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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN". (WARD WHIPPLE.) 



South Carolina College and studied law. Later lie 

 became a planter and then the editor of a news- 

 paper in Union. During the civil war he enlisted 

 in the Confederate army and rose to the rank of 

 brigadier-general. In 1872 he was elected to the 

 Legislature of South Carolina, and in 1876^was 

 made Speaker of the lower house. In 1877 he 

 was elected judge of the 7th Circuit, and he held 

 the office sixteen years. 



Ward, Lebbeus Baldwin, civil engineer, born 

 in Vergennes, Vt., Feb. 12, 1834; died in Jersey 

 City, N. J., July 2, 1001. He was associated with 

 his father, John D. Ward, a noted engineer, who 

 installed the first water plant in Jersey City, 

 assisted in the construction of the Erie Railroad 

 tunnel, and of the Morris and Essex Canal, in 

 many of his important undertakings, and early 

 acquired the knowledge of the New Jersey water- 

 supply that later made him one of the most emi- 

 nent "authorities in the State. He was at one 

 time president of the Norfolk, Va., Water Com- 

 pany, but he devoted his life chiefly to a study 

 of the conditions of the water-supply for Jersey 

 City. He was also a member of the State Board 

 of Geological Survey. 



Ward, William Greene, soldier, born in New 

 York city, July 20, 1832; died there, Jan. 16, 

 1901. He was graduated at Columbia College in 

 1851. During the civil war he was in the service 

 of the United States as lieutenant-colonel of the 

 12th Regiment, New York Militia, from April 19 

 till Aug. 4, 1861. He was also colonel of the 

 same regiment from May 31 till Oct. 8, 1862. He 

 participated in the defense of Harpers Ferry and 

 was paroled at its surrender, Sept. 15, 1862. Sub- 

 sequently he served in the Pennsylvania cam- 

 paign in Dana's Division and Couch's Corps. 



Warner, Neil (William Burton Lockwood), 

 actor, born in London, England, in 1821; died in 

 New York city, in June, 1901. He was educated 

 for the ministry, but became interested in dra- 

 matic study and made his first appearance at the 

 Marylebone Theater, London. After further ex- 

 perience in various London theaters, he went to 

 Australia and starred successfully in the principal 

 theaters, appearing in standard drama, chiefly in 

 tragic roles. In 1868 Mr. Warner came to the 

 United States and made his American d6but in 

 San Francisco, after which he played on a tour 

 across the continent, and made his first appear- 

 ance in New York at the New York Theater in 

 the rQle of Othello. After this engagement he 

 acted at the old Bowery Theater, Niblo's Garden, 

 the Grand Opera-House, Wallack's, and at Mrs. 

 F. B. Conway's Brooklyn Theater. He married 

 Miss Bella Chippendale, of Mrs. Conway's com- 

 pany, and with his wife went to St. John, New 

 Brunswick, and played there for one season. Then 

 Tie went to Montreal and, in partnership with Eu- 

 gene MacDowell, became manager of the Theater 

 Royal, afterward assuming the management of 

 the Montreal Academy of Music. He made two 

 visits to San Francisco, playing leading roles in 

 the stock companies in tha.t city. He returned 

 to New York and appeared in Bronson Howard's 

 play, Aristocracy, afterward joining Kate Clax- 

 ton's company, in which he made his last appear- 

 ance. Mr. Warner was a cousin of Ouida, the 

 novelist. 



Warren, Orris Hubert, editor, born in Stock- 

 bridge, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1835; died in Syracuse, 

 N. Y., Nov. 23, 1901. He was graduated at Ober- 

 lin College in 1858, spent four years in teaching, 

 and in 1862 was ordained by the Oneida Confer- 

 ence of the Methodist Church. For twelve years 

 he served in Utica, Cazenovia, Ithaca, and Bald- 

 winsville. On account of failing health he re- 



tired from the ministry in 1873. He became as- 

 sistant editor of the Northern Christian Advocate, 

 and in 1876 was made its editor. He held that 

 place by quadrennial elections of the General 

 Conference till June 1, 1892. In 1877 he was 

 elected a regent of the University of the State of 

 New York. He received the degree of D. D. from 

 Syracuse University in 1878. 



Waterman, Lewis Edson, inventor, born in 

 Decatur, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1837; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., May 1, 1901. For a time he taught school 

 in winter and worked at the carpenter's trade in 

 summer. From 1864 till 1870 he represented at 

 Boston the ^Etna Life Insurance Company of 

 Hartford. His inventive genius turned toward 

 fountain pens, and, after experimenting ten years, 

 in 1883 he placed his first perfected results upon 

 the market. He also originated a successful pre- 

 serving and condensing process for keeping fresh 

 the juice of grapes.' 



Weber, Max, soldier, born in Achern, Ger- 

 many, in 1824; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 15, 

 1901. He was educated at the military academy 

 at Carlsruhe and became a lieutenant. At the 

 outbreak of the German revolution in 1848, with 

 his regiment he joined the insurrectionists, and 

 was elected colonel. After the suppression of the 

 revolution he came to New York city, and for a 

 long time conducted a hotel at William and 

 Frankfort Streets, which was a rendezvous for 

 German refugees. At the outbreak of the civil 

 war he organized what was known as the Turner 

 regiment, of which he was made colonel. May 12, 

 1862, he was promoted brigadier-general. After 

 the war he was appointed consul at Nantes, 

 France. Later he was tax assessor in New York 

 city, and under President Grant was collector of 

 internal revenue. 



Westcott, Robert Folger, organizer of an ex- 

 press company, born in New York city, Nov. 26, 

 1828; died near Richfield Springs, N. Y., July 19, 

 1901. W T hen a mere boy he started in New York 

 city a local express line, beginning with one 

 wagon. He extended this from time to time, and 

 then joined the Dodds, who organized Dodd's Ex- 

 press Company. Later he established a company 

 under his own name, of which for a long time he 

 was president. It increased in extent and pros- 

 perity until it became one of the principal agen- 

 cies for local transportation of merchandise and 

 baggage. His interests passed some years ago 

 into the control of a stock company. His sum- 

 mer home was at Richfield Springs, of which 

 village he was elected president in 1891. 



Whipple, Henry Benjamin, clergyman, born 

 in Adams, Jefferson County, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1822; 

 died in Faribault, Minn., Sept. 16, 1901. He pre- 

 pared for college, but on account of ill health 

 entered mercantile life and became active in polit- 

 ical affairs. At length he took a private theo- 

 logical course and was ordained deacon in the 

 Episcopal Church in 1849 and priest in 1850. He 

 was rector of Zion Church, Rome, N. Y., 1850-'57, 

 and of the Church of the Holy Communion in 

 Chicago, 1857-'59. In October, 1859, he was con- 

 secrated the first Bishop of Minnesota. Very 

 shortly after his elevation to the episcopate he 

 was prominent among the organizers of the Sea- 

 bury Mission at Faribault, from which have 

 sprung the cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, 

 Seabury Divinity School, St. Mary's Hall, a 

 school for girls, and the Shattuck School for Boys. 

 For many years Bishop Whipple was known as 

 " the apostle to the Indians," and the Indians 

 themselves gave him the appellation of " Straight 

 Tongue." Few men have comprehended the vari- 

 ous phases of the difficult problem so perfectly as 





