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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (WILLIAMS WOODBURV.) 



Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y. In 1868- 

 '70 she traveled in Europe and the East, spending a 

 part of her time in studying in Paris, Berlin, and 

 Rome. Prom 1871 till 1874 she was Professor of 

 ^Esthetics in Northwestern University and dean of 

 the Woman's College, where she developed an orig- 

 inal system of self-government. She left her pro- 

 fession in 1874 to identify herself with the Woman's 



Christian Temper- 

 ance Union. She 

 was corresponding 

 secretary of the na- 

 tional organization 

 from 1874 till 1878, 

 and in 1879 was 

 elected president, 

 which office she 

 held till her death. 

 She succeeded her 

 brother in- 1879 as 

 editor of the Chica- 

 go "Evening Post/' 

 but resigned a few 

 years later to give 

 her entire atten- 

 tion to temperance 

 work. She became 

 a member of the 



Executive Committee of the Prohibition party in 

 1882, and in 1883 founded the World's Christian 

 Temperance Union on the same plan as that of 

 the United States. In 1886 she was placed at the 

 head of the White Cross movement in all her 

 unions, and in 1888 was elected president of the 

 American branch of the International Council of 

 Women. In 1893 she was at the head of the Women's 

 Committee on Temperance Meetings at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. Miss Willard received the 

 degree of LL. D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 

 1894. She was editor-in-chief of " The Union Sig- 

 nal," contributed frequently to magazines, and pub- 

 lished " Nineteen Beautiful Years" (1868) ; ' Hints 

 and Helps for Woman's Christian Temperance 

 Workers ; "Woman and Temperance." (1883); 

 "How to Win" (1886); "Woman in the Pulpit" 

 (1888); "Glimpses of Fifty Years" (1889); "A 

 Year's Bright Chain " (1800) ; " A Classic Town, 

 Evanston" (1891); "A Wheel within a Wheel" 

 (1895) ; and, with Mary A. Livermore, " A Woman 

 of the Century "(1893). 



Williams, John Stuart, soldier, born in Mont- 

 gomery County, Ky., in 1820; died near Mount 

 Sterling, Ky., July 17, 1898. He was graduated at 

 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1840; studied 

 law in Paris, Ky. ; and was admitted to the bar -of 

 Kentucky. He served in the Mexican War, first as 

 captain and afterward as colonel. In the famous vic- 

 tory gained by Gen. Scott over Santa Anna, April 18, 

 1847, he led a gallant charge, which caused the 

 sobriquet of "Cerro Gordo to be applied to him. 

 He was in command of the 4th Kentucky Volunteers 

 from Oct. 4, 1847, till July, 1848. After the Mexi- 

 can War he became a farmer on his estate in Mont- 

 gomery County, traveled in Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa, and was present at the siege of Sebastopol. 

 He raised a brigade for the Confederate army and 

 was commissioned brigadier general in 1862. He 

 was elected a member of the Kentucky Legislature 

 of 1851, and again in 1873 : was defeated for the 

 nomination for Governor in 1875 ; was a Tilden 

 elector in 1876 ; and served as United States Sena- 

 tor from 1879 till 1885. From that time he was 

 engaged in farming, promoting railways in Ken- 

 tucky, and improving land in Florida. 



Win Held, Charles Harden burg, lawyer, born 

 near Port Jervis. N. Y., Nov. 8. 1 *_".) : died in Jersey 

 City, X. J., March <), 1898. He was graduated at 



Rutgers College in 1852, studied law in Jersey City, 

 and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He was 

 elected a member of the New Jersey Senate in 1865 

 and served one term. He was appointed Prosecutor 

 of the Pleas for Hudson County in 1883, reappointed 

 in 1888 and again in 1893, and resigned the office, 

 Feb. 4, 1898. He was the author of " History of 

 Land Titles " (1872) ; " History of Hudson County " 

 (1874); "Adjudged Words and Phrases" (1882); 

 and " The Founding of Jersey City " (1892). 



