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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.

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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-.

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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«!. in St. Clair. Mich. In 1S78 he graduated from the uiiiversitv of .Michigan: an7

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.

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Jenks, John Whipple Potter, naturalist, was Ijorn .Mav 1. ISIJ), in West ilovlston.

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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.

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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«'

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