IIICRRINIJSHAW S l.lltKAUY UK and
since lUUG hus Ik^vii eililur uf the
ir^inia Mt'dicul .lournul.
Wemt
of New York City; ami Xewburgh, N.Y. He was founder and |>atron of the Home f«ir aged men on the Troy road. He di«Hl July 12. lti!>7. ill Allmiiy, N.Y. Jerome, David Howell, merchant, state senator, governor, was Ixirn Nov. 17, 1M21», Hi; was a merchant of in Detroit, Mich. Saginaw, .Mich.; and wa^ a state Hciiator in lS((2-(>8. In 1K({.'> HI> he was military aid to the governor; wan president <»f the state military board in 18<)."»-73; and in the latt4'r year was appointeil a memlN'r of the state constitutional commission. In 1875 he was np|>oiiited a member of the iMiard of I'nited States Intliaii commissioners; and was the seventeenth governor of .Michigan He died April 23, 181)G, in in 1881-83. Watkin's (Jlen, N.Y. Jerome, Irene Elizabeth, paint<>r, artist, was iMirn dune !l, l.S.">S, in KIlicoKville, N.Y. In 1882 she exhibited eighteen sketches of
supreme wmrts
later practiced in
the
scenery. She illustrat«-d aiul arranged One Year's .Sketch-lkxik '1 he .Mes-sagi' of the Hliie-Hird; Nature's Hallelujah; and A Hunch of Violets. Jerome, William Travc-rs, lawyer, jurist, author, was mrn A|»ril 18, 1850, in New York ( ity. In 1884 lie was admitted to the bar; and in 18!».'i- 1!»02 was justice of speeial sessions. In I'.MM-OU he was <lislrict att»»rney of New York c«»unty. He is the HUthor of Li<|Uor Tax Law in New York. C'olorad«»
Mrs.
Caroline
Oilman,
author,
was Immu in 1823 in Smtli Carolina. She was the autli«>r of Vernon (Jrove; and Helen Court enay's I'romise. She dietl in ptM't,
1877. Jervis, John Bloomfield, civil engineer, author. va-* lM»rn I)<t. 14, I7!>.'>. in Huntington, N.Y. He tiesigned many ini|N>rtant works, such as the Croton Dam and High Bridge He was the author of of New York City. Uailwav Proper! v; aiul l^ilxtr and Capital.
He died
.Ian. 12.'l88.>. in Rome, N.Y. William Percival, manufacturer, was lH)rii l>e<'. 28. 18.)1, in Kiigland.
Jervis, iiiithor,
In
1898 he founded the Haltimore ceramic
company, of which he is the president. He is the author of Hough Notes on Pottery; and . Hook I'f Pottery Marks. Jess, Stoddard, banker and statesman of Angeles. Cal.. wa> lK)rn Dec. 3. 18;>«{, in F«»x
Lake.
Wis.
Since
1!M»4
he has
He
is
the author of Missouri Lit-
erature.
Jermain, James B., luuyer, tuunder, was In born Aug. 13, 1811), in Albany, N.Y. began to praetiee law in the lie
Jervcy,
AMKKK'AN UKMJKArHV.
souri.
In-en
vice-president of the First National hank of IjOs Angi'les; is vice-president of the Huntington IJeach company; and president of the He is L. D. Powell Puidisiiing company. president of the Itoard of harlior coniinissioners of Los Allgt'les. Jesse, Richard Henry, c<l>icator, college president, autlior. was bom .March 1, 18.)3. Since 1801 he in I^ncaster county, Va. has lxH*n president of the university of Mis-
Jessup, Samuel, missionary, author, was In iKirii Dec. 21, 1833, in .M<mtroHe, Pa. 18tJ2 lie was or<lainenulling house in that city, lie is the author of
Husn Su layman.
Jc^sup, Henry Harris, missionary, author, Immii .pril l'.», 1832. in .Montrose. Pa. He has Imvii a presbyterian missionary in Syria since 185tl. In I875> he was imxlerapresbyterian tor of general assembly ; in IIMK) missionary edi-
was
Journal;
tor
Arabic
and
profess<»r of
ology
in
seminary
the-
Theological Beirut,
of
He preaches in Arabic and in Knglish. He is the author of Syria.
The
Women
Arabs;
of
the
The Children
'Hie (Jreek Church; Protestant of the Kast .Missions: Syrian Home Life; Mohammedan .Missionacy Problems; and Kamil, a Biogra;
phy. Jessup, William, lawyer, jurist,
was born
21, 17!»7. in Southampton, N.Y. In 1S38-.>1 he was presiding judge of the elev-
.June
enth judicial district of Pennsylvania. He died Sept. II. 18(18. in .Montr<»se, Pa. Jessup, Henry Griswold, educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23. 1820, in West port. Conn. In 1877 01) he was profes>-or of botany at Dartmouth college. He is the author of K«lward .Fesup and His Dese<'iidants; Flora and Fauna Within Thirty .Miles of Hanover, N.H. He died in lUu's in Hanover. N.H. Jesup, Morris Ketchum, banker, philanthropist,
was
Inirn .lune 21.
183(1,
in
West-
Conn. He was president of the Five points house of industry of New York City in I87<): of the Young men's christian association in 1871-75; and later became vice-president fif the city mission and manager of the preshyt.-rian hospital. For several years he was pn-sident of the New York museum of natural history. He died Jan. 22. lOtKS. in N. w York City." Jesup, Thomas Sidney, soldier, was born ill 1778 ill iigiiiia. lit- was a brave and useful oflicer during the war of 1812: and was retained in the army. He was brevet ted major-general in 1828; and was sueceedc«l in command in Florida by Col. Zacliary Taylor in 1838. He died June 10, ISCiO. ill W iishiiigtoii, D.C. Jeter, Jeremiah Bell, clergyman, author, was iMirii Jiily 18. 18(12. in IJedford county. He was a baptist clergyman; and a. prominent in the s<nith as a preacher and controversialist. llv was the author of Cain|ilH>]lisni K.xainined; CampUdlisin Ke|;or(.
