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280 wounded at the capture of Murfreesboro'. When IJnifrg invaded Kentucky Wharton's charge at IJardstown won his promotion to the rank of briga- dier-general, and his services preceding and during the l)attle of Murfreesboro', and on Wheeler's raids through Tennessee while Rosecrans was at Chat- tanooga, and later around Chickamauga, gained his appointment as major-general. He wjis trans- ferred to the trans-Mississippi department in 1864, and put in command of the cavalry of that depart- ment in season to join Gen. Richard Taylor's army in the pursuit of Gen. Banks after his defeat at Sabine Crossroads in the Red river campaign. Wharton was killed by Col. George W. Baylor, of his command, in a personal encounter.

WHEATLEIGH, Charles, actor, b. in London, England, in June, 1823; d. in Xew York city, 14 Feb., 1895. He was the son of an actor, appearing in a juvenile part with his father at the age of fif- teen, and later pursuing that profession. In 1849 he came to the United States and played his first important engagement with Charlotte Cushman. Subsequently he was associated with many of the prominent American actors, playing leading parts with Edwin Booth, Laura Keene, Joseph Jefferson, John J[cCullough, and Charles Fechter. For sev- eral years he was a member of Laura Keene's com- pany, and for a period was lessee of the Lyceum theatre in New York city. Mr. Wheatlcigh made professional visits to California, Australia, India, and New Zealand, and for about eight vears prior to his decease he was connected with the late Augustin Daly's company, attending a rehearsal of the "Two Gentlemen of V'erona" at Daly's theatre in New York on the very day of his death.

WHEATON, John Francis, merchant, b. in Guilford, Conn., 23 Jan., 1822 ; d. in New York city, 9 May, 1898. He removed to Savannah in 1854, and when the civil war broke out he threw in his lot with the confederacy. He commanded the famous Chatham artillery of Savannah during the war. He was also in charge of the relief supplies there during the yellow fever epidemic, and served as mayor of the city from 1877 until 1883. Under President Cleveland he was collector of the port from 1884 until 1888. He was senior member of the firm of John F. Wheaton & Co., cotton mer- chants, president of the cotton exchange, of the Cotton-press association, and had charge of many valuable and important estates.

WHEATON, Loyd, soldier, b. in Fairfield. Cal- houn CO., Mich., 15 July, 1838. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as 1st sergeant in the 8th Illinois infantry, 20 April, 1861 ; he was com- missioned 1st lieutenant 25 July following, and was promoted captain on 25 March, 1862; major, 28 Aug., 1863; and lieutenant-colonel on 25 Nov., 1864. He was mustered out, 4 May, 1866. In July following he was commissioned captain of the 34th infantry, and in September was assigned to the 20th infantry. He was promoted major in October, 1891 : lieutenant-colonel on 31 May, 1895 ; and at the outbreak of war with Spain brigadier- general of volunteers on 27 May, 1898, and placed in command of the 1st division of the 7th army- corps, being present in Havana when the Ameri- can flag was first unfurled. In January, 1899, he sailed with the 20th U. S. infantry for Manila; during the year participated in many Philippine battles. Gen. Wheaton received several brevets, and was awarded t he medal of himor by congress for gallantry in leading the assault upon Port Blakelv, Ala., 19 April, 1865.

WHEELER, Itenjaniin Ide, philologist, b. in Randolph, Mass., 15 July, 1854. He studied at Brown, where he was graduated in 1875, and at Berlin and other German universities. After teaching in the Providence high-school, at Brown, llarvanl. and (Cornell, he was made professor of comparative philology at the latter institution in 1886, and professor of Greek in 1888. He was di- rector of the American school for classical studies at Athens in 1895-'6, and in 1899 he was elected president of the University of California. He is the author of "The Greek Noun- Accent" (Strass- burg, 1885) ; "Analogy and the Scope of its Influ- ence in Language" (1887); in conjunction with H. A. Strong and W. S. Logemann, " Introduction to the Study of the History of Language " (New York, 1891); and "The Life of Alexander the Great," copiouslv illustrated (1899).

'''WHEELER. John,''' educator, b. in Grafton. Vt., 11 March, 1798; d. in Burlington, Vt., 16 April, 1862. He was graduated at Dartmouth, and at the Andover theological seminary in 1819. In No- vember of that year he went to South Carolina, and preached at Edgefield Court-House and at Cambridge. In 1820 he returned to the north and preached at Longmeadow and Windsor, Vt. In 1824 he was elected president of the University of Vermont, but he declined the position, but ac- cepted when offered the presidency again in 1833. In November he entered upon the duties of the office, occupying the position for fifteen years and resigning in 1848. He was a member of the New England historic genealogical society, and of va- rious other societies. His publications consist mainlv of addresses and sermons.

WHITE, John Hazen, P. E. bishop, b. in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, 10 March. 1849, and was educated at Kenyon college and Seabury and Berkeley divinity schools. He was ordained priest in 1876, and was rector of Grace church. Old Saybrook, Conn. ; Christ church, Joliet, 111. ; St. John's church, St. Paul, Minn.; and for four years was warden of Seabury divinity school. Conn. Dr. White was elected bishop of Indiana in 1895, and since the 1st of May of that year has filled the office successfully.

'''WHITE. Stephen Mallory,''' senator, b. in San Francisco, 19 Jan., 1853. He spent his boyhood on a farm in Santa Cruz county, and studied in private and public schools, at St. Ignatius college in San Francisco, and at Santa Clara college, being grad- uated from the latter institution in 1871. He then studied law, and was admitted to practice before the supreme court of California in 1874. In 1882 he was elected district attorney of Los Angeles coun- ty; in 1884 and in 1886 he was chairman of the Democratic state convention. He was a member of the state senate and served as president jaro tem. the whole four years. In 1888 Gov. Bartlett died, and White took the placeof Lieut.-Gov. Waterman, who had become governor. In the same year he was temporary president of the national Demo- cratic convention at St. Louis ; he was also a dele- gate to the convention of 1892, and made the a<l- dress to Vice-President Stevenson at the notifica- tion meeting in Madison square garden. New York. Mr. White was an unsuccessful candidate for sena- tor in 1890, but was elected in 1893 for the term of six years, ending in March, 1899.

WHITEWAY, Sir William Vallance. states- man, b. in Little Ilempston, Totnes. Devonshire, 1 April. 1828. He received his education at the Totnes grammar-school and [irivately, and in 1843 he removed to Newfoundland, being called to the bar in 1853 and created a Q. C. in 1862. He was elected to the Newfoundland legislature in 1858, served as speaker of the assembly from 1865 to 1869, and in 1869 went to Ottawa as a delegate