Jenks, William
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1778, in Newton, Mass.
He was a once prominent congregational clergyman of Boston who founded the American Oriental society, and was the author of Commentary on the Bible, long a popular work; and Bible Atlas and Scripture Gazetteer. He died Nov. 13, 1866, in Boston, Mass.
JENNESS, BENNING WENTWORTH, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born July 14, 1806, in Deerfield, N. H.
He was judge of probate in Strafford county, N. H., from 1841 to 1845, and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire during the years 1845 and 1846. He died Nov. 16, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio.