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largrly th*journaliHtio vottMl to and t«» literary work. iJiiring the civil war he was connecteil with the sliipyani at Cin(Miio. where cinnati, were uionitiM's four built for the government. In lS«(i 70 he an
resitled
at
"iek>lturg,
Mitts.
In
he
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^3^H I>"hlican press Concord, ciaiion at of live years he was re|K»rter N.li. l-'or the decisions of the supreme court of New }lanips|)ire; and in lKi)3 was in Chicago, 111., as resident secretary of the New Hamplie is the shire world's fair wniniission. author of The Spinning Vlie»d at Ki'st and lie a volume of poems puhlished in lHi>7. died in I'.mS in Cimeord. N.I I.
Jenks, ventor,
Edward Watrous,
autlior,
in N'ictor,
N.V.
physician,
was horn Marcli
31.
in-
183;i,
He is a noted physician of and has inventetl (distetrical
Detroit. .Mich.: forceps and other surgical instruments for He was the author of use in gjnecolog^-. American System of Practical .Medicine;
and .merican System
of
(JynecologA-.
lie
died in liUKJ in i)etroit, Mich. Jenks, George Augustus, lawyer, congressnuiii.
was
iH)rn
March
2H,
1S:JIJ,
in .lell'erson
county. Pa. He is a noted lawyer of Itrookville. Pa. He has been a>*sistant secretary solicitor-general of the of the interior; Unite<l States; and in 1H75-77 he wan a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat. Jenks, Henry Fitch, clergynuin, author, was lM)rn Oct. 17, lH-12, in Boston. .Ma,ss. Sinc«' 1S(57 he has been a clergyman of the unitarian church; and now fills a |)astorate He is the author of hisin Canton, Mass. torical works. Whipple, educator, auJeremiah Jenks, thor, was born Sept. 2, 1S.>«!. in St. Clair. Mich. In 1S78 he graduated from the uiiiversitv of .Michigan: an<l has received the .l. grees of A.M.. LL.I). aM<l Ph.D. Since ISiM he has lilleil the chair of political science in t'ornell university of Ithaca. N.V. In lS!i;». IIMIO hf was expert agent of the Inited States industrial commisxion and in IS'.M;
!>7
was secretary
of
•Xmcrican econmnic is the author of Hoad Legmerican State: The Trust Probleni: and other works on money, ni<> nopnlic^ an<l p<ditical methods.
nssociiitiiin. islatioii
He
for the
Jenks, John Whipple Potter, naturalist, was Ijorn .Mav 1. ISIJ), in West ilovlston.
AMKKR'AN
ISlUCiKAI'il Y.
He wa»
director of the mus«'um of natural history at Brown university in 1872-04; and profes.sor of agriculture and /«H)logv' there in 1875-lU. He was the an thor of Hunting in Florida; and denks ami Steele's Z(K)logA He died in 18;U in Bal Ma.ss.
.
timore. .Md. Jenks, Joseph William, educator, .Nov. 2:5. ISOH, in Bath, Maine.
and
was born He was
mathematics in the I'nittHl States navy and serve<l on the Conconl under Comnnxlore Perry. He sj»ent seven years aiding his father in the preparation of the Comprehensive Commentary on the iiible. In 1852 became professor of languages in I'rlmna university. Ohio. He afterward establishe<l the first agricultural paper in Illinois. He died June 7. 1884. in Ncwtf)nville, Mass. Jenks, Michael Hutchinson, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was l)om .May 21. 17n'». in Bridgetown Mills. Pa. He received an aieademie education; and was engag«'<l in agricultural pursuits. In 1830-33 he was <v)mmissioner of Bucks county: and in 1833was treasurer of that county. In 1837 he moved to Newtown, Pa. In 1838-43 he was associate justice of the court of comchaplain
profctisor
of
- ».">
luon pleas of Bucks ctmnty. Pa. In 1843he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-eighth congri'ss. For many years he was chief hurgess of Newtown. He died Oct. 16, 18tJ7. in Newtown, 4.>
Pa. Jenks, Tudor, lawyer, author, was born .May 7. 1857. in Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied art in Paris; and in 1881-87 practictnl law in New York City. Since 1887 he has been on the editorial staff of the St. Nicholas Magjizine. He is the author of Century World's Fair Book; Boys' Book of KxplorI'tions; and Captain .John Smith. Jenks, William, clergyman, author, was Imu-u Nov. 25, 1778, in Newton, Mass. He was a prominent congregational clergyman of Boston; founder of the .merican Oriental sm'iety. He was the author of Commentary on the Bible, long a popular work: an»l Bible Atlas and Scripture (Jazetteor. He died Nov. 1.3. 18<50, in Boston. Mass. Jenness, Benning Wentworth, lawyer, jurist. I'nited States sciuitor, was lH)rn .lulv 14. 18(ltJ. in D.-erfield. N.H. In 1841-45 he was jmlge of probate in Strafford cotinty. N.H.; an«l in 1845-47 he was L'nited States senator. 11<> aVuhX Nov. IH, 1879. in Clevelaiiil. Ohio. Jenness, John Scribner, lawyer, author, was liorn in 1827 in New Ham|>sliire. He
was
lawyer of
a
New York
City.
He was
the author of The Isles of .Shoals, an Historical Sketch: and the First Planting iif New Hampshire. He edited Transcripts of Original Do<iMuents Relating to the F^rly Histoiy of New Hampshire. He died in 187!»
in
New York
City.
Jenntss, Lyndon Yates, soldier, banker, was lK»rn dune 17. 1843. in Methuen, Mj.ss. He served in the civil war from niusic-ian
