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358 on Plane and Curvilinear Perspective" (Boston, 1883).—John, brother of the second Henry, physician, b. in Hingham, Mass., 19 Dec, 1795; d. in Boston, 29 April, 1864, was graduated at Harvard in 1813, afterward studied medicine, and received his degree in 1816. After practising for one year at Duxbury, Mass., he removed to Boston. Prom 1832 till 1858 he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the medical department of Harvard. Dr. Ware was for several years president of the Massachusetts medical society, and also a member of the American academy of arts and sciences. In addition to lectures, discourses, and essays, he published "Life of Henry Ware. Jr." (2 vols., Boston. 1846); "Hints to Young Men" (1850); and M Philosophy of Natural History"

(I860).—His second wife, Mary Greene Chandler, b. in Petersham, Mass., 22 May, 1818, is the author of "Elements of Character" (Boston, 1854); "Thoughts in My Garden" (1862); and "Death and Life" (1864).—William, another brother of the second Henry, author, b. in Hingham, Mass., 3 Aug., 1797; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 19 Feb., 1852, was graduated at Harvard in 1816 and at the divinity-school in 1819, and began preaching at Northborough, Mass. From 18 Dec, 1821, till 19 Oct., 1836, he was minister of the 1st Congregational church in New York. From June, 1837, till April, 1838, he had charge of the 2d Congregational church in Waltham, Mass., and in December, 1843, was settled at West Cambridge, but feeble health soon compelled him to relinquish preaching. Mr. Ware was editor and proprietor of the "Christian Examiner" in 1839-'44. He travelled in Europe in 1848-'9, and delivered a course of lectures on European travel in 1849-'51. He published vivid representations of ancient life and manners, entitled "Letters from Palmyra" (2 vols., New York, 1837), which had appeared in the "Knickerbocker Magazine" the previous year, and were subsequently republished in London and New York with the title of "Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra" (new ed., 1868). He also wrote "Probus" (2 vols., New York, 1838; afterward entitled "Aurelian"); "Julian, or Scenes in Judea" (2 vols., 1841); "American Unitarian Biography" (2 vols., Boston. 1850-1); "Sketches of European Capitals" (1851); "Lectures on the Works and Genius of Washington Allston" (1852); and a "Memoir of Nathaniel Bacon," in Sparks's "American Biography" (1848). — The first Henry's nephew, Ashur, jurist, b. in Sherburne, Mass., 10 Feb., 1782; d. in Portland, Me., 10 Sept., 1873, was graduated at Harvard in 1804, held a tutorship there from 1807 till 1811, and was professor of Greek from 1811 till 1815. He was admitted to the Boston bar in 1816, removed to Portland, Me., in 1817, and in 1820 became the first secretary of the state of Maine on its separation from Massachusetts. From 1822 till 1866 he was judge of the U.S. district court of Maine. He edited the "Boston Yankee" for a year, the Portland "Argus" for several years, contributed articles on admiralty jurisdiction to John Bouvier's "Law Dictionary," and published "Reports of Cases, United States District Court of Maine" (Boston, 1839).

WARE, Katharine Augusta, poet, b. in Quincy, Mass., in 1797; d. in Paris, France, in 1843. She was a daughter of Dr. Rhodes, of Quincy, in 1819 married Charles A. Ware, a naval officer, removed to Europe in 1839, and remained there till her death. She edited the "Bower of Taste" in Boston, and, in addition to poems for the newspapers, published "Power of the Passions, and other Poems" (London, 1842).

WARE, Nathaniel A., author, b. in Massachusetts about 1789; d. in Galveston, Tex., in 1854. He engaged in teaching in South Carolina, where he studied and practised law. Removing to Natchez, Miss., he became major of militia and secretary of the territorial government, acquiring a large fortune by judicious purchases of land. He travelled extensively and was known for his attainments in botany, geography, and the natural sciences. He resided at Philadelphia and Cincinnati during his later years, and published a small work on the Pestalozzian system of education; "Views of the Federal Constitution "; and "Notes on Political Economy, as Applicable to the United States" (New York, 1844). He was the father of Catharine Ann Warfield, mentioned below.

WARE, Nicholas, senator, b. in Caroline county, Va., in 1769; d. in New York city, 7 Sept., 1824. While a youth he accompanied his father, Capt. Robert Ware, to Edgefield, S. C. He afterward studied medicine at Augusta, Ga., and then law, completing his studies at the Litchfield, Conn., law-school. He attained success in his profession at Augusta, represented Richmond county in the Georgia legislature, was mayor of Augusta, afterward judge of the city court, and U.S. senator from Georgia in 1821-'4. He was president of the board of trustees of Richmond county academy, Augusta, at the time of his death, and was also a trustee of the University of Georgia at Athens.

WARFIELD, Catharine Ann, author, b. in Natchez, Miss., 6 June, 1816; d. in Pewee Valley, Ky., 21 May, 1877. She was a daughter of Nathaniel A. Ware, and her maternal grandfather was Capt. Charles Percy, of the British navy, one of the early colonists of Louisiana. She was educated with her sister Eleanor in Philadelphia, where the family then resided, but afterward went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where in 1833 she married Robert E. Warfield, of Lexington, Ky. In 1857 they removed to a farm near Louisville, Ky. Conjointly with her sister Eleanor she published "The Wife of Leon, and other Poems, by Two Sisters of the West"

(New York, 1844), and "The Indian Chamber, and other Poems" (1846). Mrs. Warfield's own publications were "The Household of Bouverie" (2 vols., New York, 1860); "The Romance of the Green Seal" (1867); "Miriam Monfort. or Monfort Hall" (1873); "Hester Howard's Temptation" (Philadelphia, 1875); "A Double Wedding" (1875); "Lady Ernestine" (1876); "Miriam's Memoirs, or the Romance of Beauseincourt" (1876); "Sea and Shore" (1876); "Feme Fleming" (1877); and "The Cardinal's Daughter" (1877).—Her sister, Eleanor Percy Ware Lee, b. in Washington, Miss., in 1820; d. in Natchez, Miss., 14 Oct., 1849, married Henry Lee, a native of Virginia, and with her sister was the author of several novels.

WARING, George E. sanitarian, b. in Poundridge, N. Y., 4 July, 1833. He was educated at College Hill, Poughkeepsie, and then studied agriculture with James J. Mapes. During the winter of 1854 he made an agricultural lecture tour through Maine and Vermont, and in 1855 he took charge of Horace Greeley's farm at Chappaqua, N. Y., which he conducted on shares for two years. In August, 1857, he was appointed agricultural and drainage engineer of Central park, New York city, where he remained for four years, during which time, among other duties, he prepared the soil of the Mall and set out the four rows of elms upon it. He was appointed in May, 1861, after the opening of the civil war, major of the Garibaldi guard, with which he served three months. In August. 1861, he was made major of cavalry by Gen. John C.