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Jannsens, Francis

bishop, was born Oct. 17, 1841, in Holland. He has become an eminent bishop of the Roman catholic church at Natchez, Tenn.

Jansen, Reynier

printer, was born in Holland. From 1698 till 1706 he was the only printer in Pennsylvania. Probably the first book issued by him was God's Protecting Providence. He died in 1706 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Janssen, John

bishop, was born March 3, 1835, in Prussia. He has attained eminence as a clergyman of the Roman catholic church, and is now a bishop of the diocese of Belleville, Ill.

Janvier, Francis De Haes

author, poet, was born April 25, 1816, in Pittsgrove, N. J. He was the author of The Skeleton Monk, and Other Poems; The Sleeping Sentinel; and Patriotic Poems. He died March 25, 1864, in India.

JANVIER, MARGARET THOMSON- MARGARET VANDEGRIFT - author, poet, was born in 1845 in Louisiana. She is a Philadelphia writer of children's books, among which are Clover Bank; Under the Dog Star; Little Helpers; and A Dead Doll, and Other Verses.

Janvier, Thomas Allibone

journalist, author, was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania. He is a journalist and littérateur of Philadelphia, and subsequently of New York. He is the author of An Embassy to Provence, a volume of travel; Color Studies; Four Stories; The Mexican Guide; Stories of Old New Spain; 'The Aztec Treasure House, a Romance; The Uncle of an Angel, and Other Stories; and in Old New York.

Janvrin, Joseph Edward

physician, author, was born Jan. 13, 1839, in Exeter, N. H. In 1872 he was appointed surgeon to the Woman's hospital in the state of New York, and in 1882 filled the position of gynecologist at the New York Skin and Cancer hospital. He is the author of A Case of Interstitial Pregnancy; A Case of Tubal Pregnancy of Unusual Interest; and other works.

Jarnagin, Spencer

lawyer, United States senator, was born about 1793 in Granger county, Tenn. He was United States senator from Tennessee from 1841 to 1847. He died June 24, 1851, in Memphis, Tenn.

Jarratt, Devereux

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 17, 1773, near Richmond, Va. He published three volumes of sermons and a series of letters to a friend entitled Thoughts on Some Important Subjects in Divinity. He died Jan. 29, 1801, in Virginia.

Jarvis, Abraham

bishop, was born May 3, 1739, in Norwalk, Conn. He was second protestant episcopal bishop of Connecticut, and eighteenth in succession in the American episcopate.

Jarvis, Edward

physician, author, was born Jan. 9, 1803, in Concord, Mass.

He was a once prominent physician of Dorchester, Mass.; and in 1852 was made president of the American Statistical association. He was the author of Physiology and Health; Elementary Physiology; and Condition of the Insane and Idiots in Massachusetts. He died Oct. 31, 1884, in Dorchester, Mass.

Jarvis, John Wesley

artist, was born in 1780 in England. He became popular, and his portraits, which were executed chiefly in New York and the southern cities, were numerous and often effective. His works include likenesses of Com. Isaac Hull, Com. William Bainbridge, Com. Thomas McDonough, Gov. De Witt Clinton, John Randolph, Bishop Benjamin Moore, and Fitz-Greene Halleck. He died in 1840 in New York city.

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Jarvis, Leonard

public official, congressman, was born in 1782. He was sheriff of Hancock county from 1821 to 1829, and collector of customs for the Penobscot district from 1829 to 1831. was a representative in congress from Maine from 1831 to 1837, and from 1838 to 1841 held the office of navy agent for the port of Boston. He died Sept. 18, 1854, in Surrey, Maine.