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Rh his return to the United States he engaged in mining and railway operations, and for some years resided in Wiiicliester, 'a. During Cleveland's first administration Gen. Walker wjis sent on sev- eral iiiiporliint missions to South America.

WALKER, LeRoy Pope, lawyer and soldier, b. in Miulisou counly, Ala., 13 Jan., 1817: d. in Huntsville, Ala., 22 Aug., 1884. He was educated at the University of Alabama and the University of Virginia, lie practised law at Moulton and Florence, and was several times a niemher of the Alabama legislature, and was speaker of the house in 1847, and again in 1849. lie was first secretary of war of the Confederate government, his term extending from 1 Feb. to 21 Sept., 1861. He was appointed a brigadier-general in the Confederate army, 17 Sept., 1861, and on the following Decem- ber was assigned to duty in the district of Ala- bama, near Mobile, in the department of Alabama and west Florida. In January, 1863, he was as- signed to command the troops at Montgomery, and, on account of his health, resigned his com- mission, 31 March, 1862. Gen. Walker was presi- dent of the Alabama constitutional convention of 1875, which framed the present state constitution, and was elected circuit judge, but resigned after holding the oUiee but a few months.

WALKER, Reuben Lindsay, soldier, b. in Albemarle county, Va., 29 May, 1837; d. in Flu- vanna county, Va., 7 June. 1890. lie graduated from the Virginia military institute in 1845, and was employed as a civil engineer on the Chesa- peake and Ohio railroad, ile was commissioned captain of artillery of the Virginia state forces in 1861, and with a battery of four pieces was sta- tioned at Aquia creek. lie was appointed colonel in the provisional army of the Confederate states in March. 1863. and brigatlicr-gcneral. 18 Feb.,185. He commanded the artillery of Gen. A. P. Hill's corps in the .Army of northern Virginia, and par- ticijiated in all of the principal battles in which his corps was engaged ami received frecjuent men- tion for gallantry and soldierly conduct.

WARD, Mrs. Elizabeth Stnart. Sec Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart.

'''WARD. Hamilton''', jurist, b. in Salisbury, Herkimer co., N. Y., 3 July, 1839; d. in Belmont, N. Y.. 28 Dec. 1898. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in C'fxiperstown, immediately commenc- ing to practise in lielmont. and for six years he was di.striet attorney of Allegany county. In 1864 he was elected to congress as a Kepiibtican. being twice re-elec ted. an<lwasB member of the committee on the assassination of President I^incoln. also of the committee charged with preparing articles of impeachment against Presiti-r.

'''WARFIELD. Benjamin''' nrorl(inri(lg: Professor, b. in Lexington. Ky.. 5 Nov.. 1851. lie is a grandson of the Itev. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, and was graduated at Princeton and at the theo- logical seminary there ; also studied at the Uni- versity of Leipzig. He entered the Presbyterian church in 1875, later becoming professor of New Testament language and literature in the Western theological seminary. In 1887 he was callcid to Princeton theological seminary as professor of di- dactic and polemical theology. He has been the editor of " The Presbyterian and Reformed Re- view" since its establishment in 1890, and he is the author of "Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament" (London, 1886); "Augus- tine's Anti-Pelagian Treatises" (New York, 1887); "On the Proposed Revision of the Westminster Confession" (1891); "The Right of Systematic Theology " (Edinburgh, 1897); and "Two Studies in the flistory of Doctrine" (New Y'ork, 1897). Prof. Warfitld also edited a volume of Princeton sermons (New Y'ork, 1893). He has received the degrees of D. D. and LL. D. from Princeton uni- versity. — His brother, Etiielbert Dudley, educa- tor, b." in Lexington, Ky., 16 March, 1861. lie was graduated at Princeton in 1882. and received his master's degree from the same institution in 1885. During 1883-'3 he studied at Wadliam college. Oxford. In 1885 he was graduated from tlie law- school of Columbia, and was admitted to the New York bar in June of that year, having been ad- mitted to the Kentucky bar in June, 1884. In September, 1888, he became president of Miami university, which position he held until 1891, when he became president of Lafayette college. He has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the Presbyterian church, as elder, member of church courts, a trustee of Lafayette since 1891, and a director of Princeton theological seminary since 1894. He received the degree of LL. I), from Miami university and from Princeton. His publications include " The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 " (New York, 1887 ; 3d ed'., 1894) ; " At the Evening Hour," college addresses (Philadel- phia, 1898); and "Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, U. S. N.." a biography (New York, 1898).

WARK, Daniel, Father of the Canadian sen- ate, b. near Londonderry. Ireland, of Scottish an- cestry, 19 Feb., 1804. He received a common- school education, and removed to New Brunswick in 1825, where he was engaged for many years in mercantile pursuits. In 1843 he became member for Kent in the New Brunswick assemlily, and six years later was appointed to the legislative coun- cil, where he remained until the Canadian confed- eration in 1867, when he was called to the senate. Mr. Walk is a Liberal. and has written in behalf of imperial federation, on reciprocity of trade be- tween Canada and the United States, and has published " The Future of Canada and its Rela- tions to the British Knipire" (1894).

WARNER, James Beech, soldier, b. in Mid- dlebury. Vt.. 29 Jan.. 1836; d. in New York city, 16 March, 1897. He wasapp(iinte<l abrevet 3d lieu- tenant in the 10th infantry at his graduation from the U.S. military academy,! July, 1860. Until the civil war he was on duty on the plains, when he returned to Washington, having been made 2d lieutenant in the 8th infantry. 28 Feb., 1861, and 1st lieutenant, 30 May following. He was com- missioned colonel of the 11th Vermont infantry, 1 Sept.. 1863. and he served on tlie defences of Washington until after the Wilderness campaign. He was seriously wounded, 19 May. 1864, but re- jiiined his regiment in time to accompany it to Wasliington. which was then threatened by the Confederates under Gen. Early. In cominand of a brigiule he took charge of the line from Fort Stevens to Fort Reno at Tenallytown ; he also participated in the Shenandoah campaign, and commanded a brigade at Sailor's Creek, and at Appomattox. lie was brevetted brigadier-gen- eral. 9 April. 18<15. and resigned. 13 Feb.. 1866, removing to Albany, where he became connected with financial and paper-manufacturing interests.