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474 its publication in 1865 as '• objectionable and in- cendiary," and was burned in the court-house yard in Lynchburg, by order of Gen. Alfred H. Terry. Her publications include " Flowers of Hope and Memory " (Richmond, 1861) ; " Corinth and Other Poems of the War " (1865) : " A Christmas Poem for Children " (Lynchburg, 1865) ; " Richmond : Her Glory and Her Graves " (Richmond, 1867) ; and " Useful Maxims for a Noble Life " (1884).

JORDAN, David Starr, naturalist, b. in Gainesville, N. Y., 19 Jan., 1851. He became in- structor in botany at Cornell in 1870, meanwhile also studying at that university, where he was grad- uated in 1872. Subsequently he settled in Indian- apolis, and was graduated at the Indiana medical college in 1875, after lecturing in 1874 on marine botany at the Anderson summer school of natural history at Penikese island, Mass., and on botany and ichthyology at the Harvard school of geology, at Cumberland gap, in 1875. He then became pro- fessor of biology at Butler university, and in 1879 was appointed to a similar chair in Indiana uni- versity. During 1879-'81 he was a special agent of the U. S. census for the marine industries of the Pacific coast, and he has also held appointments at various times as assistant to the U. S. fish com- mission and the U. S. national museum. Mr. Jordan is a member of scientific societies, and has published about 250 papers on North American ichthyology, also a " Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern Unites States " (Chicago, 1876).

JORDAN, John, antiquarian, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 8 May, 1808. He was educated at Nazareth hall, became a merchant in Philadelphia, and was for twenty-eight years president of the Mechanics' national bank in that city. For over forty years he has been a zealous antiquarian. He is one of the oldest surviving members of the Historical society of Pennsylvania, an active pro- moter of its interests, among its most liberal donors, and is now one of its vice-presidents, and a trustee of all its various trusts. He has con- tributed largely to the printed archives of the " United Brethren." — His nephew, John Woolf, antiquarian, b. in Philadelphia, 14 Sept., 1840, was graduated at Nazareth hall in 1857. He is the assistant librarian of the Historical society of Penn- sylvania, editor of the " Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography," and a contributor to his- torical publications, especially to " The Moravian." Among his publications are " Friedensthal and its Stockaded Mill : a Moravian Chronicle, 1749-1767" (Bethlehem, 1877); "A Red Rose from the Olden Time " (1883) ; " Something about Trombones " (1884) : and " Occupation of New York by the Brit- ish, 1775-1783 " (1887).

JORDAN, Richard, Quaker preacher, b. in Norfolk county, Va., 19 Dec, 1756 ; d. in Newton, N. J., 14 Oct., 1826. He became a minister in the Society of Friends, and began to preach at the age of twenty-five, visiting the entire eastern portion of the United States. In 1803 he went to Europe, where he remained for three years. He visited in his ministerial capacity every yearly meeting of the society in existence, and labored in behalf of the negroes. He wrote an autobiography, " Jour- nal of Richard Jordan " (Philadelphia, 1879).

JORDAN, Robert, Quaker preacher, b. in Nansemond, Va., 27 Oct., 1693 ; d. in Philadelphia, 5 Aug., 1742. He began to preach in 1718, visited Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina, and New Eng- land in 1722, suffering imprisonment for his prin- ciples. He travelled in Great Britain and the West Indies in 1728-'30, made a journey to Barbadoes in 1740, and was in Boston in 1741, returning to Philadelphia. — His brother, Joseph, b. in Nanse- mond, Va., in 1695; d. 26 Sept., 1735, preached with his brother Robert in 1718, in this country and in parts of England and Ireland. lie also labored in Holland.

JORDAN, Thomas, soldier, b. in Luray valley, Va., 30 Sept., 1819. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1840, and served as 2d lieutenant of the 3d infantry in the war against the Seminole Indians. He was then on garrison duty in the west and south, and took part in the war with Mexico. He became 1st lieutenant, 18 June, 1846, and captain and quartermaster, 3 March, 1847, serving on the Pacific coast. He resigned, 21 May, 1861, entered the Confederate army as lieu- tenant-colonel, and was immediately made adjutant- general of the forces at Manassas Junction. He accompanied Gen. Beauregard to Tennessee as chief of staff, and became brigadier-general after the bat- tle of Shiloh. He served temporarily on the staff of Gen. Bragg, but returned to his former post with Gen. Beauregard during the defence of Charleston in 1862-'4. A f ter the war he was made chief of the general staff of the Cuban insurgent army, and in May, 1869, landed at Mayari with 300 men, and arms, ammunition, and supplies for 6,000. On marching into the interior to join the insurgents he was at- tacked by the Spanish forces and lost 80 men. In December he succeeded to the chief command of the revolutionists, and in January, 1870, gained a vic- tory over a superior force at Guaimaro. But as the supply of arms and ammunition was exhausted, and as there was small chance of reorganizing an effective force, he resigned in February, 1870, and returned to the United States. He has since re- sided in New York city and is now (1887) editor of the " Mining Record." Immediately after the civil war he published a critical review of the Con- federate operations and administration in " Har- per's Magazine," and was the editor of the " Mem- phis Appeal" in 1866. He has contributed to periodical literature and published, in connection with J. B. Pryor, " The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Forrest" (New York, 1868).

JORDON, Edward,' a West Indian statesman, b. in Kingston, Jamaica, 13 Nov., 1801 ; d. in St. Andrews, Jamaica, 8 Feb., 1869. He was a quad- roon, and in his youth suffered from the social proscription and political disabilities to which the colored people were at that time subjected in all the West India colonies of England. He had received a good education, and began agitation with the view of obtaining political rights for the free colored population. Having succeeded in securing these, he became a zealous advocate of emancipation, calling on his enfranchised countrymen of the colored class to unite with the anti-slavery party of England in bringing about this result. For expressions that were used in a newspaper of which he was editor he was put on his trial for treason, with the certainty of being hanged if convicted ; but the firmness of one man on the jury saved his life. About the time of the passage of the emancipation act Jordon was elected a member of the Jamaica house of assembly, and thenceforward he rose until he had been successively member of the privy council, prime minister in the first executive com- mittee under Sir Henry Barkly's administration, speaker of the house of assembly, receiver-general, and finally colonial secretary. He became a com- mander of the bath in 1854, the first instance in which this honor was given to a colored man.

JORQUERA, Jacinto (hor-kay'-rah), Chilian clergyman, b. in Santiago, Chili, in 1600; d. there in 1675. He entered the Dominican order in Santiago,