Jameson, William – Jarvis, Thomas Jordan
Jameson, William
naval officer, was born in 1791 in Virginia. During the war of 1812-14 he was in several engagements, and received his commission as captain in 1844. He adhered to the cause of the union at the beginning of the civil war, and was commissioned commodore July 16, 1862. He died Oct. 7, 1873, in Alexandria.
Jamison, Alcinous Berton
physician, author, was born Sept. 1, 1851, in Wooster, Ohio. He is the author of a work entitled, The Anus and Rectum, Their Physiology, Anatomy and Pathology.
JAMISON, MRS. CELIA V (HAM- ILTON), author, was born in Louisiana.
She is the author of The Story of an Enthusiast; Toinette's Philip; Lady Jane; and Seraph, the Little Violiniste.
Jamison, Wesley Isaiah
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born April 15, 1856, in Nashville, Tenn. He received his education in the Central Tennessee college, and the Mohara Law school. For ten years he taught school; was justice of the peace for three terms, and is now one of the foremost lawyers of Topeka, Kań.
He takes a prominent part in public affairs, and is considered one of the leaders in republican politics of his state.
Janes, Edmund S
lawyer, was born Jan. 29, 1858, in Champaign, Ill. In 1878 he graduated from the Bloomington university with the degree of A. B., and subsequently received the degree of A. M. from the same institution. He has gained prominence as an able lawyer of Maryville, Mo.; and has been the attorney for the Missouri and Pacific Railroad company.
Janes, Edmund Storer
bishop, was born April 27, 1807, in Sheffield, Mass.
He became a successful clergyman and bishop of the methodist episcopal church.
He died Sept. 18, 1876, in New York city.
Janes, Edward Houghton
soldier, educator, author, was born Oct. 3, 1820, in Northfield, Mass. Since 1873 he has been assistant superintendent of the New York health department. In 1872 he was appointed to the chair of hygiene in the Women's Medical college of the New York infirmary. He has published a Report on Condensed Milk; and Report on the Sanitary Condition of New York.
Janes, Edwin Lines
clergyman, author, was born April 27, 1807, in Sheffield, Mass. He was a methodist clergyman, and the author of Wesley His Own Historian; Character and Career of Bishop Asbury; and Memento of Edward Payson.
He died Jan. 10, 1875, in Flushing, N. Y.
Janes, Henry F
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in October, 1792, in Brimfield, Mass. From 1820 to 1830 he was postmaster at Waterbury, Mass., and was a member of the legislative council from 1830-34. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1834 to 1837; was state treasurer from 1838 to 1841; a member of the council of censors in 1848, and a member of the legislature from Waterbury in 1855.
Janes, Lewis George
lecturer, author, was born in 1844 in Rhode Island.
He is a lecturer of Brooklyn; for twelve years president of the Brooklyn Ethical association, and the author of A Study of Primitive Culture; and Samuell Gorton, a Forgotten Founder of Our Liberties.
Janeway, Edward Gamaliel
educator, physician, lecturer, was born Aug. 31, 1841, in New York city. He was appointed health commissioner of the city of New York in 1875, and filled that appointment until 1882. He was vice-president of the New York Pathological society in 1874, and has been president of the New York Medical Journal association.
Janeway, Jacob Jones
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1774, in New York city. He was a presbyterian clergyman who held several pastorates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and was engaged in general mission work. He was the author of Exposition of the Acts, Romans and Hebrews; Internal Evidences of the Holy Bible; Unlawful Marriage; Review of Dr. Schaff on Protestantism; and The Abrahamic Covenant. He died June 27, 1858, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Janney, Samuel Macpherson
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 11, 1801, in Loudoun county, Va. He was a preacher among the Hicksite Friends who in 1869 was appointed one of the government superintendents of Indian affairs. He was the author of Lives of William Penn and George Fox; Conversations on Religious Subjects; The Last of the Lenape, and Other Poems, Historical Sketch of the Christian Church; Summary of Christian Doctrines Held by Friends; Peace Principles Exemplified in the Early History of Pennsylvania; and History of the Religious Society of Friends from Its Rise to 1828. He died April 30, 1880, in Loudoun county, Va.
Janney, Spencer M
railroad president, was born in 1840 in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1891 he has been president of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal company.
Jannsens, Francis
bishop, was born Oct. 17, 1841, in Holland. He has become an eminent bishop of the Roman catholic church at Natchez, Tenn.
Jansen, Reynier
printer, was born in Holland. From 1698 till 1706 he was the only printer in Pennsylvania. Probably the first book issued by him was God's Protecting Providence. He died in 1706 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Janssen, John
bishop, was born March 3, 1835, in Prussia. He has attained eminence as a clergyman of the Roman catholic church, and is now a bishop of the diocese of Belleville, Ill.
