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ures for the defence of the country, serving as a member of the committee of correspondence. At a second meeting, held, Jan. 12. 1775, he was ap- p<iinted a member of the committee that framed a petition to King George, and also drew up resolu- tions declaratory of Georgia's condemna- tion of Parliament's oppressive measures. He was a member of the council of safety; served several times in the state legisla- ture; was a delegate to the Continental congress, from Jan. 20, 1776, to 1779, and again in 1781, sign- ing the Declaration of Independence of July 4. 1776; was commissioned colonel of the 1st battalion of the 1st regiment of Georgia Foot militia. January 9, 1777, and at the cap- ture of Savannah by the British in December, 1778, was wounded and taken prisoner, being re- leased in September, 1779. He was maiTied in 1777 to Dorothy Camber. He was governor of Greorgia. 1779-89: retired from the national council in October, 1781 (?); chief-justice of Geor- gia. 17S3-S6: elected a delegate to the conven- tion for framing a Federal constitution of the United States in 1787, but did not take his seat; was a presidential elector, 1789; and in 1795 was appointed U.S. senator from Georgia in place of James Jackson, resigned, and served, Dec. 18, I70.j-April 12, 179G, when he was superseded by Josiah Tattnall, who was elected by the legisla- ture. He also served as a U.S. commissioner to confer with the Indians at Easton, Pa., and to negotiate a treaty with the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee, and was judge of the middle circuit court of Georgia at the time of his death. His son. George Walton, Jr., was secretary of state for West Florida during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. A monument was erected in Augusta, to j>erpetuate the memory of the signers from Geargia. Governor Walton died in Augusta, Ga., F..-b. 2. 1S04.

WALWORTH, Clarence Alfonsus, clergyman and author, was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., May 30, lyiO; son of Chancellor Reuben Hyde Wal- worth (q.v.). He was graduated from Union college, A.B., 18-38; subsequently studied law in Canandaigua and Albany, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in July, 1^41, and practised in Roch- ester, N.Y., 1841-42. Having decided to enter the P.E. ministry he was graduated from the Gen- eral Theological seminary, 184-5; was converted to the Roman Catliolic faith, and was a student

with the Redemptorists in Belgium and at the College of Wittemberg, Germany, 1845-48, being ordained to the priesthood in the latter year. After two years of pastoral and missionary work in England, he continued as a missionary in the United States until 1864, establishing with Isaac T. Hecker (q.v.) the Congregation of the Mission Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, popularly known as Paulist Fathers, in 1858. He was pastor of Saint Peter's church, Troy, N.Y., and subse- quently, 1868-1900, of Saint Mary's church, Albany, N.Y. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of the State of New York in 1887. Dr. "SValworth acquired consider- able reputation as a geologist and lecturer, and is the author of: The Gentle Skejtfic (1860); The Doctrine of Hell (1874); Andiatorocte, and other Poems, Hymns and Meditations in Verse (1888). He died in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1900.

WALWORTH," Ellen Hardin, author, was born in Jacksonville, 111., Oct. 20. 1S:32; daughter of Col. John Hardin (q.v.). She was carefully educated at home, and graduated from the woman's law class. Her father was killed at Bunea Vista in 1847, and her mother was married secondly, in 1851, to Chancellor Reuben Hyde Walworth (q.v.) and on July 29, 1852. Ellen Har- din was married to the latter's son, Mansfield Tracy Walworth, residing at the Walworth home- stead in Saratoga Springs, X.Y., wiiere she con- ducted a boarding and daj' school for young ladies, 1872-87. Her husband practised law in Albany, X.Y., and subsequently was a regular contributor to the Home Journal and a writer of popular fiction. His " Life of Chancellor Liv- ingston " and " Lives of the Chancellors of New- York St.ite " (the latter incomplete) were left in manuscript at the time of his death, which he met at the hands of his son, June 3, 1873. Mrs. W^alworth was one of the first women in New York state to receive the school franchise, being a member of the board of education of Saratoga Springs; was a vice-president of the Decorative Art society of New York city; one of the three founders of the National D.A.R. society in 1890; founder and president of the Post Parliament of New York city; a life member of the American. Historical association; a fellow of the American Geographical society; a member of the New York .State Historical society, and of the New York Genealogical and Historical societies. She was also actively identified with the progress of Saratoga Springs. N.Y., serving as president of its famous Shakespeare club, 1875-78; was founder and president of the local Art and Science Field club, 1880-85, and trustee of the Saratoga Monument association. In 1898 Mrs. Walworth served as director-general of the Woman's National W^ar Relief association, being