egon 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