Janvier, Francis De Haes
author, poet, was born April 25, 1816, in Pittsgrove, N. J. He was the author of The Skeleton Monk, and Other Poems; The Sleeping Sentinel; and Patriotic Poems. He died March 25, 1864, in India.
Janvier, Margaret Thomson-
MARGARET VANDEGRIFT - author, poet, was born in 1845 in Louisiana. She is a Philadelphia writer of children's books, among which are Clover Bank; Under the Dog Star; Little Helpers; and A Dead Doll, and Other Verses.
Janvier, Thomas Allibone
journalist, author, was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania. He is a journalist and littérateur of Philadelphia, and subsequently of New York. He is the author of An Embassy to Provence, a volume of travel; Color Studies; Four Stories; The Mexican Guide; Stories of Old New Spain; 'The Aztec Treasure House, a Romance; The Uncle of an Angel, and Other Stories; and in Old New York.
Janvrin, Joseph Edward
physician, author, was born Jan. 13, 1839, in Exeter, N. H. In 1872 he was appointed surgeon to the Woman's hospital in the state of New York, and in 1882 filled the position of gynecologist at the New York Skin and Cancer hospital. He is the author of A Case of Interstitial Pregnancy; A Case of Tubal Pregnancy of Unusual Interest; and other works.
Jarnagin, Spencer
lawyer, United States senator, was born about 1793 in Granger county, Tenn. He was United States senator from Tennessee from 1841 to 1847. He died June 24, 1851, in Memphis, Tenn.
Jarratt, Devereux
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 17, 1773, near Richmond, Va. He published three volumes of sermons and a series of letters to a friend entitled Thoughts on Some Important Subjects in Divinity. He died Jan. 29, 1801, in Virginia.
Jarvis, Abraham
bishop, was born May 3, 1739, in Norwalk, Conn. He was second protestant episcopal bishop of Connecticut, and eighteenth in succession in the American episcopate.
Jarvis, Edward
physician, author, was born Jan. 9, 1803, in Concord, Mass.
He was a once prominent physician of Dorchester, Mass.; and in 1852 was made president of the American Statistical association. He was the author of Physiology and Health; Elementary Physiology; and Condition of the Insane and Idiots in Massachusetts. He died Oct. 31, 1884, in Dorchester, Mass.
Jarvis, James Jackson
author, was born Aug. 20, 1820, in Boston, Mass. he was an art connoisseur who lived in Hawaii in 1838-49, and subsequently for many years in Florence. He was the author of Why and What Am I? Art Studies; History of the Sandwich Islands; Scenes and Scenery in the Sandwich Islands; Parisian Sights and French Principles; Italian Sights and Papal Principles; Kiana, a Tradition of Hawaii; A Glimpse at the Art of Japan; Art Hints; The Art Idea; Art Thoughts; Italian Rambles; and Pepero, the Boy Artist. He died in 1888.
Jarvis, John Wesley
artist, was born in 1780 in England. He became popular, and his portraits, which were executed chiefly in New York and the southern cities, were numerous and often effective. His works include likenesses of Com. Isaac Hull, Com. William Bainbridge, Com. Thomas McDonough, Gov. De Witt Clinton, John Randolph, Bishop Benjamin Moore, and Fitz-Greene Halleck. He died in 1840 in New York city.
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Jarvis, Leonard
public official, congressman, was born in 1782. He was sheriff of Hancock county from 1821 to 1829, and collector of customs for the Penobscot district from 1829 to 1831. was a representative in congress from Maine from 1831 to 1837, and from 1838 to 1841 held the office of navy agent for the port of Boston. He died Sept. 18, 1854, in Surrey, Maine.
Jarvis, Samuel Farmar
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 20, 1786, in Middletown, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman of Connecticut, and the author of Sermons on Prophecy: No Union with Rome; Chronological Introduction to the History of the Church; and the Religion of the Indian Tribes of North America. He died March 26, 1851, in Middletown, Conn.
Jarvis, Thomas Jordan
soldier, state legislator, governor, was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Jarvisburg, N. C. He entered the confederate army as a private, in 1861 was made a first lieutenant, and in 1863 was promoted captain. He was elected a representative in the legislature of North Carolina; was re-elected to the legislature in 1870, and was made speaker of the house. In 1876 he was elected lieutenant-governor of North Carolina; and in 1879 became governor by the election of Governor Vance a United States senator, and in 1880 was elected governor.