1876.
He was widely known by the nickname of Blue jeans.
He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 20, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , Jonathan 1750 -1815 (search)
Williams, Jonathan 1750-1815
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., May 26, 1750; was engaged in mercantile and shipping business in early life.
Dr. Franklin was his great-uncle, and kindly received his nephew when in England (1770-73), and intrusted him with the bearing of important letters and documents to Massachusetts.
Visiting France in 1777, he was appointed commercial agent of Congress, and in 1785 returned to the United States and settled with Franklin in Philadelphia.
For several years he was judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia.
In 1801 he was made a major of artillery and inspector of fortifications, and was appointed the first superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point.
He was colonel of engineers from 1808 to 1812, and general of New York militia from 1812 to 1815.
He was a delegate in Congress from Philadelphia in 1814, and was made vice-president of the American Philological Society.
He died in Philadelphia, May 16, 1815.
Wise, John 1808-
Balloonist; born in Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 24, 1808; made his first ascension at Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1835, and ascended to an altitude of 13,000 feet, Aug. 11, 1838.
On Aug. 15, 1851, he made an ascent from Zanesville, O., to experiment on the action of falling bodies, and discovered that they always fall spirally, turning on an axis as they descend.
In 1859 he made a celebrated trip from St. Louis to Jefferson county, N. Y. On Sept. 28, 1879, with a number of companions, he ascended from St. Louis, Mo., in a balloon named the Pathfinder, which drifted in a northeasterly direction.
The last that was ever seen of it was as it passed over Carlinville, Ill. Later the body of one of his companions was washed ashore on Lake Michigan.
In all, Mr. Wise made over 230 ascensions.
He was the author of System of aeronautics.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbridge , William 1780 -1861 (search)
Woodbridge, William 1780-1861
Governor; born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 20, 1780; went with his father to Marietta, O., in 1791, being one of the first settlers of the Northwestern Territory; was admitted to the bar in 1806; prosecuting attorney for New London county, O., in 1808-14; made secretary of Michigan Territory by President Madison, and settled in Detroit; member of Congress in 1819-20; judge of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1828-32; governor of Michigan in 1840-41, member of the United States Senate in 1841-47.
He died in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 20, 1861.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woolsey , Melancthon Taylor 1782 -1838 (search)
Woolsey, Melancthon Taylor 1782-1838
Naval officer; born in New York, in 1782; studied law for a while, but entered the navy as a midshipman, April 9, 1800.
He served with credit in the West Indies and the Mediterranean.
In 1807 he was commissioned a lieutenant, and in 1808 was sent to Sackett's Harbor to superintend the construction of the Oneida.
He served with credit under Commodore Chauncey on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812-15.
Woolsey was made master-commandant in July, 1813, and captain in April, 1816.
He commanded the Constellation in the West Indies in 1825-26; had charge of the Pensacola navy-yard in 1827, and performed his last duty afloat on the coast of Brazil.
He died in Utica, N. Y., May 18, 1838.