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 WHITTINGHAM

WHYTE

Life and of his Friendships" by Mrs. James T. Fields (1893); "Personal Recollections of John G. Whittier" by Mary B. Claflin (1893), and " Life and Letters " by Samuel T. Pickard (1894). He died in Hampton Falls, N.H., Sept. 7, 1892.

WHITTINGHAM, WHliam Rollinson, fourth bishop of Maryland, and 36th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in New York city, Dec. 2, 1805; son of Richard and Mary Ann (Rollinson) Whittingham and grandson of Rich- ard and Ann (Davies) Whittingham and of William Rollinson. He received his early educa- tion at home; was graduated from the General Theological seminary, New York city, in 1825; ordered deacon, March 11, 1827, and was en- gaged in missionary work and subsequently as rector of St. Mark's church, Orange, N.J., until 1831, being ordained priest, Dec. 17, 1829. He was married April 15, 1830, to Hannah, daughter of Caleb Harrison of Orange, N.J. He was rector of St. Luke's, New York city, 1831-35; professor of ecclesiastical history in the General Theologi- cal seminary, 1836-40, and was consecrated bisliop of Maryland, Sept. 17, 1840, in St. Paul's church, Baltimore, by Bishops Griswold, Moore and B. T. Onderdonk, assisted by Bishop Doane. During his bishopric, St. James's college, Hagers- own, Md., was founded; also the Church Homte and Lifirmary at Baltimore, an order of dea- conesses, and the Sisterhood of St. John in Wash- ington, D.C. In 1870 the Rev, Dr. William Pinkney was appointed liis assistant. Bishop Whittingham attended the meeting of Old Catholics in Cologne, September, 1873. He re- ceived the honorary degree of LL.D., and also A.M. and S.T.D., from Columbia in 1827, and 1837 respectively. He edited the Family Visitor, Children's Magazine, The Churchman, the " Par- ish Library of Standard Works,"' with an intro- duction (13 vols., 1828-35); Jahn's "Introduction to the Old Testament," with Dr. S. H. Turner (1827); William Palmer's " Treatise on the Church of Christ "(2 vols., 1841); the " Commoni- torium" of Vincent of Lerius (1847), and a re- vised translation of " Ratramm on the Lord's Supper" (1848). He contributed to " Essays and Dissertations in Biblical Literature " (1829). H- died in Orange, N.J.. Oct. 17, 1879.

WHITTLE, Francis McNeece, fifth bishop of Virginia and 87tli in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Mecklenburg county, Va., July 7, 1823. He was graduated from the Vir- ginia Theological seminary in 1847; ordered deacon, July 16, 1847, and ordained priest, Oct. 8, 1818. He was rector of Kanawha parish. Va., 1847-49; St. James's church, Northam parish, Va., 1849-53; Grace church. Berry ville, Va., 1852-57, and St. Paul's, Louisville, Ky., 1857-68. He was consecrated assistant bishop of Virginia, April 30,

1868, by Bishops Johns, Lee and Bedell, and suc- ceeded Bishop Johns, April 4, 1876, as bishop of Virginia. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the Ohio Theological seminary, 1867, and that of LL.D. from William and Mary college, 1873. He died in Richmond, June 19, 1902.

WHITTLESEY, Frederick, jurist, was born in New Preston, Conn., June 12, 1799; son of David and Martha (Pomeroy) Whittlesey; grandson of Eliphalet and Dorothy (Kellogg) Whittlesey, and of Capt. Martin and Dorothy (Chester) Pom- eroy, and a descendant of John and Ruth (Dud- ley) Whittlesey of Saybrook, Conn. His father was one of the first settlers of Kingston Roll in 1769, and subsequently removed to New Preston. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1818; studied law in Albany, N.Y., and in the Litchfield Law school; was admitted to the bar in Utica, N.Y., 1821: began practice in Cooperstown, N.Y., 1822, and later in the same year located in Rochester, N.Y. He was married, Sept. 12, 1825, to Anna Hinsdale. He was a member of the so-called anti-Masonic " Moi'gan committee," conducting a newspaper in the interest of his part}% 1828; treasurer of Monroe county, N.Y., 1829-30, and a representative from the district of Monroe and Livingston counties of New York in the 22d-23d congresses, 1831-35. He served as vice-chancellor of the eighth judicial New York district, 1839- 47; as judge of the state supreme court, 1847-48, and as professor of law in Genesee college, 1850- 51. He died in Rochester. N.Y., July 4, 1842.

WHITTREDQE, Worthington, artist, was born in Springfield, Ohio, May 22. 1830. He attended the common schools and in 1840 removed to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, where he studied art, and estab- lished himself as a portrait-painter, studying and working in Europe, 1855-59. Upon his return he opened a studio in New York citv, making a specialty of American landscape; was elected an associate of the National Academj' of Design, 1860, and an academician, 1861. He also served as president of the academy, 1875-76. He was married, in 1866, to Euphemia Foot. His can- vases include: The Schutzenfest (1857); The Roman Campagna (1859); The Ruins of Tii sen- ium (1859); The Old Hunting Grounds (1864); Berkeley's Seat, Newport (1866): The Rocky Mountains from the River Platte (1868); Forest Brook (1873); Trout Brook (1875); Ticilight on the Hudson (1883); Sunny Days in the Woods (1883); The Plains of Colorado (1884); Afternoon in the Woods and A Brook among the Hills. (1887). He resided in Summit, N.J., in 1903.

WHYTE, William Pinkney, governor of Maryland, was born in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9, 1824; son of Joseph and Isabella (Pinkney) Whyte; grandson of Dr. John Campbell White, who came from Ireland about 1800 and settled in