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anil upon the death of Gov. Wasliington Bartlett, Sept. 12, 18S7, succeeded him as acting governor of the state, his term to expire iu 1891. He died in San Die^o. Cal.. April Vi. 1891.

WATERS, William Everett, educator, was born in Winthrop, Maine, Dec. 20, 1856; son of Jabez Matliews and Martha Ellen (Webb) Wa- ters; grandson of Gardner and Charlotte (Math- ews) Waters and of Samuel and Olive (Lam- bert) Webb, and a descendant of Abel Waters, and maternally, of Elder Brewster, Myles Stand- ish and John Alden. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 187S; was a Clark and Larned fellow there. 187&-S0; classical assistant in the Hughes high school, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1880-83, and tutor in classics at Yale, 188.3-87. He was married, June 2S, 1888, to Alma Filia, daughter of George Washington and Carrie (Pruden) Oyler of Cin- cinnati. He was professor of Greek and compar- ative philology in the University of Cincinnati, ls'.»0-94, and in Wells college, Aurora, N.Y., 1894-1900, serving also as president of the col- lege; in 1900 was appointed assistant secretary of the College Entrance Examining Board, and in 1901 was made professor of Greek in New Y''ork university. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale in 18S7, and is the joint author, with William R. Harper, of the Inductive Greek Method aSSS), and author of: Toivn Life in An- cient It ali/, and The Cena Trimalchionis of Pe- tronius (1902).

WATROUS, Harry Willson, artist, was born in San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 17, 1857; son of Ciiarles and Ruth (Willson) Watrous. He at- tended private schools in New Y'ork city, and re- ceived his education abroad under Humphrey Moore in Spain, and under Bonnat, Lefebvre and B<iulanger in Paris, exhibiting at the Salons of 1884-85. He was married, in 1887, to Elizabeth, daugliter of W. S. Nichols of New Y'ork city. He continued his studies in Munich and Florence, and later opened a studio in New Y'ork. His canvas called Bills won the Clark prize in the exhibition of the National Academy of Design, 1894, in which year he was made an Associate, becoming an Academician in 1895. His paintings are mostly genre subjects.

WATSON, Alfred Augustin, first bishop of East Carolina, and 134th in succession in the American Episcopate, was born in New Y''ork city, Aug. 21, 1818; son of Jesse and Hannah Maria (Tallman) Watson, and grandson of Jacob and Hannah Tallman. He was graduated from the University of the City of New Y'ork, A.B., 1837. A.M., 1840; attended the University law schfK)!, and was a<Jmitted to the bar in New Y'ork city in 1841. In 1842 he abandoned the law and became a candidate for orders, attending the General Theological seminary. New Y'ork city.

He was ordered deacon, Nov. 3, 1844, in St. Ann's, Brookl}-n, by Bishop Onderdonk. and or- dained priest. May 25, 1845, in St. John's, Fayette- ville, N.C., by Bishop Ives. He was rector of the joint j)arishes of Grace church, Plymouth, N.C., and St. Luke's, Washington county, N.C., 1844- 58, and of Christ church, New Berne, N.C., 1858- G5. On the outbreak of the civil war, he was ap- pointed chaplain of the 2d N.C. regiment of " state troops " and served until 1863, wlien he became assistant to Bishop Atkinson in the charge of St. James's parisli, Wilmington, N.C, until elected rector of the siime in 18G4. He was consecrated bishop of East Carolina, April 17, 1884, in St. James's church, by Bishops Green of Mississippi, Neely of Maine, and Howe of South Carolina; assisted by Bishoi)s Lj-man of North Carolina, Seymour of Springfield and Randolph of Virginia. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the Universitj' of North Carolina in 1868, and by the University of the South in 1884. He was a member of the iliocesan standing committee, and a deputy to the general convention of the P. E. church from 1850 till his election to the Episcopate. He was married thrice: first, in November, 1846, to Harriet G. Halsey of Brooklyn, N.Y''.; secondly, Nov. 24, 1849, to Mrs. F. H. Borrows of New Y'ork, and thirdly, June 26, 1890, to Mary Catherine, daugh- ter of Fred J. and Columbia (Brown) Lord. Be- sides several sermons and addresses publislied by request, he is the author of the memorial on " The Division of Dioceses" from the Diocese of North Carolina to the General Convention, pub- lished in the Journal of the General Conve)itio)i of 1868 (pp. 367-413).

WATSON, James, senator, was born in New Y'ork city. April 6, 1750; son of John and Bethia (Tyler) Watson; grandson of John and Sarah (Steele) Watson and a descendant of Jolm Watson, who emigrated from England, and set- tled in Hartford, Conn., in 1644. He was grad- uated from Y'ale, A.B., 1776, A.M.. 1779; became a wealtliy mei'chant of New York city; was a member of the state assembly. 1791 and 1794-96, serving as speaker in 1794; state senator, 1798, and elected in the latter j-ear by the Democratic party as U.S. senator to complete the unexpired term of John Sloss Hobart, resigned, serving from Dec. 11, 1798, to Marcli 19, 1801, when he be came U.S. navy agent for New Y'ork city, by ap- pointment from President Jefferson. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati. He died in New York city. May 'l5, 1806.

WATSON, James Craig, astronomer, was born near Fingal, Canada West, Jan. 28, 1838; .son of William and Rebecca (Bacon) Watson. His parents settled in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1850, where, by his own efforts, he earned a college