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150 JACKSON, Henry Melville, P. E. bishop, b. in Leesburg, Va., 28 July, 1849. He was grad- uated from the military institute and the theolog- ical seminary of Virginia, being ordained deaeon in 1873 and priest the following year. He held pastorates of Christ church, Greenville, S. C. and Grace church, Richmond, Va., from 187(5 to 1891, and for several years he edited "The Southern Pulpit," afterwaril called "The Pulpit Treasury." He received the degree of D. D. from the Uni- versity of the south, and in 1891 he was elected and consecrated coadjutor bishop of Alabama.

JACKSON, Richard Henry, soldier, b. in Ire- land, 14 July, 1830 ; d. in Atlanta, Ga., 28 Nov., 1892. He came to this country in early life, enlisted in the army in 1851, and became 1st sergeant in the 4th artillery. After serving in Florida and the west, he passed his examination for a 2d lieuten- ancy, receiving his commission September, 1859. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant. May, 1861, com- manded a company at Port Pickens, Pla., during its bombardments, and in the capture of Pensacola, and was made captain, February, 1862. He after- ward served as assistant inspector-general, and was also acting chief of artillery on Morris and Folly islands during the operations against Fort Sumter, and then chief of artillery of the 10th and 25th corps. Army of the James. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. January, 1865, for services in the campaign of 1864, and commanded the 2d division of the 25th corps in the operations that preceded Lee's surrender. He was commis- sioned full Vjrigadier-general of volunteers, 19 May, 1865, and brevet major-general on 24 Nov. Gen. Jackson also received during the war the regular army brevets of major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general for services in the civil war. He was promoted major, 4th artillery, July, 1880, and lieutenant-colonel in December, 1888.

JAMESON, John Franklin, educator, b. in Boston, 19 Sept.. 1859, and was graduated at Am- herst, from which college he received, in 1898, the degree of LL. D. He is professor of liistory in Brown university, and since its beginning, in 1895, has been the managing editor of the " American Historical Review," also chairman, since its institu- tion during the same year, of the historical manu- script commission. Prof. Jameson was a con- tributor to the " Century Dictionary," and the author of " William Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies" (New York, 1887); "History of Historical Writing in America " (Boston, 1891) ; and the " Dictionary of United States History" (1896).

JANSSEN, John, K. C. bishop, b. at Keppeln, on the Rhine, 3 March, 1835. After making a course of classical studies, he was received as an ecclesiastical student in the theological seminary of the diocese of Miinster. In 1858 I3ishop Junck- er of Alton, 111,, visited the seminary, and his appeal for volunteers secured the enlistment of young Janssen, who came to the United States in the same year, and after completing his theolog- ical studies was ordained a priest, 19 Nov., 1858. He first performed missionary work at; Springfield, and afterward at Alton, where he was appointeil secretary to the bishop, a position which he filled during the life of Bishop Juncker while perform- ing also parochial work at the cathedral. In 1870 he was appointed vicar-general of the diocese by the new Bishop Baltes, and with the exception of the years 1877 to 1879, when he was pastor of St. Boniface's church at Quincy, he filled the offices of vicar-general and pastor of the cathedral until 1888, when he was appointed bi.shop of Belleville, 111., and was consecrated in April of that year.

JANVIER, Thomas Allibone, author, b. in Philadelphia, 16 July, 1849, and received a com- mon-school education there. For ten years he was employed as an editorial writer on several leading journals of his native city, and he then spent several years in Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico. Since 1894 Mr. Janvier has resided in England and France, occupying his time in liter- ary pursuits. He is the author of " Color Studies " (New York, 1885); "The Mexican Guide" (1886); "The Aztec Treasure House" (1890); "Stories of Old New Spain " and " The Uncle of an Angel " (1891); "An Embassy to Provence" (1893) ; "In Old New York" (1895); and "In the Sargasso Sea" (1898), several of these being illustrated.

JARVIS, George Atwater, philanthropist, b. in Cheshire, Conn., 9 March, 1806 ; d. in Brooklyn, 13 May, 1893. He was educated in his native town, engaged in business in New York city, and subsequently became president of the Lenox fire insurance company. He contributed generously to educational and charitable in.stitutions, includ- ing f40,000 to the General theological seminarv. New York citv, $30,000 to Trinitv college, |13,000 to Berkeley divinity school, $10,000 to the Paddock lecture fund, f 14.000 to build Jarvis hall, Denver Col., and $10,000 for its endowment.

JARVIS, Samuel Peters, Canadian soldier, b. in Queenston, Ontario, 23 Aug., 1820. lie served during the Indian mutiny, 1857-'60, with the 82d foot, at the relief of Lucknow and defeat of the Gwalior contingent at Cawnpore. In 1860 he was adjutant of staff college; D. A. 6., Canadian militia, in 1866; lieutenant-colonel commanding Ontario rifles in Red river expedition of 1870; comnuuidant-general colonial forces. Cape of Good Hope, 1878-'80: good-service reward. 1887; and was created C. M. G. in 1890. He is the author of " Historical Record of the 82d Regiment, or the Prince of Wales Volunteers" (London, 1866).

JEFFERY, Edward Turner, railway presi- dent, b. in Liverpool, 6 Ajjril, 1843. and came to the United .States seven years later, entering the service of the Illinois Central railroad company in 1856. He became general superintendent in 1877, general manager in 1885, and resigned four years later. In 1889 he was commissioner to the Paris exposition in behalf of the citizens of Chicago, with the object of studying and reporting upon the ex- position, and he was chairman of the grounds and buildings committee of (he Chicago Columbian ex- position until September, when he resigned to ac- cept the presidency of the Denver and Rio Grande railway company. Mr. Jeffery lives in Colorado.

JENKINS, Howard Malcolm, editor, b. in Gwynedd, Montgomery eo.. Pa.. 30 March, 1842. He was educated at local schools and academies; engaged in journalism in 1862; in 1866 joined with his brother-in-law, Wilnicr Atkinson, in es- tablishing at Wilmington the " Daily Commercial," the first daily journal in Delaware, and edited it until 1877. In 1881 he became managing editor of "The American" in Philadelphia, which posi- tion he filled for ten years. Since 1885 he has also edited " The Friends' Intelligencer," of Phila- delphia. He has'written for magazines and other