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"The First Step in the "War " by Lieut. -Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and " Notes on the Surrender of Fort Sumter " by Col. A. K. Chisulm, in •• Battles and Leadei-s of the Civil War ' (Vol. I., 1887). Senator Wigfall died, while on a lecturing tour, in GalvestoJi, Texas. Feb. 18. 1874.

WIQQER, WInand Michael, R.C. bisliop. was born in New York cit}-, Dec. 9, 1841. He was graduated from the College of St. Francis Xavier in 1860 ; studied theology at Setou Ilall college, South Orange, N.J., 18G0-G'2, and subsequently in the College of Brignoli Sali. Genoa, Italy, re- ceiving the degree of D.D. in 1805, and being or- dained priest by Archbishop Charves of Genoa, June 10. 1865. He was assistant at St. Patrick's cathedral in Newark, N.J., 1865-69 ; rector of St. Vincent's church, Madison. N.J., 1869-73 and 1876-81, meanwhile serving as rector in Orange and Summit. N.J., and was consecrated bishop of Newark. N.J.. Oct. 18, 1881, by Archbishop Cor- rigan. assisted by Bishops Loughlin apdMcQuaid. He died in South Orange. N.J., Jan. 5, 1901.

WIQQIN, Kate Douglas. See Riggs, Kate Douglas Wiggin.

WIGGINS, Carleton, artist, was born in Tur- ners, N.Y., March 4. 1848; son of Guy Carleton and Adelaide (Ludlum) Wiggins ; grandson of Jacob and Harriette Wiggins, and of David and Julia Ludlum. and a descendant of Benjamin Wiggins of England, and of David Sweezy of Goshen, N.Y., captain of Orange county regiment in the Revolutionary war. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, New York city, 1870, and in Paris, France, 1880-81, exhibiting at the s;ilon of 1881, and was a pupil of H. Car- miencke and George Innes. He revisited Europe in 1892 and 1895. He was married, Oct. 19, 1872, to Mary, daughter of James and Esther Clucus of England. He became an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1892, and was a member of the Society of American Artists, the American Water Color society, and the Society of Landscape Painters. He received the gold medal of the Prize fund in 1894 for his painting A Holstein Bull, and exhibited at the Royal academy, I>ondon, 1896-97. His canvases in- clude : The Wanderers (1884), purchased by the Hamilton club of Brooklyn ; A Holstein Bull (1891), gift of Joseph Grafton to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art : Plough Horse (1899), purchased by the Lotus club ; Ploughing in France (1894), and After Wind— Rain {\%^^), in the Evans rollection.

WIQQLESWORTH, Edward, educator, was bom in Maiden. Mass.. about 1692; son of Michael (16-31-1705) and Sybil (Sparhawk) Wig- glesworth, and grandson of Edward Wiggles- worth, who came from England. 16.38 ; settled first in Charlestown, Mass., and soon after in New

Haven, Conn. ^licliael Wigglesworth, Harvard, A.B., 1651. A.M., 1654, and a fellow of the Col- lege, 1652-54 and 1697-1705. was pastor in ]\[alden, Mass., 1657-1705. He also practised medicine and is the author of the poem, " The Day of Doom " (1602), which was reprinted in England, and reached ten editions in America, and of other re- ligious poems. His biography was v.-ritten by John Ward Dean (1871). Edward Wigglesworth was graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1710, A.M.. 1713 ; subsequently studied tlieology, and after occupying varous pulpits in New England, was called in 1721 to the newly established HoUis chair of divinity, at Harvard, which he held until his death. He refused the rectorship of Yale col- lege, 1723 ; was a fellow of Harvard, 1724-65, and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. D.D. 1730. Of his children, Edward (1732-1794). Har- vard, A.B., 1749, A.M., 1752, D.D., 1786, was HoUis professor of divinity at Harvard, as suc- cessor to his father, 1765-91, and professor emeri- tus, 1791-94. He was also a fellow of the college, 1779-92 ; secretary of the corresponding board of the societj' in Scotland for promoting the gospel among the Indians of North America ; an original member of the American Academ}' of Arts and Sciences, and the author of : " Calcula- tions on American Population " (1775), " Author- ity of Tradition Considered," the Dudleian lec- ture of 1777, and "The Hope of Immortality"' (1779). Edward Wigglesworth, Sr., served as commissioner of the London Society for Propa- gating tlie Gospel among the Indians for many years, and declined a similar appointment to tlie Scotch deputations on account of feeble health. His publications include : Sober Remarks on a Modest Proof of the Order and Government Set- tled by Christ and His Apostles in the Church (1724); A Seasonable Caveat against Believing Every Spirit, lectures (1735); An Inquiry into the Truth of the Imputation of Adam's First Sin to his Posterity (17-38); The Sovereignty of God in the Exercise of His Mercy, lectures (1741) ; Aii Ansicer to Mr. Whitefield's Reply to the College Testimony (1745); Some Evidences of the Divine Inspiration (1755); The Doctrine of Reprobation Briefly Considered (1763); besides the Dudleian lecture at Harvard (1757), and numerous sermons. He die 1 in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 16, 1765.

WIQQLESWORTH, Edward, soldier, was born in Ipswicli, Mas.s., Jan. 3, 1742 ; son of Samuel Wigglesworth (1689-1768), and nephew of Edward Wigglesworth (q.v.). His father. Harvard, A.B., 1707, A.M., 1710. a practising phjsician in Ipswich Hamlet (Hamilton). Mass., and subsequently pastor there, published " A Short Account of the Rev. Mr. Hale, of Newbury " in the " Christian History " (1744); a Dudleian lec- ture (1760), and numerous discourses. Edward