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 HERRINQSIIAWS LIHRARY OF AMKUU'AN BIOGUAIMIV. the tl>irty-Heeontl MudnafliusftljH volunt«'fr infantry. Ho is president of the 8tnti< bunk, the ciiunilM-r of (•oninuTce, and the Florida palmetto hber the v<>rk«.. lie was state commander of grand aniiy of the republic, residing in Parto

lii-iitonuiit

kt-rslmrji,

in

Kla.

Richard H., journalist, statesl>orn .June 2r>, 1857, in Linville, In 1851) his parents moved to Ottawa,

Jenness,

man. was Hi.

Kan., where he was educated in the public schools

and

at

Baptist university. 1889 he moved Omaha, Neb.; and 1894 was elected the

Nebraska

the In to in

to

state

President McKinley appointed him receiver of public moneys of the L nitt-il States land ollice for a term of four years, at O'Neill, Neb. He is now connected with the business and public utTairs of Okmulgee, Okla. Jenness, Thedora Robinson, litterateur, author, was l>orn in 1847 in CJreenwixxl, Maine. She is the wife of Major (Jeorge It. Jenness. Hince 1894 she has been engaged in mission work for girls of the Cheyenne Sioux Indians of South Dakota. She is the author of Two Young Homesteaders; Piokee and Her People; and Above the legislature.

Range. • Jenney, William

le Baron, soldier, educainventor, was born Sept. 25, Fairhaven, Mass. litH«'rved in the civil war as aide-de-camp with the rank of captain; an<l during the siege of X'ieksburg was engineer of the lifth army corps. He then settled in Chicago in the

tor,

arcliitecl,

18:12.

in

practice of his profession as architect; in 1870-8(l was professor of architecture at the university of Michigan; and in 18801905 again practiced architecture in Chicago, HI. He is the inventor of the skeleton construction in the putting up of large buildings. He died in 1907 in Chicago, 111. Jennings, Beriyman, e.luca tor, state senator, was iMtrn in 1807 in Kentucky. In 1830 lie opened the first school in Iowa. In 1847 he built a steamboat on the Columbia river and engag«'d in trade with San Francisco. Cal. He was a member of the Oregon legislature; and was a register of the I'nited States land ollice. He died Dec. 22. 1888, in

(

)regnn.

Jennings, David, congressman, was born Hunti-rdoii county. N.J. In 182r)-2ri he was a representative fron> Ohio to the ninet(<enth congress. He died in St. Clairsvillc, Ohio. Jennings, Edmond, colonial governor. In 170«M0 he was colonial gtivernor of Virin

ginia.

Edward Henry, merchant, bankwas bom Aug. 10, 1852, in Brady's

Jennings, er,

321

Bend, Pa. At the age of twenty years he iH-eame engaged in the prtMluct of petroleum with his father in western I'ennsylvunia. He is one of the largest stockholders

in

the

Kanawka

oil

company.

He

or-

ganized and is president of tiie Columbia national bank of Pennsylvania; and is president of the Pennsylvania title and trust conipany. Jennings, Edwin B., civil engineer, lecturer, auihor, wais born in 1855 in New York t ity. He engaged in practice as a civil engineer; and lor some time taught in C per union school. For twelve years he was in charge of Hawkins bridge and iron works; and since 1895 has been known as a lecturer and writer on trust questions. He is the author of People and Property. Jennings, Francis, hymnologist, was born Nov. li, 1808, in Kngland. He became one of the most thorough hymnologists in America. In 1871 the Baptist Hymn Book was pulilished ; and he prepared for it a biograpliical index, giving the names, dates of birth, and death of the authors and ilieir birthplaces; and also the time when I

lie

first printed. He was the Hymns and Other Poems. He

hymns were

author of

1891, in Philadelphia, Pa. Jennings, Herbert Spencer, educator, nat-

.lied

.rune

8,

uralist, author, was born April 8, 1808, in 'loniea. 111. In 1900-02 he was assistant

professor

of

zoologj'

at

the

university

of

since 190/ he has been experimental zoologj' at the Johns Hopkins university. In 1901 he was director of the Cnitcd States tish commission biological survey of the Great Lakes. He is joint author of Reighard and Jennings' Anatomy of the Cat; and Behavior of tlu- Lower Organisms. JcnningL', James S., journalist, author, iiicliigan;

professor

and

of

p«»el,

was

was

educated

iMirn

in (Jreene county, Ohio. He in the public and private

schools of his native state; and soon after cngagetl in journalistic work. He Ix^came editor and proprietor of the Monitor of Marion, Ind. ; and has ever since been in the

newspaper business.

publishing

He

is

now

publisher and proprietor of a newspaper in Wichita, Kan.; and has contribute<l extensively to periodical literature throughout the rnite«l States. He has tilled various positions c»f trust and honor; and is a nu'inber of s«'V<'ral other societies. He is the author of Rliymes of War Times; Roinaiire of the (^Mitiiry; and other works. Jennings, John Joseph, journalist, autlior, was born Mareli 1. 185.*}. in St. I.,ouis, Mo. He is the editor of the New York Kvening World. He is the author of Theatrical and Circus Life; and Widow Mngoogin.