HklHKINiiSllAW S LIUHAKV
<»K
He
rolh'm'.
is
the autliur of several
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religions pamphlets.
poser of Kufaula. .la. He was a nirmlMT of the .Alabama state senate; and lU president in lOCM). In inoi-()7 he was
governor of Alabama. Jellett,
Edwin C,
enginei-r.
author. was
Lorn Nov. 22. IH»»n. in Philadelphia. Pa. He is the author of The .Mermaid of the Past Personal Recollections of William Kite; Ferns of Winter Fl(»ra of iermantttwn (iermantown: Jerinan-Towne. Its Founders and Their Progenitor)* and What We Owe rhem; and other works. (
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Smith Ely, physician, author. Jelliffe, was born Oct. 27, lS(m. in New York City, Since IS!M he has been
in
th»'
tice of in
active prac-
his profe>j>i<»n
New
York
city.
Since l!»IHi he has Is-en editor ttf the .Medi-
Nc«s;
since I!»h2 has also been the editor of the .l«)urinil of .Nervous and .MenDiseases. tal He is the author of Revision of Mutlers' Materia cal
Mc(ii«ii
MUnt for fourteen years on an improvetl water-wheel; also a newly inIn l(i47 he purchased a vented »• wmill. privilege at the iron-works to build a forge wli"re he miglit manufacture scythes and other edgtHi tool.^. In 16rr2 a mint was established in Boston for coining silver. He d'ed .March 16, 1683, in Lynn. Mass. Jenckes, Joseph, pioneer, manufacturer,
was educated in I'nion Springs. Ala.; an«f graduated from the medical «lepartment of the university of Nashville. He has practiced his profession in Culloden and .Nlarietta, (in.; in 1874-77 in St. L«iuis. Mo.; and In 1HS31877 in Hot Springs. .Vrk. Ht he was professor in the college of physicians and surgeons of Chicago, III.; has iH'en professor in Barnes' medical college of St. Louis since 18H2; and is consulting surgeon of the Missouri Facitic and Iron Mountain railroad. He e<lits the Hot Springs Mc«lical .lournal. He is the autlntr of valuable articles on surgery and kindreil
died Oct.
Jenckes, Joseph, manufacturer, inventor,
was born
pliysician. siirgeon.
1S41».
He
of Hh<<<lc Island.
New
in
He
Jenckes, Jonathan, lawyer, jurist. He was a associate justice of the supreme court
sylvania. He entered the union army; and He was asHerved during the civil war. sistant pn»v«»st marshal gt'iieral of tlie I'nited States in IKW-Bo. In 18(V."> he was hrcVi'tted hri>radier-general of volunteers; and rejiister of the I iiit«*«l States treasury in
York City. Jelks, James Thomas,
317
motillAl'lIY.
Jamison, Robert, linancier, statesman, was born Sept. 17. IH(I2. in Lincoln county, Ga. Hi was president of the .Alabama state sen* ate in A(K; and soon afterward entered he had optii<' confederate senate, though
185;"). in riilpo|M>r county. Vii. In 18811903 he filU'd paHtoratrs in N'irginia, N'ortli Carolina and Knoxvilli'. Tenn. Sine*- I!M)3 he has liocn pro»id«'nt of Carson an»l Xfw-
man
AMKUU'AN
Pawtucket
inclmiing
falls.
Iron-ore
was
near the falls, where he built foundry and forg«'. His enterprise laid the foundation by which Providence be-
disc<iver»'
I
a
came the great iron-shop of the colonies. He served for several years as a member of the house of deputies. He die<l in 1716 in Provi«lcncf, R.I. Jenckes, Joseph, colonial governor, was l>orn
in
l(r>6
in
Pawtucket,
R.I.
He was
a nicnd>er of the Rho<le Island assembly in 17iHI-(lh; he was deputy-governor of Rhode Island in l71-'»-27; an«l colonial governor in 1727 32. He «lied .fune 15, 1740. Jenckes, Thomas Allen, lawyer, legislator, citngrcssnum. was born Nov. 2, 1818, in Cumberland. R.I. In 1838 he graduated from Brown university. In 1840 he was admitted to tiic practii'e of law at Providence, R.I.;
- u;d in IH40-44 was clerk in the Rhode Island legislature. In 1842 he was secretary
of the state constitutional convention; and in 184r)-.».") was n«ljutant-general. In 18."»4.">!> he was a JuemlM-r of the Rhode Island U'gislature and in 18.')'> he was a commissioner to revise the laws of the state. In IK63-7I he was a representative from Rhode Island to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-first congresses as a repuhliciin. He died Nov. 4, 187"). in Cumber:
land. K.I.
Jenifer, Daniel, congressnuin, was born in 1723 in Maryland. In I77H-H2 he was a delfrom .MarylanrI to the continental (•ongress; and was also a member of the c«»nvention which framed the federal c<»nstitution. and signed that instrunu'nt. He
egate
•
lied
.Nov. 6.
I71M>,
in
Maryland.
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Jenifer, Daniel, state h-gislator. diplomat, wa>. l)orn .April 15. 17iH, in Charles county, .Md. He was frequently a mendNT of the state legislature of Maryland; an<l represented that state in congress. In 1831-33 and 1835-41 he was a c-ongrt -isman.