Wingfleld, John Henry Ducachet, clergyman, 

 born in Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 24, 1833; died in 

 Benicia, Cal., July 27, 1898. He was graduated at 

 William and Mary College in 1853, and after being 

 principal of the Ashley Institute, at Little Rock, 

 Ark., several years was ordained deacon in 1858. 

 After serving as rector in Petersburg, Va., and 

 elsewhere he became rector of Trinity Church. Sun 

 Francisco, in 1874, and in the same year was elected 

 Missionary Bishop of Northern California. His 

 consecration took place on Dec. 2, 1874, and in 

 addition to his episcopal duties he accepted in 1875 

 the rectorship of St. Paul's Church, Benicia. In 

 1869 he received the degree of D. D. from his ahun 

 mater, and in 1874 that of LL. D. 



Wise, Daniel, clergyman, born at Portsmouth. 

 England, Jan. 10, 1813; died Dec. 19, 1898. !!, 

 came to the United States in 1832. entered tin 

 ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 

 filled various pastorates from 1837 to 1852. From 

 1838 to 1844 he edited the first Methodist Sunday- 

 school paper in America, and he was editor of 

 " Zion's Herald " in 1852-'56. From the latter year 

 till 1872 he edited the Sunday-school publications 

 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His numerous 

 writings, some of which appeared under the pseu- 

 donyms Francis Forrester, Esq., and Laurence 

 Lancewood, are largely, though not entirely, in- 

 tended for young people. They include " Life of 

 Lorenzo Dow" (1840); "History of London" 

 (1841); "Personal Effort" (1841); " Mc-Un-gor 

 Farm" (1845); "Cottage on the Moor" (1845); 

 " Infant Teacher's Manual " (1846) ; " Lovest Thou 

 Me?" (1846); "Guide to the Saviour " (1847); " Path 

 of Life "(1848); "Benevolent Traveler"; "Chris- 

 tian Love"; "Devout Soldier": "Life of I'lrie 

 Zwingli" (1850); "Bridal Greetings" (18r>(>): 

 " Young Man's Counselor" (1850) ; " Young Lady's 

 Counselor" (1851); "Aunt Effie" (1852); "My 

 Uncle Toby's Library" (12 vols., 1853) ; " Living- 

 Streams" (1854); "Precious Lessons" ([^ 

 "Popular Objections to Methodism considered": 

 "Sacred Echoes"; "Swiss Reformer"; "Voice 

 from the Vale of Death"; "Willow Grove Cot- 

 tage"; "Methodism in Earnest" (1856); " Pleasant 

 Pathways "(1859); " Revival Miscellanie- " : " Voice 

 from the Main Deck " ; " Sidney de Gray " ( isr>.~ ; 

 Nellie Warren" (1866); " Lindendale Stories" 

 (1868) ; " Little Peachblossom " (1873) ; " Hollywood 

 Series " (1873) ; " Glen Morris Stories " (1874) : " The 

 Squire of Walton Hall " (1874) ; " The Story of :> 

 Wonderful Life" (1874): "Our King" (1875); 

 "Summer Days on the Hudson" (1875); " Van 

 quished Victors " (1876) ; " Winwood Cliff Series ' 

 (4 vols., 1876-'80): "Oscar's Boyhood" (1879): 

 "Heroic Methodists of the Olden Time" (' 

 "Our Missionary Heroes and Heroines" (It 

 "Boy Travelers in Arabia" (1885) ; "Men of Re- 

 nown " (1886) ; "Young Knights of the CroflSJ 

 (1887) ; and " Remarkable Women " (1887). 



Woodbnry, Charles Levi, jurist, born in I'ort-- 

 mouth, N. II., May 22, 1820; died in Host on. Ma-.. 

 July 1, 1898. He was educated in Washington. 

 D. C.. studied law, and was admitted to the l>ar of 

 the District of Columbia. He went to Alabama in 

 1840, and practiced there four years. In 1845 hi 

 removed to Boston, Mass.. where he resided till hi* 



