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466 vessels were nearly equal, and it did much to de- stroy the idea of British invincibility on the ocean. Jones was given a vote of thanks and a gold medal by congress (see illustration), which also appropri- ated $25,000 as a compensation to the commander and crew of the " Wasp " for the recapture of their prize. Several of the states also presented Jones with swords, and the Delaware legislature gave him a piece of plate, suitably engraved. He was made post-captain, 3 March, 1813, and commanded the " Macedonian," of Decatur's squadron. After- ward he commanded squadrons in the Mediter- ranean and Pacific, and served as a commissary of the navy board, and governor of the Philadel- phia naval asylum. Jones was described in a sketch that was written during his life as of " about the middle size, of an active mind and vigorous make, and an excellent constitution."

JONES, James, physician, b. in Georgetown, D. C, 18 Nov., 1807 ; d. in New Orleans, La., 10 Oct., 1873. He was graduated at Columbia college, D. C, in 1825, and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1828, and practised in his native Elace till 1831, when he removed to New Orleans, ia., was editor of the " Medical and Surgical Jour- nal" of that city in 1857-9, and was connected with the University of Louisiana, from 1836 till his death, as professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in 1836-'9, then as professor of practical medicine till 1866, and afterward in his former chair. He was also dean of the faculty in 1841-'2 and 1848-9, and delivered courses of lectures on chemistry. He contributed various ar- ticles to medical journals.

JONES, James Athearn, author, b. in Tisbury, Mass.,vl June, 1790; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in Au- gust, 1853. After receiving a common-school edu- cation, he made several voyages to the West Indies, subsequently taught, and was an editor in Phila- delphia in 1826. He lived in England in 1829-'31, and edited papers in Baltimore, Md., in 1846, and Buffalo, N. Y., in 1851. He published " Traditions of the North American Indians, or Tales of an In- dian Camp," with etchings by W. H. Brooks (3 vols., London, 1820). Many of the legends were obtained from the author's nurse, an Indian woman of the Gayhead tribe in Massachusetts. He also wrote " Letter to an English Gentleman on English Libels of America" (Philadelphia, 1826); "Haver- hill, or Memoirs of an Officer in the Army of Wolfe" (3 vols., 1831); and poems.

JONES, James Chamberlain, senator, b. in Davidson county, Tenn., 20 April, 1809 ; d. in Mem- phis, Tenn., 29 Oct., 1859. He lost his father in in- fancy, and spent much of his boyhood in working on the plantation of his guardian, from whose li- brary he obtained the elements of an English edu- cation, also attending a country school at intervals. After reaching his majority he married, and settled on a farm in Wilson county, Tenn. He was in the legislature in 1837 and 1839, a candidate for elector on the Harrison and Tyler ticket in 1840, and in 1841 and 1843 was elected governor of the state by the Whigs, over James K. Polk, after animated per- sonal canvasses by the two candidates. In 1848 he was a delegate to the National Whig convention, where he earnestly advocated the nomination of Henry Clay, but he subsequently spoke in several states in support of Gen. Zachary Taylor. He re- moved to Memphis in 1850, and in 1851-'7 served in the U. S. senate, afterward retiring to private life. He was a supporter of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854, and was afterward identified with the Democratic party. He was often called " Lean Jimmy Jones " or " Bean-Pole."

JONES, James Kimbrongh, senator, b. in Marshall county, Miss., 29 Sept., 1839. His parents were residents of Tennessee, but in 1848 removed to a plantation in Dallas county, Ark. James served in the Confederate army during the civil war, and then engaged in planting till 1873, when he began to practise law in Dalton county. Ark. He was a member of the state senate in 1873-'7, and its president in the last-named year. In 1881-'5 he was a member of congress, having been elected as a Democrat, and in the latter year was chosen to the U. S. senate.

JONES, Joel, jurist, b. in Coventry, Conn., 25 Oct., 1795 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 3 Feb., 1860. He was graduated at Yale in 1817, subsequently studied law at Litchfield and New Haven, and set- tled at Easton, Pa., where he practised for many years. In 1830 he was appointed a commissioner to revise the civil code of Pennsylvania. He be- came associate judge in 1835, and afterward pre- siding judge of the Philadelphia district court, was the first president of Girard college in 1847-9, and in 1849 mayor of Philadelphia. He took an active interest in theological speculations and inquiries, and was an earnest advocate of a literal inter- pretation of those scriptures which predict the second coming of Christ. He is the author of " Re- ports of a Commission to Revise the Civil Code of Pennsylvania " : "A Manual of Pennsylvania Land Law " ; " Notes on Scripture, or Jesus and the Coming Glory " (Philadelphia, 1860 ; new ed., 1865) ; " Knowledge of One Another in the Fu- ture State " ; and " Outlines of a History of the Court of Rome, and of the Temporal Power of the Popes," translated from the French, wrth original notes, and he also edited several English works on prophecy. — His brother, Joseph Huntington, clergyman, b. in Coventry, Conn., 24 Aug., 1797; d. 22 Dec, 1868, was graduated at Harvard in 1817, and for a time was employed as a tutor in Bow- doin. He then studied at Princeton theological seminary, and was ordained as an evangelist, 29 April, 1824. He preached for a time at Woodbury and Backwoodtown, N. J., and in 1825 was in- stalled as pastor of the Presbyterian church at New Brunswick, N. J., remaining there till 1838, when he became pastor of the Sixth church, Philadel- phia. From 1861 till his death he was secretary of the relief fund for disabled ministers. He was the author of " Revival of Religion " (Philadelphia, 1839) ; " Influence of Physical Causes on Religious Experience" (1846); "Life of Ashbel Green, D.D." (New York, 1849) ; " Sermon on the Death of the Rev. Cornelius C. Cuyler, D. D." (1850) ; and other sermons, reviews, and essays, published separately.

JONES, John, surgeon, b. in Jamaica, N. Y., in 1729 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 23 June, 1791. He was a son of Dr. Evan Jones, a Welsh physician, who came to this country in 1728. He was educated professionally at the medical schools and hospitals of London, Paris, Leyden, and Edinburgh, where he became acquainted with the most eminent contemporary professors. On his return, after a long sojourn in Europe, he settled in New York, but in a few years was obliged to revisit London for a brief period for the benefit of his health. Dr. Jones was professor of surgery in King's college from 1767 till 1776, and one of the two original founders of the New York hospital — Dr. Samuel Bard being the other — in 1771. He was one of the ablest surgeons of his time, and especially skilful as an operator in cases of lithotomy. He left New York, on the British occupation of the city, for Philadelphia, after the evacuation of that city by the enemy, and there spent