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WARD, Hamilton, jurist, was born in Salis- bury. X.Y.. July :;, 1^-29: son of Peter Hamilton and Eliza (Cleveland) Ward ; grandson of Maj. Peter and Maria(Colfax) Ward ; great-grandson of Capt. Pfter Ward of Nev\- Jersey, a Revolutionary officer, and a descendant of Peter Ward, who emigrated from Scotland prior to the Revolution. He studied law in Elmira. N.Y., and was ad- mitted to the bar in Cooperstown. N.Y.. 1851, commencing practice in Belmont, N.Y. He was married, Oct. '24. 1854, to Mary Adelia, daughter of John and Julia (Burt) Chamberlain of Water- loo. N.Y. He w as district attorney of Allegany county, N.Y.. 1S57-60 and 18G3. serving in 18G2 under an appointment from the governor in raising troops for the U.S. army, and was a Repub- lican representative from New ITork in the 39th, 40th and 41st congresses. 1865-71. He was attor- ney-general of the state of New York, 1879-81, and a meml>er of the commission to suggest amend- ments to the state constitution in 1890. On April 28, 1891. he was appointed a justice of the supreme court in the eighth district ; was elected in No- vember ; served in the general term from Jan. IG,

1895. until the dissolution of that court, Jan. 20,

1896, when he was transferred to the fourth de- partment of the appellate division of the supreme court. He died in Belmont. N.Y*.. Dec. 28, 1898.

WARD, Henry Augustus, naturalist, was born in Rocliester. N.Y'., Marcli 9. 1834. He was edu- cated at Williams college, became an assistant to Prof. Louis Agassiz, and in 1860-65 was Professor of Natural Sciences in the University of Roches- ter. He traveled through nearly every countiy on the globe, making collections in mineralogy and natural history, and founded at Rochester an establishment for preparing cabinets for colleges and academies. He married in 1897 Mrs. Lydia Avery Coon ley, an t hor of several vol umes of poems. He has published several scientific monographs.

WARD, Herbert Dickinson, author, was born in Waltliam. Mass.. June 30, 18G1 ; son of the Rev. William Hayes and Ellen Maria (Dickinson) Waril ; grandson of James Wilson and Hetta Lord (Hayes) Ward: and a descendant of Pris- cilla Alden, also of Gov. William Bradford. His father (Amherst, A.B.. 1856, A.M., 1859, LL.D., 1885 : Andover, B.D.. 1859: Rutgers and Univer- sity of the City of New Y'ork. D.D., 1873), was editor of the Independent from 1868 and the author of several papers on Oriental archaeology distinguishing him as an Assyriologist. Herbert D. Ward w.xs graduated from Amherst college, A.B.. 1884, A.M.. 18S7. and was married. Oct. 20, 18f^. at East Gloucester. Mass.. to Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of the Rev. Austin and Elizabeth (Stuart) Phelps. He was appointed Ma.ssachu- setts state coramis-sioner of prisons in 1«96. He is the author of: The Xew Senior at Andover

(1890) ; TJie ^^ctste^• of the Magicians (1890) ; The Lo.sf //cro (1890); The Repnhlic without a Pres- ident and other Short Stories (1891) ; 77/e Cap- tain of the Kittiu'ink (1892) ; A Dash for the Pole (1893) ; TJie ^^ll^te Croicn (1894) ; TJte Burglar who moved Paradise (1900) : The Light of the World (1901), and contributions to the leading magazines.

WARD, James Harman, naval officer, was born in Hartford. Conn., Sejit. 25, 1806. He was graduated from the Norwich Military academy (Norwich university), Vermont, in 1823. and was commissioned midshipman, March 4, 1823, re- maining for a time under instruction at the academy. He cruised in the Constitution, 1824- 28 ; was promoted passed midshipman, March 28, 1829, and lieutenant, March 3. 1831. He de- livered a course of lectures on "Gunnery" in Philadelphia. Pa., 1842 and 1843. with the object of the founding of a naval academy by the gov- erment. and upon the establishment of the U.S. Naval academy at Annapolis. Md., was elected to a professorship, serving, 1845-47. He was at- tached to the Gulf fleet during the Mexican war ; commanded the Vixen, 1849-50 ; was promoted commander, Sept. 9, 1853, and organized the Po- tomac flotilla in May, 1861. originally comprised of tiie stea.'ners Tliomas, Free-born and the tugs. Anacostia and Resolute. He participated in the engagement against the batteries at Aquia Creek, May 31 and June 1, 1861. clearing the Vir- ginia banks of obstructions, and opening the river, and in the bombardment of Mathias Point, June 27, where, as he was sighting a gun on the shore, he was struck by aniinie ball, and died within an hour, being the first naval officer killed in the civil war. He published: Elementary Tiistruc- tions on Naval Ordnances and Gunnery (1845 ; eid. ed.,1861) ; Maiiuel of Xaval Tactics (1859), and Steam for the Millions (1860). The date of his death at :\[atlnas Point. Va., is June 27. 1861.

WARD, James Thomas, educator, was born in Georgetown, D.C., Aug. 21, 1820 ; son of the Rev. Ulysses and Susan "V. (Beall) Ward. He at- tended Columbian college, D.C., and Brookville (Md.) academy, 1836-33 ; was editor of the Weekly Visitor, Washington, D.C, 1839; was licensed to preach, Aug. 30, 1840, and in April, 1841, entered the itinerant ministry of the Meth- odist Protestant church, and remained in that connection until 1866, serving churches in Mary- land, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Compelled to retire from active work on account of ill health, he settled in Westminster, Md., in 1866, where he taught in Fayette R. Buell's academy, which became, through Mr. Ward's influence, the W^estern Maryland college, and was formally opened as such, Sept. 4, 1867. During his administration as president, 1868-86,