Jeter, Thomas B – Johns, Kensey
Jeter, Thomas B
lawyer, jurist, state senator, governor, was born in 1825.
He served several terms as state senator of South Carolina; was president of the senate at the time of the resignation of Governor Simpson, in 1880, and by virtue of his office, became governor of the state.
He resigned in 1880 to accept the position of chief justice of the state supreme court; and in 1883 was appointed one of the railroad commissioners of the state.
He died May 20, 1883.
Jett, Thomas M
lawyer, congressman, was born May 1, 1862, in Bedford county, Ill. He attended the common schools of the counties of Bond and Montgomery; two years at the Northern Indiana Normal school, Valparaiso, Ind.; taught school for three terms, read law with Judge Phillips of Hillsboro, Ill., and was admitted to practice in May, 1887.
He was elected state's attorney of Montgomery county, Ill., in 1889, and served two terms, covering a period of about eight years. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Jewell, Harry D
lawyer, jurist, was born March 5, 1869, in Wheaton, Ill.
For two years he was assistant law librarian of his alma mater; was editor of the Michigan Law Journal, and in 1896 was elected judge of probate of Kent county, Mich.
Jewell, James Stewart
physician, educator, was born Sept. 8, 1837, in Galena, Ill. He was professor of anatomy in Chicago Medical college from 1864 till 1869, and of nervous and mental diseases from 1872 till his death. He died April 19, 1887, in Chicago, Ill.
Jewell, Marshall
governor, statesman, was born Oct. 20, 1825, in Winchester, N. H. He was governor of Connecticut from 1868 to 1870; was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia in 1873; and in 1874 was appointed postmaster-general in the cabinet of President Grant. He died Feb. 10, 1883, in Hartford, Conn.
Jewett, C. C
lawyer, jurist, was an early emigrant to Arkansas. He was appointed a justice of the United States court for that territory. After it became a state he continued on the bench as judge of the United States district court.
Jewett, Charles Coffin
bibliographer, author, was born Aug. 12, 1816, in Lebanon, Maine. He was a bibliographer who was the first superintendent of the Boston public library; and the author of Facts and Considerations Relative to Duties on Books; Notices of Public Libraries in the United States; and Construction of Catalogues. He died Jan. 9, 1868, in Braintree, Mass.
Jewett, Freeborn G
jurist, congressman, was born in 1790 in New York.
He was a member of the assembly of that state in 1826 and 1827; was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1833; and from 1846 to 1856 was a judge of the supreme court of New York. He died Feb. 23, 1858.
Jewett, George Baker
educator, author, was born Sept. 11, 1818, in Lebanon, Maine. He was a New England educator whose principal works were Baptism Versus Immersion; and Critique on the Greek Text of the New Testament. He died June 9, 1886, in Salem, Mass.
Jewett, Hugh J
lawyer, congressman, was born about 1812, in Deer Creek, Md. He studied law in Cecil county; left Maryland in early manhood, and removed to Ohio, where he practiced his profession; held no public position until 1872. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fourth congress; and soon resigned to accept the position of president of the Erie Railroad company, which position he still fills.
Jewett, Isaac Appleton
lawyer, author, was born Oct. 17, 1808, in Burlington, Vt. He was a successful lawyer of Cincinnati, and later of New Orleans.
He was the author of Passages in Travel; and The Appleton Memorial. He died Jan. 14, 1853, in Keene, N. H.
Jewett, Joshua H
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1812, in Deer Creek, Md. He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Jewett, Luther
clergyman, physician, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1772, in Canterbury, Conn. He was for fifteen years a member of the Vermont legislature; and was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1815 to 1817. He died March 8, 1860, in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Jewett, Milo Parker
educator, author, was born April 27, 1808, in St.
Johnsbury, Vt. He was an educator who was the first president of Vassar college, and the author of Baptism; and The Relation of Boards of Health and Intemper- He died June 9, 1882, in Milwaukee, Wis. ance. a
Jewett, Sarah Orne
author, was born Sept. 3, 1849, in South Berwick, Maine. She is popular writer of Maine. She is the noted author of Old Friends and New; Play-Days; Country By-Ways; Deephaven; The Mate of the Daylight, and Friends Ashore; A Country Doctor; A Marsh Island; A White Heron, and Other Stories; The Story of the Normans, an historical work; The King of Folly Island, and Other People; Betty Leicester, a Story for Girls; Strangers and Wayfarers; A Native of Winby, and Other Tales; The Life of Nancy; and The Country of the Pointed Firs.
Jewett, Sherman Skinner
foundryman, banker, was born Jan. 17, 1818, in Moravia, N. Y. He decided to confine his attention to the production of stoves of every description, a line of trade then in its infancy. The business rapidly increased until, in 1854, branch office and warehouse were opened in Chicago, branches in Detroit, Milwaukee, Denver and San Francisco a becoming necessary in due course of time.
He voted in 1880 in the electoral college for James A. Garfield for president of the United States. As one of the projectors of the elaborate system of public parks in the city of Buffalo in 1868, and as president of the park commissioners since 1879, he displayed his appreciation of an enterprise which has proved a general benefit.
Jewett, Susan W
poet, journalist, author. In 1847 she conducted a juvenile monthly magazine, called the Youth's Visitor. She was the author of The Old Corner Cupboard, containing poems and prose sketches of everyday life.
Jewett, Theodore Herman
physician, was born March 24, 1815, in South Berwick, Maine. He was professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in the medical department of Bowdoin, consulting surgeon to the Maine general hospital, and surgeon of the first Maine district during the civil war. He died Sept. 20, 1878, in Crawford Notch, N.H.
Jewett, Thomas L
railroad president, was born about 1810 in Maryland. He was at one time a judge in a state court, but became interested in the construction of the Pan-Handle railroad, and was chosen its president. He died in November, 1875, in New York city.
Jewett, William Orrington Lunt
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 26, 1836, in Maine. He served in the civil war and has been prosecuting attorney of Shelby county, Mo., for two terms; and for two terms was a representative in the Missouri state legislature.
Jocelyn, George Beniers
college president, was born Jan. 3, 1824, in New Haven, Conn. In 1861 he was elected president of the Iowa Wesleyan university, and pastor of the university chapel. Later he was pastor of Asbury chapel at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, whence he was called to the presidency of Albion college, which position he occupied until his death. He died Jan. 27, 1877, in Albion college.
John, John Price Durbin
educator, college president, lecturer, was born Nov. 25, 1843, in Brookville, Ind. He has been a clergyman in the Indiana conference; professor of mathematics, and president of the Brookville college; and professor of mathematics, vice-president and president of the De Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind.
Johnes, Edward Rodolph
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 8, 1852, in Whitesboro, N. Y. He is counsel for the American Ornithological union, and has aided the development of many business enterprises. He is the author of a book of verse entitled Briefs by Barristers.
Johns, John
bishop, college president, author, was born July 10, 1796, in New Castle, Del. He was elected assistant bishop of Virginia and was consecrated in 1842. In 1862 he became the successor of Bishop Meade. He was also president of William and Mary college from 1849 till 1854. He published a Memorial of Bishop Meade. He died April 6, 1876, in Fairfax county, Va.
Johns, Kensey
lawyer, jurist, was born June 14, 1759, in Maryland. He was appointed associate judge of the supreme court of Delaware. In 1798, on the death of Mr. Read, he succeeded him as chief justice of Delaware, retaining the office for thirty years. He died Dec. 21, 1848, in New Castle, Del.
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.