Johns, Kensey
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1791, in New Castle, Del. He was a representative in congress from Delaware from 1827 to 1831; and in 1832 was appointed chancellor of the state of Delaware, in which capacity he was still serving at the time of his death. He died March 28, 1857, in New Castle, Del.
JOHNSON, ALEXANDER BRYAN, banker, author, was born May 29, 1786, in England. He was a prominent banker of Utica for nearly half a century; and the author of Treatise on Banking; The Philosophy of Human Knowledge; Religion in Its Relations to the Present Life; The Physiology of the Senses; The Mean- ; Nature and Value of Capital; Encyclopædia of Instruction; and Guide to the Right Understanding of Our American Union. He died Sept. 9, 1867, in Utica, N. Y.