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 450 WARD WARE tenant colonel he served with distinction in several engagements. After the war he was for several years a merchant in New York. In 1814 he was a delegate from Rhode Island to the Hartford convention. The life of Gover- nor Ward, with a notice of his son, was written by William Gammell in Sparks's "American Biography," 2d series, vol. ix. WARD, William, an English missionary, born in Derby, Oct. 20, 1769, died in Serampore, Hindostan, March 7, 1823. He learned print- ing, studied for the ministry, and in 1799 was sent by the Baptist missionary society to In- dia and settled at Serampore, where, with the exception of a visit to England, Holland, and the United States in 1819-'21, he remained till his death. lie printed the Bengalee New Tes- tament and other translations, and wrote " An Account of the Writings, Religion, and Man- ners of the Hindoos " (4 vols. 4to, Serampore, 1811, reprinted in England and the United States), " Farewell Letters to Friends in the United States " (1821), and other works. WARDLAW, Ralph, a Scottish clergyman, born at Dalkeith, Mid-Lothian, Dec. 22, 1779, died in Glasgow, Dec. 17, 1858. He was educated at the university of Glasgow and the divinity hall of the Secession church in Selkirk. From 1803 till his death he had charge of a congrega- tion of Scottish Independents in Glasgow, and from 1811 he was professor of systematic the- ology in the Independent theological academy in that city. The completion of the 50th year of his ministry in 1853 was celebrated by a pub- lic meeting, in connection with which a large sum of money was collected and expended in erecting the "Wardlaw Jubilee School and Mission House " at Dove Hill, a destitute part of the city. His works include " Discourses on the Socinian Controversy " (1814); "Uni- tarianism incapable of Vindication" (1816); "Expository Lectures on the Book of Eccle- siastes" (2 vols. 8vo, 1821); and "Lectures on Systematic Theology" (3 vols. 8vo, 1856 -'7). See " Memoir of the Life and Writings of Ralph Wardlaw, D. D.," by W. L. Alexan- der, D. D. (London, 1856). WARE, a S. E. county of Georgia, bordering on Florida, intersected by the Sat ilia river, and also drained by its numerous tributaries ; area, about 850 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 2,286, of whom 452 were colored. The surface is level and in many parts swampy. Okefinokee swamp in the S. part, extending into Florida, is 30 m. long and 17 m. wide. The soil is generally fertile. Oranges and figs are produced in con- siderable quantities. It is intersected by the Atlantic and Gulf and the Brunswick and Al- bany railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 28,474 bushels of Indian corn, 8,535 of oats, 20,993 of sweet, potatoes, 2,690 Ibs. of butter, 3,713 of wool, 17,438 of rice, and 124 bales of cotton. There were 244 horses, 2,192 milch cows, 5,141 other Battle, 1,845 sheep, and 7,083 swine. Capital, Waresborough. WARE, Bed of. See BED. WARE. I. Henry, an American clergyman, born in Sherburne, Mass., April 1, 1764, died in Cambridge, July 12, 1845. He graduated at Harvard college in 1785, and was pastor of the first Congregational church at Hingham from 1787 to 1805, when he was elected Hol- lis professor of divinity at Harvard college. His election gave rise to the discussions which eventually led to the separation of the Unita- rians, to whom he adhered, from the orthodox Congregationalists. He held his chair in the college, and later in the theological school, till 1840, when he resigned on account of the loss of his eyesight. He published " Letters to Trinitarians and Calvinists" (Cambridge, 1820), in reply to Dr. Wood's " Letters to Unitarians;" " Answer to Dr. Wood's Reply" (1822); "Postscript to Answer" (1823); and " An Inquiry into the Foundation, Evidences, and Truths of Religion" (2 vols., Cambridge and London, 1842). II. Henry, jr., an Ameri- can clergyman, eldest son of the preceding, born in Hingham, Mass., April 21, 1794, died in Framingham, Sept. 22, 1843. He graduated at Harvard college in 1812, and for the next two years was assistant teacher in the Phil- lips academy at Exeter, N. II. He was pastor of the second Congregational church in Bos- ton from 1817 to 1880, and afterward pro- fessor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral care in the theological school at Cambridge till July, 1842, when he resigned. He published " Dis- courses on the Offices and Character of Jesus Christ" (1825); "Sermons on Small Sins" (1827); "On the Formation of the Christian Character" (1831); "The Life of the Sa- viour" (1832) ; several essays and poems; and memoirs of Oberlin, Noah Worcester, Joseph Priestley, and others. The Rev. Chandler Robbins made a selection of his writings (4 vols., Boston, 1846-'7), and his brother John published his "Memoir" (2 vols., Boston, 1846), which contains a list of all his writings. III. John, an American physician, brother of the preceding, born in Hingham, Mass., Dec. 19, 1795, died in Boston, April 29, 1864. Ho graduated at Harvard college in 1813, received the degree of M. D. in 1816, and practised in Boston. From 1882 to 1858 he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the medical department of Harvard university. He published "Medical Dissertations on the Spitting of Blood and on Suppuration " (1820) ; " Remarks on the Employment of Females in Midwifery" (1820) ; " History and Treatment of Delirium Tremens" (1831); "Discourses on Medical Education and on the Medical Pro- fession " (1847) ; " Contributions to the His- tory, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Croup" (1850); "Hints to Young Men on the True Relations of the Sexes " (1850) ; and " Success in the Medical Profession " (1851). IV. William, au American clergyman, brother of the pre- ceding, born in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 3, 1797, died in Cambridge, Feb. 19, 1852. He gradu- ated at Harvard college in 1816, and at the