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rial" (San Francisco, 1S65) and " A Hi-tory of the 



Antislavery Cause in State and Nation " (Portland, 



. which is in use a- a text-book in tlie public 



schools of Maine. 



\ViIxtn. A line Read, philanthropist, born in 

 dere, N. J. ; died in Newark. X. .1.. Nov. 4, 

 l^'.'i!. In early life she married the Rev. Dr. .1. 

 1'. Wilson, and removed to New York city in 1850, 

 when her husband left the presidency of Delaware 

 College to become Professor of Systematic Theology 

 in L'uion Seminary. She at once entered into all 

 the charitable and philanthropic movements of 

 the day, and during her three years' residence in 

 the city her work was ably seconded by the late 

 Charles L. Brace. One of the most enduring me- 

 morials of her beneficent work in New York is the 

 Wilson Industrial School for Girls, an institution 

 planned by her. In 1853 Dr. Wilson was called to 

 the South Park Presbyterian Church. Newark. N. J.. 

 where he labored till his death, in 1889. During 

 this long period Mrs. Wilson continued her benevo- 

 lent activities, and the Newark Home for Aged 

 'n. the Newark Branch of the Me All Mission, 

 the Woman's Work for Women, the Woman's Ex- 

 change, and other institutions owe their foundation 

 and success to her zeal. For twenty-five years she 

 was president of the Woman's Board of Foreign 

 Missions of the Presbytery of Newark. 



\Vilson. Theodore Uelevan, naval constructor, 

 born in Brooklyn. N. Y., May 11, 1840; died in the 

 navy yard, Boston. Mass., June 29. 1896. He served 

 a full term of apprenticeship as a shipwright in the 

 Brooklyn Navy Yard, under Naval-constructor B. F. 

 Delano, and in the National army as a noncom- 

 missioned officer of the 13th Regiment, New York 

 State militia, during the first three months of the 

 civil war. On Aug. 3, 1861, he entered the con- 

 struction department of the navy with the rating of 

 carpenter, and till May 17, 1866, served on the 

 steamer " Cambridge," of the North Atlantic block- 

 ading squadron, and with Rear-Admiral Francis H. 

 Gregory, superintendent during the war of the con- 

 struction of all vessels of war built outside of navy 

 yards. On the last-named date he was commis- 

 sioned an assistant naval constructor. He was pro- 

 moted to the rank of naval constructor July 11. 

 l v ?:!: was appointed chief of the Bureau of Con- 

 struction and Repair in 1882. 1886, and 1891 ; re- 

 signed because of failing health and was granted 

 two years' leave of absence in 1893 ; and on report- 

 ing for duty was assigned to the Boston Navy Yard 

 July 2, 1895. lie was suddenly stricken while su- 

 perintending the undocking of the monitor Pa-- 

 saic," and died within a few minutes. Constructor 

 Wilson was on duty at the Pensacola Navy Yard in 

 1866-'67and at Philadelphia in 1867-'69, and dur- 

 ing 1869-'73 was instructor in naval architecture 

 and shipbuilding at the United val Acad- 



emy. During his tenure of the office of chief of 

 construction he designed the second-class battle 

 ship "Maine." the partially protected cruisers 



"Chicago."' "Boston." and " Atlanta." the prot< 

 cruisers -'Newark" and "San Francisco.'' and the 

 gunboats " Bennington," "Concord," "Yorktown," 

 and " Petrel," and patented a bolt extractor, which 



is now in general u-e. He was I he first American 

 member of tin: Institute of Naval Archito 

 England, and was author of Shipbuilding. Theo- 

 retical and Practical" (New York. 1- 



>Vinlock. William Crawford. -cientist, born in 

 Cambridge, Ma--.. March 27. 1 *."!; died in 

 Head. N. J.. Sept. 20, l^mi. He was a son of Prof. 

 Joseph Winlock. tlie astronomer, and was gradu- 

 ated at Harvard in 1S7!(. Soon after graduation he 

 was appointed to the scientific staff of the United 

 States Naval Observatory, and later he becan; 

 sistant in charge of the office, which gave him con- 

 trol of the vast correspondence of the institution. 

 Subsequently he was also appointed curator of 

 physical apparatus in the United States National 

 Museum. While discharging these duties he con- 

 tinued his interest in astronomy, and prepared the 

 annual reports on " Progress of Astronomy " from 

 1885 till 1892, contributed popular articles on as- 

 tronomy to other periodicals, and wrote the astro- 

 nomical article in the "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 1889. He also several times represented the secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution at important 

 scientific gatherings, and with him inspected the 

 London, Leipsic. Paris, and other European ex- 

 change agencies of the institution in 1896. 



AVinser. Henry Jacob, journalist, born on the 

 island of Bermuda. Nov. 23, 1833 ; died in Newark, 

 N. J.. Aug. 23, 1896. He removed to New York 

 city in 1851 ; became a proof reader in a printing 1 

 house; and for some time prior to the civil war was 

 a reporter on " The New York Times." At the be- 

 ginning of the war he went to the front as military 

 ,try of Col. Ephraim E. Ellsworth, and was 

 with that officer when he was killed. He then be- 

 came a war correspondent of the " Times," and ac- 

 companied the Army of the Potomac. After the 

 war he served as city editor, night editor, and day 

 manager of the editorial department of the " Times." 

 which he represented at the Paris Exposition in 

 1867. In 1869 President Grant appointed him con- 

 sul at Sonneberg, Germany, where he remained 

 twelve years, and on his return he became chief of 

 the bureau of information of the Northern Pacific 

 Railway Company. Subsequently he was assistant 

 editor of the New York "Commercial Advert 

 and managing editor of the Newark " Advertiser." 

 His last literary work was a brochure on "Newark: 

 The Seat of a' Thousand Industries" (1896), and a 

 h of Trinity Episcopal Church, Newark. 



AVoodson. Silas, jurist, born in Knox County. 

 Kentucky. ^May 18. 1819: died in St. Joseph. Mo. 

 Oct. 9, 1896. He was brought up on a farm, and be- 

 came a clerk in a country store. While clerking he 

 studied law. and in 1839 was admitted to the bar. In 

 1842 he was elected to the Legislature; in 1843-'48 

 was circuit attorney: and in 1849 was a member of 

 the Kentucky Constitutional Convention. He was 

 again elected to the Legislature in 1853. but re- 

 moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in the 'following year. 

 In 1860 he was elected judge of the circuit court 

 of the 12th Judicial District. On the expiration of 

 his term he engaged in private practice till L S 72. 

 when he was the successful Democratic candidate 

 for Governor of Missouri. In 1SS2 he was appointed 

 to the circuit-court bench to fill a vacancy, and 

 from 1885 till 1895 was judge of the criminal court 

 of Buchanan County. 



Woodward. John IJ.. banker, born in Brooklyn, 

 X. Y.. May 31. ls!5 ; died there Feb. 6, 1896. He 

 received a public-school education ; became a clerk 

 in a leather house in Xew York ; and afterward 

 was engaged till his death in the importation of 

 hides and wool. For several years he was President 

 of the Third National Bank in New York. Gen. 

 Woodward began his military career in 1854. and 

 rose to the command of the i3th Regiment of the 



