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ures for the defence of the country, serving as a
member of the committee of correspondence. At
a second meeting, held, Jan. 12. 1775, he was ap-
p<iinted a member of the committee that framed a
petition to King George, and also drew up resolu-
tions declaratory of
Georgia's condemna-
tion of Parliament's
oppressive measures.
He was a member of
the council of safety;
served several times
in the state legisla-
ture; was a delegate
to the Continental
congress, from Jan.
20, 1776, to 1779, and
again in 1781, sign-
ing the Declaration
of Independence of
July 4. 1776; was commissioned colonel of the
1st battalion of the 1st regiment of Georgia
Foot militia. January 9, 1777, and at the cap-
ture of Savannah by the British in December,
1778, was wounded and taken prisoner, being re-
leased in September, 1779. He was maiTied in
1777 to Dorothy Camber. He was governor of
Greorgia. 1779-89: retired from the national
council in October, 1781 (?); chief-justice of Geor-
gia. 17S3-S6: elected a delegate to the conven-
tion for framing a Federal constitution of the
United States in 1787, but did not take his seat;
was a presidential elector, 1789; and in 1795 was
appointed U.S. senator from Georgia in place of
James Jackson, resigned, and served, Dec. 18,
I70.j-April 12, 179G, when he was superseded by
Josiah Tattnall, who was elected by the legisla-
ture. He also served as a U.S. commissioner to
confer with the Indians at Easton, Pa., and to
negotiate a treaty with the Cherokee Indians in
Tennessee, and was judge of the middle circuit
court of Georgia at the time of his death. His
son. George Walton, Jr., was secretary of state
for West Florida during the presidency of Andrew
Jackson. A monument was erected in Augusta,
to j>erpetuate the memory of the signers from
Geargia. Governor Walton died in Augusta,
Ga., F..-b. 2. 1S04.
WALWORTH, Clarence Alfonsus, clergyman and author, was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., May 30, lyiO; son of Chancellor Reuben Hyde Wal- worth (q.v.). He was graduated from Union college, A.B., 18-38; subsequently studied law in Canandaigua and Albany, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in July, 1^41, and practised in Roch- ester, N.Y., 1841-42. Having decided to enter the P.E. ministry he was graduated from the Gen- eral Theological seminary, 184-5; was converted to the Roman Catliolic faith, and was a student
with the Redemptorists in Belgium and at the
College of Wittemberg, Germany, 1845-48, being
ordained to the priesthood in the latter year.
After two years of pastoral and missionary work
in England, he continued as a missionary in the
United States until 1864, establishing with Isaac
T. Hecker (q.v.) the Congregation of the Mission
Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, popularly known
as Paulist Fathers, in 1858. He was pastor of
Saint Peter's church, Troy, N.Y., and subse-
quently, 1868-1900, of Saint Mary's church,
Albany, N.Y. He received the honorary degree
of LL.D. from the University of the State of New
York in 1887. Dr. "SValworth acquired consider-
able reputation as a geologist and lecturer, and
is the author of: The Gentle Skejtfic (1860); The
Doctrine of Hell (1874); Andiatorocte, and other
Poems, Hymns and Meditations in Verse (1888).
He died in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1900.
WALWORTH," Ellen Hardin, author, was born in Jacksonville, 111., Oct. 20. 1S:32; daughter of Col. John Hardin (q.v.). She was carefully educated at home, and graduated from the woman's law class. Her father was killed at Bunea Vista in 1847, and her mother was married secondly, in 1851, to Chancellor Reuben Hyde Walworth (q.v.) and on July 29, 1852. Ellen Har- din was married to the latter's son, Mansfield Tracy Walworth, residing at the Walworth home- stead in Saratoga Springs, X.Y., wiiere she con- ducted a boarding and daj' school for young ladies, 1872-87. Her husband practised law in Albany, X.Y., and subsequently was a regular contributor to the Home Journal and a writer of popular fiction. His " Life of Chancellor Liv- ingston " and " Lives of the Chancellors of New- York St.ite " (the latter incomplete) were left in manuscript at the time of his death, which he met at the hands of his son, June 3, 1873. Mrs. W^alworth was one of the first women in New York state to receive the school franchise, being a member of the board of education of Saratoga Springs; was a vice-president of the Decorative Art society of New York city; one of the three founders of the National D.A.R. society in 1890; founder and president of the Post Parliament of New York city; a life member of the American. Historical association; a fellow of the American Geographical society; a member of the New York .State Historical society, and of the New York Genealogical and Historical societies. She was also actively identified with the progress of Saratoga Springs. N.Y., serving as president of its famous Shakespeare club, 1875-78; was founder and president of the local Art and Science Field club, 1880-85, and trustee of the Saratoga Monument association. In 1898 Mrs. Walworth served as director-general of the Woman's National W^ar Relief association, being
