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Jennings, James S – Jewell, Harry D

Jennings, James S

journalist, poet, was born in Greene county, Ohio. He was editor and proprietor of the Monitor, of Marion, Ind., and has been in the newspaper publishing business ever since. As an author and poet he has been very successful, and now resides in Wichita, Kan.

Jennings, Jonathan

congressman, governor, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J. He was the first governor in Indiana. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1809 to 1816, and from 1822 to 1831. In 1818 he was appointed Indian commissioner. He died July 26, 1834, near Charlestown, Ind.

Jennings, Robert W

college president, was born March 18, 1838, in Edgefield, S. C. In 1884 he established the Jennings Business college of Nashville, Tenn., and is its president.

Jennison, Lucy White

author, poet, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts.

She is a verse-writer who has lived mainly in Europe, and is the author of Love Poems and Sonnets.

Jennison, Samuel

antiquary, was born Feb. 24, 1788, in Brookfield, Mass.

He was for many years connected with the American Antiquarian society as librarian and corresponding secretary. He died March 1, 1860, in Worcester, Mass.

Jervis, John Bloomfield

civil engineer, author, was born Dec. 14, 1795, in Huntington, N. Y. He was a civil engineer of New York, who designed many important works, such as the Croton Dam and High Bridge. He was the author of Railway Property; and Labor and Capital.

He died Jan. 12, 1885, in Rome, N. Y.

Jessup, Henry Harris

missionary, author, was born April 19, 1832, in Montrose, Pa. He has been a presbyterian missionary in Syria since 1856, and is the author of The Women of the Arabs; The Unildren of the East; The Greek Church and Protestant Missions; and Syrian Home Life.

Jessup, William

lawyer, jurist, was born June 21, 1797, in Southampton, N. Y.

From 1838 till 1851 he was presiding judge of the eleventh judicial district of Pennsylvania. He died Sept. 11, 1868, in Montrose, Pa.

Jesup, Morris Ketchum

banker, was born June 21, 1830, in Hartford, Conn.

He was president of the Five Points House of Industry in 1870, of the Young Men's Christian association in 1871-75, and later became vice-president of the city mission and manager of the presbyterian hospital.

For several years he has also been president of the New York museum of natural history.

Jesup, Thomas S

soldier, was born in 1778 in Virginia. He was a brave and useful officer during the war of 1812, and was retained in the army. He was brevetted major-general in 1828, and was succeeded in command in Florida by Col. Zachary Taylor in 1838. He died June 10, 1860, in Washington, D. C.

Jeter, Jeremiah Bell

clergyman, author, was born July 18, 1802, in Bedford county, Va. He was a baptist clergyman prominent in the south as a preacher and controversialist, and the author of Campbellism Examined; Campbellism Re- Examined; The Seal of Heaven; The Christian Mirror; and Recollections of a Long Life. He died Feb. 25, 1880, in Richmond, Va.

Jewell, Harry D

lawyer, jurist, was born March 5, 1869, in Wheaton, Ill.

For two years he was assistant law librarian of his alma mater; was editor of the Michigan Law Journal, and in 1896 was elected judge of probate of Kent county, Mich.