Jenks, Henry Fitch – Jeter, Jeremiah Bell
Jenks, Henry Fitch
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 17, 1842, in Boston, Mass. Since 1867 he has been a clergyman of the unitarian church, and now fills a pastorate in Canton, Mass. He is a member of numerous historical and literary societies, and the author of several historical works.
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple
educator, author, was born Sept. 2, 1856, in St. Clair, Mich. Since 1891 he has filled the chair of political science in the Cornell university of Ithaca, N. Y. He is the author of Road Legislation for the American State, and other works on politics, trust and monetary subjects.
Jenks, John Whipple Potter
naturalist, author, was born May 1, 1819, in West Boylston, Mass. He was a naturalist who was director of the museum of natural history at Brown university in 1.872-94, and professor of agriculture and zoölogy there, in 1875-94. He was the author of Hunting in Florida; and Jenks and Steele's Zoölogy. He died in 1894.
Jenks, Joseph
governor, was born in 1656 in Pawtucket, R. I. He was deputy governor of Rhode Island and was governor from 1727 to 1732. He died June 15, 1740.
Jenks, Joseph William
educator, was born Nov. 23, 1808, in Bath, Maine.
He was chaplain and professor of mathematics in the United States navy, serving on the Concord under Commodore Perry. He spent seven years aiding his father in the preparation of the Comprehensive Commentary on the Bible. In 1852 became professor of languages in Urbana university, Ohio. He afterward established the first agricultural paper in Illinois. He died June 7, 1884, in Newtonville, Mass.
Jenks, Michael H
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Jenks, William
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1778, in Newton, Mass.
He was a once prominent congregational clergyman of Boston who founded the American Oriental society, and was the author of Commentary on the Bible, long a popular work; and Bible Atlas and Scripture Gazetteer. He died Nov. 13, 1866, in Boston, Mass.
Jenness, Benning Wentworth
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born July 14, 1806, in Deerfield, N. H.
He was judge of probate in Strafford county, N. H., from 1841 to 1845, and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire during the years 1845 and 1846. He died Nov. 16, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jenness, John Scribner
lawyer, author, was born in 1827 in New Hampshire. He was a lawyer of New York city, and the author of The Isles of Shoals, an Historical Sketch; and the First Planting of New Hampshire. He edited Transcripts of Original Documents Relating to the Early History of New Hampshire.
He died in 1879.
Jenness, Lyndon Y
soldier, banker, was born June 17, 1843, in Medina, Mass. He served in the civil war from musician to lieutenant in the thirty-second Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He is president of the State bank, Chamber of Commerce, Florida Palmetto Fiber works, and state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, residing in Parkesburg, Fla.
Jenness, Richard H
journalist, legislator, was born June 25, 1857, in Lindenwood, Ill. He is the editor and owner of the Graphic of Atkinson, Neb., and served as a member of the twentyfourth session of the Nebraska legislature from Omaha.
Jennings, David
congressman, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1825 to 1826.
Jennings, Francis
hymnologist, was born Nov. 3, 1808, in England. He has become one of the most thorough hymnologists in America. In 1871 the Baptist Hymn Book was published, and he prepared for it a biographical index, giving the names, dates of birth, and death of the authors and their birthplaces, and also the time when the hymns were first printed.
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.
Jennings, Samuel
Quaker preacher, was born in England. He took up his residence in Philadelphia, where, in 1690- 93, he was justice of the quorum and judge of the county court. He died in 1708 in Burlington, N. J.
Jennings, Samuel Kennedy
preacher, was born June 6, 1771, in Essex county, N. J. He moved to Baltimore in 1817; was one of the prime movers in the introduction of lay representation in the conferences of the methodist episcopal church, and finally was expelled from this connection and organized a new body known as the methodist protestant church.
He was distinguished as a pulpit orator and evangelist. He died Oct. 19, 1854, in Baltimore, Md.
Jennings, Thomas Reed
physician, educator, state senator, was born in 1805 in Steubenville, Ohio. In 1838 he opened dissecting-rooms in Nashville, and was the first teacher of anatomy in the state. He served in the state senate, declined a nomination to congress, in 1854 became professor of the institutes of medicine and of clinical medicine in the university of Nashville, and in 1856 filled the chair of anatomy. He died July 7, 1874, in Narragansett, R. I.
JENNINGS, WILLIAM SHERMAN, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 24, 1863, near Salem, Ill. His father's sister is the mother of William Jennings Bryan, the democratic candidate for president of the United States in 1896. He received the rudiments of his education in the county schools; attended the Southern Illinois Normal university of Carbondale, and graduated from the Union college of Law of Chicago, Ill. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the south at Brooksville, Fla. He has been circuit court commissioner; county judge; alderman and president of the council of his adopted city. In 1893-95 he served with distinction as a member of the Florida state legislature, and was speaker of the house of representatives in the session of 1895. In 1896 he was a presidential elector, and in 1897 the electoral messenger from Florida.
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.
Jerome, David Howell
merchant, governor, was born Nov. 17, 1829, in Detroit, Mich. He was a merchant of Saginaw, Mich., and was a state senator from 1862 to 1868. In 1865 and 1866 he was military aid to the governor; was president of the state military board from 1865 to 1873; and in the latter year was appointed a member of the state constitutional commission. In 1875 he was appointed a member of the board of United States Indian commissioners, and was governor of Michigan from 1881 to 1883.
Jerome, Irene Elizabeth
artist, was born June 9, 1858, in Ellicottville, N.
Y. In 1882 she exhibited eighteen sketches of Colorado scenery, which were received with much favor. She also illustrated and arranged One Year's Sketch-Book; The Message of the Blue-Bird; Nature's Hallelujah; and A Bunch of Violets. JERVEY, MRS. CAROLINE H- (GILMAN) (GLOVER), author, poet, was born in 1823 in South Carolina. She was a writer of fiction and occasional verse, and the author of Vernon Grove; and Helen Courtenay's Promise. She died in 1877.
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.