Ware, a S. E. county of Georgia, bordering on Florida, intersected by the Satilla river, and also drained by its numerous tributaries; area, about 850 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 2,286, of whom 452 were colored. The surface is level and in many parts swampy. Okefinokee swamp in the S. part, extending into Florida, is 30 m. long and 17 m. wide. The soil is generally fertile. Oranges and figs are produced in considerable quantities. It is intersected by the Atlantic and Gulf and the Brunswick and Albany railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 28,474 bushels of Indian corn, 8,535 of oats, 20,993 of sweet potatoes, 2,690 lbs. of butter, 3,713 of wool, 17,438 of rice, and 124 bales of cotton. There were 244 horses, 2,192 milch cows, 5,141 other cattle, 1,845 sheep, and 7,033 swine. Capital, Waresborough.

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I. Henry

Henry, an American clergyman, born in Sherburne, Mass., April 1, 1764, died in Cambridge, July 12, 1845. He graduated at Harvard college in 1785, and was pastor of the first Congregational church at Hingham from 1787 to 1805, when he was elected Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard college. His election gave rise to the discussions which eventually led to the separation of the Unitarians, to whom he adhered, from the orthodox Congregationalists. He held his chair in the college, and later in the theological school, till 1840, when he resigned on account of the loss of his eyesight. He published "Letters to Trinitarians and Calvinists" (Cambridge, 1820), in reply to Dr. Wood's "Letters to Unitarians;" "Answer to Dr. Wood's Reply" (1822); "Postscript to Answer" (1823); and " An Inquiry into the Foundation, Evidences, and Truths of Religion" (2 vols., Cambridge and London, 1842).

II. Henry, Jr

Jr Henry, an American clergyman, eldest son of the preceding, born in Hingham, Mass., April 21, 1794, died in Framingham, Sept. 22,1843. He graduated at Harvard college in 1812, and for the next two years was assistant teacher in the Phillips academy at Exeter, N. H. He was pastor of the second Congregational church in Boston from 1817 to 1830, and afterward professor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral care in the theological school at Cambridge till July, 1842, when he resigned. He published "Discourses on the Offices and Character of Jesus Christ" (1825); "Sermons on Small Sins" (1827); "On the Formation of the Christian Character" (1831); "The Life of the Saviour " (1832); several essays and poems; and memoirs of Oberlin, Noah Worcester, Joseph Priestley, and others. The Rev. Chandler Robbins made a selection of his writings (4 vols., Boston, 1846-'7), and his brother John published his "Memoir" (2 vols., Boston, 1846), which contains a list of all his writings.

III. John

John, an American physician, brother of the preceding, born in Hingham, Mass., Dec. 19, 1795, died in Boston, April 29, 1864. He graduated at Harvard college in 1813, received the degree of M. D. in 1816, and practised in Boston. From 1832 to 1858 he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the medical department of Harvard university. He published "Medical Dissertations on the Spitting of Blood and on Suppuration " (1820); "Remarks on the Employment of Females in Midwifery" (1820); "History and Treatment of Delirium Tremens" (1831); "Discourses on Medical Education and on the Medical Profession" (1847); "Contributions to the History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Croup" (1850); "Hints to Young Men on the True Relations of the Sexes " (1850)'; and " Success in the Medical Profession " (1851).

IV. William, An American Clergyman

An American Clergyman William, brother of the preceding, born in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 3, 1797, died in Cambridge, Feb. 19, 1852. lie graduated at Harvard college in 1816, and at the Cambridge divinity school in 1819. From 1821 to 1836 he was pastor of the first Congregational church of New York, and in 183V was called to the second Congregational church in Walt ham, Mass. In 1848-'9 he travelled in Europe. For several years he edited the " Christian Examiner," and he wrote vivid representations of ancient life and manners entitled "Letters from Palmyra" (2 vols., New York, 1837; later known under the title "Zenobia "), "Probus" (2 vols., 1838; afterward entitled "Aurelian"), and "Julian, or Scenes in Judea" (2 vols., 1841). He also published " Sketches [afterward Pictures] of European Capitals " (Boston, 1851), and after his death appeared his "Lectures on the Works and Genius of Washington Allston " (1852).