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Welling, the ancestor of the Ewing family of New Jersey. He prepared for college at Trenton academy ; was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1844, A.M., 1847; engaged as tutor in Virginia, 1844-46 ; studied law, 1846-47, and was associate principal of the New York Col- legiate school, 1848-50. He was first married to Genevieve Garnet of Essex county, Ya., and their daughter, Genevieve, married Mr. Wigfall, U.S. consul at Leeds, England. Dr. Welling was married secondly in 1880 to a daughter of Senator James Dixon of Connecticut, by whom he had two children. He was connected with the Na- tional Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., 1850-65, in the successive positions of literary, pc>litical and associate editor ; his contributions to the paper during the civil war forcefully supporting Lincoln's policy of abolition of slavery b}' con- stitutional amendment. He traveled and studied abroad, 1866 ; was clerk of the U.S. court of claims, 1866-67 ; president of St. John's college, Annapolis, Md., 1867-70; professor of belles-let- tres and English language and literature, College of New Jersey, 1870-71, and in the latter year was chosen president of Columbian college, also serv- ing as professor of mental and moral philosophy, and as lecturer on history, and becoming pro- fessor of public and private international law in 1891. During his administration the college became a university in 1873, the number of build- ings and of the faculty was increased, and new professional schools were established. He re- ceived the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbian, 1868 ; was a trustee of the College, 1859-67 and 1872-94, and president of the cor- poration, 1888-84 ; a trustee of the Corcoran Art gallery, Washington, D.C., 1877-94, vi>^iting

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Europe in its interest, 1887 ; regent of the Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1884-94, and subsequently chairman of its executive committee. He was a member of the Anthropo logical and Philosophical societies of Washington, serving as president of the latter, 1884, and was also president of the Copyright League of the District of Columbia. Dr. Welling tendered his resignation of the presidency of Columbian

university to take effect, Oct. 1, 1894, but his death occurred while in office. He had in prepara- tion a History of Columbian College and Univer- sity, and a History of the Civil War in the United States, also his collegiate lectures and addresses. He died in Hartford, Conn.. Sept. 4, 1894.

WELLINGTON, George Louis, senator, was born in Cumberland, Md., Jan. 28, 1852 ; son of John Adam and Margaretha B. (Mayer) Welling- ton ; grandson of Louis A. and Elizabetha (Borne) Wellington, and of Jacob F. and Katlierine(Hue- nicka) Mayer, and a descendant of John Adam Wellington, who came to New Orleans, La., in 1848, having participated in the Revolution against the Prussian government in that year. From the best information obtainable, the family is traceable to English origin, having emigrated from England to Mayence. then one of the free cities of the Rhine in the reign of Mary, Queen of England, during her persecution of the Protest- ants. He attended a German school for a brief period, but was otherwise self-educated. He was employed in a canal store in Cumberland, 1864 ; was clerk and subsequently teller of the Second National bank of Cumberland, 1870-82; treasurer of Allegany county, Md., 1882-88 and 1890. and assistant treasurer of the United States, Balti- more, Md., 1890-93. He was married, April 5, 1877, to Lina C, daughter of Dieterich and Katherine (Lind) Lehr of Cumberland, Md. He was a delegate to the Republican national con- ventions of 1884 and 1888 ; a Republican repre- sentative from the sixth Maryland district in the 54th congress, 1895-97, and U.S. senator from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903, after which he was president of the Citizens' National bank, of the German Savings bank ; the Cumberland Electric railway ; the Edison Electric Illumi- nating company ; the German Building and Loan association ; vice-president of the Real Estate and Building company, and director in a number of other companies, all in Cumberland, Md.

WELLMAN, Walter, explorer, was born in Mentor, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1858 ; son of Alonzo and Minerva (Graves) AVellman ; grandson of Darius and Susannah (Stoddard) Wellman, and of Eli and Altheda (Crane) Graves, and a descendant of Abraham Wellman, who came from Wales and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1625. He removed to Bethel, Mich., in 1867, where he attended the district school until 1870, and established a ■weekly newspaper in Sutton, Neb., 1873, which he conducted until 1876. He was married, Dec. 24, 1878, to Laura, daughter of Henry and Eliza- beth (Charlton) McCann of Canton, Ohio. He established the Cincinnati Evening Post in 1879, and edited the same until 1881, and in 1884 be- came political and Washington correspondent of the Chicago Herald and Times-Herald, now