Huntington, Jabez
soldier, was born Aug. 7, 1719, in Norwich, Conn.
During the revolutionary war he was active on the committee of safety, and from September, 1776, was major-general of militia. He died Oct. 5, 1786, in Norwich, Conn.
HUNTINGTON, JABEZ WILLIAMS, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 8, 1788, in Norwich, Conn. In 1828 he was elected to the Connecticut state legislature. In 1829 he was a representative in congress, which office he filled until 1834. He became a judge of the supreme court of errors; was chosen a judge of the superior court of his state; and was a senator in congress from 1840 until his death. He died Nov. 1, 1847, in Norwich, Conn.
HUNTINGTON, JEDEDIAH VINCENT, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Jan. 20, 1815, in New York city. He was a writer who was once an episcopal clergyman, but became a Roman catholic layman. He was a journalist in St. Louis for some years, and died in France. He was the author of America Discovered: a Poem; Alban, or the History of a Young Puritan; Poems; Lady Alice, of the New Una; Blonde and Brunette; and Rosemary, or Life and Death. He died March 10, 1862, in France.