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Jenkins, Timothy – Jennings, Francis

Jenkins, Timothy

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1799, in Barre, Mass. He was district attorney for Oneida county, N. Y., six years, and resigned the office on being elected a representative in the twenty-ninth congress. He was reelected to the thirtieth and thirty-second congresses.

He died Dec. 24, 1859, in Martinsburg, N. Y.

Jenks, Edward Watrous

physician, author, was born March 31, 1833, in Victor, N. Y. He is a successful physician of Detroit, Mich., and has invented obstetrical forceps and other surgical instruments for use in gynecology. He was the author of American System of Practical Medicine; and American System of Gynecology.

Jenks, George Augustus

lawyer, member of congress, was born March 26, 1836, in Jefferson county, Pa. He received his education at the Jefferson college, and has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of Brookville, Pa. He has been assistant secretary of the interior; solicitor-general of the United States, and served with distinction as a member of the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Jenks, Henry Fitch

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 17, 1842, in Boston, Mass. Since 1867 he has been a clergyman of the unitarian church, and now fills a pastorate in Canton, Mass. He is a member of numerous historical and literary societies, and the author of several historical works.

Jenks, Joseph

governor, was born in 1656 in Pawtucket, R. I. He was deputy governor of Rhode Island and was governor from 1727 to 1732. He died June 15, 1740.

Jenks, Joseph William

educator, was born Nov. 23, 1808, in Bath, Maine.

He was chaplain and professor of mathematics in the United States navy, serving on the Concord under Commodore Perry. He spent seven years aiding his father in the preparation of the Comprehensive Commentary on the Bible. In 1852 became professor of languages in Urbana university, Ohio. He afterward established the first agricultural paper in Illinois. He died June 7, 1884, in Newtonville, Mass.

Jenks, Michael H

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Jenness, John Scribner

lawyer, author, was born in 1827 in New Hampshire. He was a lawyer of New York city, and the author of The Isles of Shoals, an Historical Sketch; and the First Planting of New Hampshire. He edited Transcripts of Original Documents Relating to the Early History of New Hampshire.

He died in 1879.

Jenness, Lyndon Y

soldier, banker, was born June 17, 1843, in Medina, Mass. He served in the civil war from musician to lieutenant in the thirty-second Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He is president of the State bank, Chamber of Commerce, Florida Palmetto Fiber works, and state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, residing in Parkesburg, Fla.

Jenness, Richard H

journalist, legislator, was born June 25, 1857, in Lindenwood, Ill. He is the editor and owner of the Graphic of Atkinson, Neb., and served as a member of the twentyfourth session of the Nebraska legislature from Omaha.

Jennings, David

congressman, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1825 to 1826.

Jennings, Francis

hymnologist, was born Nov. 3, 1808, in England. He has become one of the most thorough hymnologists in America. In 1871 the Baptist Hymn Book was published, and he prepared for it a biographical index, giving the names, dates of birth, and death of the authors and their birthplaces, and also the time when the hymns were first printed.