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Jones, J. M

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to California; and in 1851 was appointed United States judge for the southern district of California, residing at Los Angeles.

Jones, Jacob

naval officer, was born in March, 1768, near Smyrna, Del. In 1799 he entered the United States navy as a midshipman; and was promoted to lieutenant in 1801. In 1810 he was promoted to commander and subsequently to commodore. He died Aug. 3, 1850, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Jones, James

congressman, was born in Amelia county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1823.

Jones, James

congressman, was born in Maryland. He was often a member of the legislature of Georgia; and was a representative in congress from 1799 to the time of his death. He died Jan. 12, 1801, in Washington, D. C.

Jones, James

physician, journalist, was born Nov. 18, 1807, in Georgetown, D. C. He removed to New Orleans, La.; was editor of the Medical and Surgical Journal of that city in 1857-59, and was connected with the university of Louisiana from 1836 till his death. He died Oct. 10, 1873, in New Orleans, La.

Jones, James Athearn

journalist, author, was born June 4, 1780, in Tisbury, Mass. He was a journalist of Philadelphia and elsewhere; and the author of Traditions of the North American Indians; and Haverhill, a novel. He died in August, 1853, in Buffalo, N. Y.

Jones, James Chamberlain

legislator, governor, United States senator, was born April 20, 1809, in Davidson county, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee legislature in 1839; was governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, serving two terms; and was presidential elector in 1840 and 1848. In 1851 he was elected a senator in congress from Tennessee, serving the whole of his term of six years. He died Oct. 29, 1859, in Memphis, Tenn.

Jones, James H

soldier, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1830, in Shelby county, Ala. He settled in Texas; and served in the confederate army during the civil war, rising to the rank of colonel.

He was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Jones, James Taylor

lawyer, soldier, congressman, was born in 1832, in Richmond, Va. He served as an officer in the confederate army throughout the civil war. He was a state senator in 1872 and 1873. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fifth congress; and was again elected to congress in 1883 to fill a vacancy in the fortyeighth congress. He was re-elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat.

Jones, Jenkin Lloyd

clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1843, in Wales.

He is a unitarian clergyman of Chicago; editor of Unity from 1880; and the author of Practical Piety; and The Faith that Makes Faithful.

Jones, Joel

lawyer, jurist, author, was born Oct. 25, 1795, in Coventry, Conn.

He was a jurist of Philadelphia who wrote much on theological topics, and was the first president of Girard college. He was the author of Manual of Pennsylvania Land Law; Jesus and the Coming Glory; and Knowledge of One Another in a Future State. He died Feb. 3, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Jones, John

educator, physician, surgeon, was born in 1729, in Jamaica, N. Y. He was professor of surgery in King's college from 1767 till 1776, and one of the two original founders of the New York hospital. He died June 23, 1791, in Philadelphia, Pa.