Jeffries, Benjamin Joy – Jenks, George Augustus
Jeffries, Benjamin Joy
physician, author, was born March 26, 1833, in Boston, Mass. He is a prominent physician of Boston, and the author of Color Blindness-its Dangers and its Detection; The Eye in Health and Disease; and Diseases of the Skin.
Jeffries, Noah L
soldier, lawyer, public official, was born in 1828 in Pennsylvania. He entered the union army and served during the rebellion. He was assistant provost marshal general of the United States during 1864 and 1865, and was register of the United States treasury from 1867 to 1869.
Jeffris, William Seward
educator, financier, was born March 14, 1857, in Janesville, Wis. During 1883-95 he was cashier of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Savings bank of Janesville, Wis., and since 1895 has been president of that institution.
Jemison, Robert
financier, state senator, was born Sept. 17, 1802, in Lincoln county, Ga. He was president of the Alabama state senate in 1863, and soon afterward entered the confederate senate, though he had opposed secession in 1861.
He died Oct. 16, 1871, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Jenckes, Joseph
inventor, was born in 1602 in England. In 1646 he secured a patent for fourteen years on an improved water-wheel, also a newly invented sawmill. In 1647 he purchased a privilege at the iron-works to build a forge where he might manufacture scythes and other edged tools. In 1652 a mint was established in Boston for coining silver. He died March 16, 1683, in Lynn, Mass. was
Jenckes, Joseph
governor, born in 1656 in Pawtucket, R. I. He was a member of the assembly from 1700 till 1708, deputy-governor from 1715 till 1727, and governor in 1727-32. He died June 15, 1740.
Jenckes, Thomas Allen
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1818 in Providence, R. I. He was a representative from Rhode Island to the thirty-eighth congress; was re-elected to the thirtyninth, fortieth and forty-first congresses as a republican. He died Nov. 4, 1875, in Cumberland, R. I.
Jenckes, Thomas Allen
lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 28, 1856, in Providence, R. I. He is a successful lawyer of Cumberland, R. I., and since 1896 has been a member of the state senate.
Jenifer, Daniel
congressman, was born in 1723 in Maryland. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1778 to 1782, and was also a member of the convention which framed the federal constitution, and signed that instrument. He died Nov. 6, 1790, in Maryland.
Jenifer, Daniel
state legislator, congressman, was born April 15, 1791, in Charles county, Md. He was frequently a member of the state legislature of Maryland, represented that state in congress from 1831 to 1833, and from 1835 to 1841.
Jenison, Silas H
governor, was born in 1791 in Shoreham, Vt. He was lieutenant-governor in 1835, and was governor of Vermont from 1835 to 1841. He died Sept. 30, 1849, in Shoreham, Vt.
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin
soldier, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1830, in Cabell county, Va. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the thirtyfifth congress, and re-elected to the thirtysixth congress. He subsequently served as a brigadier-general in the confederate service, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. He died May 7, 1864, in Dublin, Va.
Jenkins, Anna Almy
philanthropist, was born Sept. 1, 1790, in Providence, R. I. She was a noted benefactor of her time, and died Nov. 20, 1849, in her native city.
Jenkins, Andrew J
journalist, poet, was born Nov. 6, 1839, in Prompton, Pa. He served through the war as chaplain in the second regiment, New York cavalry. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and is now the editor and owner of The Press of Otay, Cal.
Jenkins, Charles Jones
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 6, 1805, in Beaufort, S. C. He served several terms as a representative in the state legislature, four terms as speaker of the house, and in 1831 was elected attorney-general of the state. He was a judge of the supreme court of the southern confederacy, and in 1865 was elected governor of Georgia for the term of two years. He died June 14, 1883, in Somerville, Ga.
JENKINS, ELLEN J. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Memories.
Jenkins, George Edmund
merchant, state legislator, was born Sept. 23, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a successful merchant of Fairbury, Neb.; has been president of the board of trade, and president of the National Guard association of the state. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature.
