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   Luminary and Theological Repository; was associate editor with George P. Morris and subsequently with N. P. Willis of the New York Mirror, 1823, and also edited The Parthenon, 1829, The Casket and the Literary Gazette. he is the author of: TJie Champions of Freedom (2 vols., 1816): a volme of jwems in 1816 and another in 1826. and of numerous dramatic compositions, among them The Forest Rose. His poems, the most famous of which is The Ohl Oaken Bucket, were collected by his son, Selim E. Woodworth, with a "Memoir" by George P. Morris (1861). He died in New York city, Dec. 9, 1842.

 WOOL, John Ellis, soldier, was born in New- burg, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1784. His father was a Revolutionary soldier. He attended the com- mon schools; engaged as a bookseller in Troy, N.Y., and subsequently began the study of law, which he abandoned to raise a company of volunteers for service in the second war with England. He was commissioned captain in the 13th U.S. infantry. April 14, 1812; took a gallant part in the battle at Queenstown Heights, Oct. 13, 1812, being seriously wounded; was promoted major of the 29th infantry, April 13,1813, and for his services at Plattsburgh, N.Y., was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 11, 1814. He was transferred to the 6th infantry, May 17, 1815, and upon the reorganization of the army was made inspector-general with the rank of colonel, April 29, 1816, visiting Europe in his official capacity in 1832. He was brevetted brigadier-general, 1826; accomplished the removal of the Cherokee Indians beyond the Mississippi in 1836; was commissioned brigadier-general, June 2.5. 1841, and at the outbreak of the Mexican war equipped and sent forward 12,000 volunteers. "With a force of 3000 men he himself proceeded to the seat of war. where he selected the site for the subsequent battle of Buena Vista, arranging and commanding the troops until the arrival of Gen. Zachary Taylor, under whom he held second command. He was brevetted major-general for Buena Vista, Feb. 23, 1847. and awarded a sword and a vote of thanks by congress, and also given a sword by the state of New York, for his services during the war with Mexico. He commanded the eastern military division, headquarters at Troy, N.Y., 1848-53 and 1857-60; the department of the Pacific, 1854-57, conducting a campaign against the Indians in the northwest, 18.56; and had charge of the department of the east in 18G0, opportunely re-enforcing Fort Mon- roe at the beginning of the civil war. In August, 1861, he was appointed to succeed General Butler in the command of Fort Monroe and the department of Virginia, and soon after receiving the formal surrender of Norfolk, May 8, 1862, was relieved of his command and succeeded by Gen.

John A. Dix. He was promoted major-general, U.S.A., May 16, 1862; commanded the middle military department, headquarters at Baltimore, Md., until January, 1863, and the department of the east, headquarters. New York city, until July 18, 1863, when he was succeeded by Gen. Joiin G. Foster, and he was retired from active service, Aug. 1, 1863. See: "Early Coast Operations in North Carolina," by Rush C. Hawkins, Brevet Brigadier-General, in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" (Vol. II.). A monument was erected to his memory and that of his wife, at Troy, N.Y., where he died, Nov. 10. 1869.

 WOOLLEY, John Granville, prohibition advocate, was born in Collinsvilie, Ohio. Feb. 15, 1850; son of Edwin C. and Elizabeth (Hunter) Woolley: grandson of William and Mary (Woolley) Woolley and of Alexander and Agnes (Andrews) Hunter, and a descendant of Emanuel Woolley-Freeman, who settled in Newport, R.I., 1653, and later with a company of other Quakers, became large land owners in New Jersey, the present family seat. He was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan university, A.B., 1871. A.M., 1874, and was married, June 26, 1873, to Mary v., daughter of Mathias and Harriet (Campbell) Gerhard of Delaware, Ohio. He studied law at Michigan university, 1872-73; began practice in Paris, 111.; was citjy attorney, 1875-77, and practised in Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-87, being prosecuting attorney for Hennepin county, 1883-85. He removed to New York city in 1887. In 1888, he relinquished law to take up the work of temperance reform, and in 1900 was Prohibition candidate for President of the United States. He established and edited, with Samuel Dickie, The New Voice, Chicago, 111., from 1884. He is the author of: Seed (1893); The Sower (1898); Civilization by Faith (1899); The Christian Citizen (1900); A Lion Hunter (1900).

 WOOLLEY, Mary Emma, educator, was born in South Norwalk, Conn., July 13, 1863, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Judah and Mary Augusta (Ferris) Woolley; granddaughter of Joseph and Frances (Burroughs) Woolley, and of Stephen and Mary (Beers) Ferris. She attended Wheaton (Mass.) seminary, 1882-84; taught history in the seminary, 1886, and was one of the first two women to be graduated from Brown university, A.B., 1894, receiving the degree of A.M. incursu. She was at the head of the department of Biblical history and literature, Wellesley college, 1895-1900, traveling in England and Scotland for the purpose of visiting the women's colleges in connection with the universities, and in 1900 became president of Mt. Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass. Siie received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from Brown in 1900. and that of L.H.D. from Amherst, 1900; became a member 