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WADDELL, James Iredell, naval officer, was born in Pittsborough, N.C., July 13, 1824; son of Francis N. and Elizabeth (Moore) Waddell; grandson of John and Sarah (Nash) Waddell, and of Alfred and Rebecca (Williams) Moore; great- grandson of Gen. Hugh Waddell (q.v.), and a de- scendant of Judge Alfred (q.v.) and Susan (Eagles) Moore. He was warranted midship- man, U.S. navy, Sept. 10. 1841; was badly wounded in a duel with a brother officer in May, 1842; served in the Mexican war; was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, and promoted passed midshipman, 1847. He was married in 1848 to Ann Sellman Igleliart of Annapolis, Md. He cruised on the Brazilian station, 1855, being promoted in September,^ 2d lieutenant, and ap- pointed navigator of the Germantown; was at- tached to the supply' ship Release, Isthmus of Panama, when the entire crew was stricken with yellow fever, and Lieutenant Waddell, the only officer left in command, brought the Release back to Boston, Mass. He was assistant professor of navigation at U.S. Naval academy, 1858-59: com- manded an expedition to China, 1860-61; re- signed from the navy Nov. 20, 1861; ran the blockade from Annapolis to Richmond in Feb- ruary, 1863, and entered the Confederate navj- as lieutenant, March 27, 1862, serving in various commissions until 1863, when he was assigned to the command of a cruiser being fitted out at Liverpool. England. On Oct. 8, 1864, the Sea King cleared from London for Bombay, carrying coal as ballast, and with Lieutenant Whittle of the Confederate navy as passenger; and on the same day the steamer Laurel, purcliased ostensibly for a blockade-runner, sailed from Liverpool with a cargo of six guns and their appurtences, and with nineteen passengers, who consisted of Captain Waddell and eighteen other Confederate officers. The two vessels proceeded directly to Madeira and on Oct. 19, 1864, both crews were ordered on board the Sea King, which was put in commis- sion as the Shenandoah under the command of Waddell. When the real character of the vessel became known most of the seamen refused to join her crew, and Captain Waddell was obliged to sail with 23 instead of 120 seamen. On his way to Melbourne he destroyed seven American vessels and ransomed two others, thereby obtain- ing 24 additional seamen. The Shenandoah re- mained at Melbourne, Jan. 25-Feb. 8. 1865, on the ground of necessary repairs; meanwhile rein- forcing her crew with 42 new recruits; captured three vessels on her northward course, April- May, and twenty-five whalers off Behring Strait, June 21-28, burning twenty-one and ransoming the remaining four, an act which involved a loss of §3,000,000 and that after the Confederacy had virtually passed out of existence but, having been X. — 18

at sea for months, lie was ignorant of the fact. On his way home, on Aug. 2, 1865, Captain Wad- dell met the British bark Barraconta, from which he received confirmation of the previous rumors that the war was at an end. The Shenandoah, the only ship which carried the Confederate flag around the world, arrived at Liverpool, on Nov. 5, was surrendered to the British government; in turn delivered to the United States, by whom she was eventually sold to the Sultan of Zanzi- bar, and some years after foundered with all on board. Captain Waddell made his home for a time in Liverpool and afterward in Paris, and in 1875, liaving returned to the United States, was commissioned captain of the steamer San Fran- cisco of the Pacific Mail company, which was wrecked May 16, 1877, all the crew being res- cued. He died in Annapolis, Md., March 15. 1886.

WADDILL, Edmund, Jr., jurist, was born in Charles Citj' county, Va., May 22. 1855; son of Edmund and Mary Louisa (Redwood) Waddill; grandson of Ricliard and Mary (Christian) Wad- dill, and great-grandson of Capt. J<iseph Chris- tian, a distinguished American officer in the Revolutionary war. He attended the local schools; was trained as a court clerk in the office of his fatlier; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1877, and practised in Richmond. Va., and surrounding counties. He was married, Dec. 19, 1878, to Alma C, daughter of John G. and Con- way Ella (Chisholm) Mitchellof Hanover county, Va. He was judge of Henrico county, Va., 1880- 83; U.S. attorney of the eastern district of Vir- ginia, 1883-85; a representative in the state legis- lature, 1885-89; the defeated Republican candi- date for representative from the third Virginia district to the 50th congress in 1886; was elected to the 51st congress in 1888, receiving 196 votes more than George D. Wise, Democrat, and serving 1889-91. He was appointed by President McKin- ley March 22, 1893, U.S. judge of the eastern dis- trict of Virginia.

WADE, Benjamin Franklin, senator, was born in Feeding Hills parish, near Springfield. Mass.. Oct. 27, 1800; son of James Wade, a Revohition- ary soldier, and a descendant of Jonathan Wade, who emigrated from Norfolk, England, and set- tled in Massachusetts in 1632. He received his early education from his niother; started for Ill- inois with his father's family in 1821, but they halted at Andover, Ohio, where he assisted in clearing land, and taught a winter school. He returned to Albany, N.Y., where he was engaged in studying medicine, teaching and doing manual labor, 1828-25, and after his return to Ohio was admitted to the Ashtabula county bar in 1828. He practised independently in Jefferson, Ohio, until 1831, when he became the partner of Joshua R. Giddings. He was prosecuting attorney of Asli-