Jenkins, John
soldier, state legislator, was born Nov. 27, 1751, in New London, Conn. He came to Wyoming with his father in 1769, and became an active participant in the Pennamite war and the revolution, in which he was a lieutenant. He was subsequently elected major and colonel of militia, sheriff and member of assembly. He died March 19, 1827, in Wyoming, Pa.
Jenkins, John J
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 20, 1843, in Weymouth, England. He was city attorney of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; a member of the assembly from Chippewa county; county judge of Chippewa county, and was appointed United States attorney of the territory of Wyoming by President Grant in 1876. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Jenkins, John Stilwell
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Feb. 15, 1818, in Albany, N. Y. He was a lawyer and journalist of Weedsport, N. Y., and the author of The Heroines of History; Lives of the Governors of New York; Lives of Jackson, Polk and Calhoun; Political History of New York; History of the Mexican War; Generals of the Last War with Great Britain; and Life of Silas Wright.
He died Sept. 20, 1852, in Weedsport, N. Y.
Jenkins, John W
educator, was born May 14, 1847, in St. Omer, Ind. During the civil war he served three years gallantly in company A, one hundred and twenty-third regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, and was all through the Atlanta campaign. He has attained success as an educator; has taught twenty years, and is now county superintendent of schools at St. Paul, Ind., which position he has filled for three terms.
Jenkins, Lemuel
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1823 to 1825.
Jenkins, Micah
soldier, was born in 1836 in Edisto Island, S. C. He was elected colonel of the fifth South Carolina regiment at the opening of the civil war, and was promoted to brigadier-general.
He died May 6, 1864, in Wilderness, Va.
Jenkins, Robert
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1807 to 1811.
Jenkins, Thornton Alexander
. naval officer, was born Dec. 11, 1811, in Orange county, Va. He entered the navy in 1828; was a commodore in 1866, and rear admiral in 1870.
Jenkins, Timothy
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1799, in Barre, Mass. He was district attorney for Oneida county, N. Y., six years, and resigned the office on being elected a representative in the twenty-ninth congress. He was reelected to the thirtieth and thirty-second congresses.
He died Dec. 24, 1859, in Martinsburg, N. Y.
Jenkins, Will D
journalist, secretary of state, was born April 21, 1852, in Pekin, Ill. During 1872-82 he edited and published the Smith County Pioneer of Kansas; in 1882 he was city editor of the Seattle Chronicle, and in 1883 established the Whatcom Reveille. In 1887 and 1888 he mayor of Whatcom, and after the consolidation of Sehome and Whatcom, he was elected mayor of New Whatcom. Since 1892 he has conducted The Champion, a populist paper of Whatcom. He has filled numerous offices of public trust; and in 1897 entered upon a four years' term as secretary of state of Washington. was
Jenks, Edward Augustus
journalist, poet, was born Oct. 30, 1830, in Newport, N. H. His life has been principally devoted to journalistic work.
During the rebellion he was officially connected with the government shipyard of Cincinnati, and resided in Vicksburg during 1866-70. In 1871 he was placed at the head of the republican press association at Concord, retiring from that position in 1892. For four years he was reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and in 1893 was in Chicago as resident secretary of the New Hampshire world's fair commission. He has done much critical and literary work, and poems of his may be found in numerous magazines and standard collections.
Jenks, Edward Watrous
physician, author, was born March 31, 1833, in Victor, N. Y. He is a successful physician of Detroit, Mich., and has invented obstetrical forceps and other surgical instruments for use in gynecology. He was the author of American System of Practical Medicine; and American System of Gynecology.
Jenks, George Augustus
lawyer, member of congress, was born March 26, 1836, in Jefferson county, Pa. He received his education at the Jefferson college, and has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of Brookville, Pa. He has been assistant secretary of the interior; solicitor-general of the United States, and served with distinction as a member of the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.