Page:Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography - volume 3.pdf/339

 HKRRINOSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMKRU'AN HKM5RAPHY.

322

Jennings, Jonathan, cc'iiyivsMnan, govrruuh born abiiul 1770 in llunU-rtloii iiur, In lSlo-22 Ik* was the lirst OOUnty, N..). governor of ludiunu. in lSUD-17 lie was a territorial delegiitu from Indiana to the eleventh, twelfth, tliird-cnth and fourUn-nth congresses; and in 1821-31 he whh a repre* sentatire to the seventeenth, eighteenth, niniteenth, lwi'nti«*th anti twenty lirst wngreuHe^. in 1818 he was appointed Indian commissioner. He died July 26, 1834, near Charh'stow II, Iml. Jennings, Napoleon Augustus, jouruali»t, author, was bom in 1856 in Pennsylvania, H<' is a journalist of New York City. lit' is the author of A Texas Hanger, an account of frontier life partly autobiographic in character. Jennings, Richard, merchant, linuneicr, was born Dee. 10, 1819, in Cornwall, England. He was connectiMl with the Creat western iron works. In 1870 he became engaged in oil products; and was one of the larjiest individual producers in PennHe died Sept. i.i, 1891, in sylvania. (^iirciisti)wn.

I'a.

JenAinga, Aobert Henxy, soldier, farmer, 6, 1830, in Fairfield county, edncatfil in the Ohlfielil schools. He serveti in the civil war; and lost an arm in l»tt1e. For several years he was tax collector; and in 1888 1000 was

was born Feb. S.C lie was

clerk of the Fairfield circuit court.

He

is

a farmer and mechanic by profession. In 1001 he became state treasurer of South Carol ina. Jennings,

Robert

W., educator, eoliege 18;^8. M:rch IS, in 1SH4 he established the Jennings business college of Nashville, Tenn.. of which he is president. Jennings, Russell, clenryman, pIiiL.nf liropist, was horn in ISOO in Kaston. Conn. He was pnHtor of baptist churchen at Saybrook. Meriden, Waterbury. Norwich, and Deep Kiver, ( onn. lie gave fifteen thousand dolItirs to build a church at Chester, Conn., president, wjis Kdgeliehi. S.(

born

.

and during

In

two hundred

hlH life expended

thOUHand dollars

in

aiding and establisliing He died ilarch 8, 1888,

baptist churcheH. in Miildletown, Conn. Jcnning.s,

Samuel, Quaker pnartu

r,

was

in Knglaud. He took up hi.H residence Philadelphia; and in 1600-03 was justice of tin- (pionirti .iik! in<l;,'i' tin- county f He <lied in 70S in Unrlinglon, N..J. court. Jennings, Samuel Kennedy, evniigeliiit, was born .lune 15, 177 K^-fX county, in N'..F. He moveil to llaii iniorc in 1817; was one of the prime movers in the intr«Mluction of lay repri'sentation in the conferences of the niethodist epis<-(ipal church; and tinally was expelled from thin ronnp<(ion ami nrgnnized a new body known as the niethoprotectant ehtirch. He was distindist gnislif.i a- a jailpil orator and evangelist. He died Oct. IS), 18;)4, in Baltimore, Md. Jennings, Thomaa Albert, merchant, banker and statesman of Pensacola, Fla., was iMirn

in

i

1

1

born .Ian. H, I8t>.>, in JenTiitig', llaritilton countv. i-'la. He was educated at Kuiury college of Oxford, (ja. He ig president of the .Jennings Naval .Storen company of IVnsucola, with a branch oilice in New Orleau.s. is president of the Hank of .Jennings, a director of the (hilf, Florida and Alabama Railway company, and is interested in a lunnber of other business enterprises. He represented the democratic part^* in Uie national conventions of 1888 and 1802; in 1904 was presidential elector on the Parker and Davis ticket; and in 10U8-12 was democratic national committeeman from Florida. In 1011 he became a nieinUer of t.ie Florida house of repreaeutatives and was made speaker of th«- hoUSe. Jennings, Thomas Reed, physician, e tilled the chair of anntomy. He died Julv 7, 1874, in Narragan-rlt! i; I. eator,

Jennings, William Sherman, Uwyer. leajurist, governor, was bom March 18»;:!, IK. 11 Salem, III. Hi- father's sis-

islator,

24,

ter

mother

tlie

is

William

of

Jennings

He has

been ctreuit court commisjudge; alderman and president of the council of his adopted city. In

Bryan.

county

sioner;

1803-0.5

he

ser'ed

a

as

member of the

Khirida state legislature, ami was speaker the house of rejiresentatives in the session of 180.>. In 180(! he was a presidential elector; and in IS07 the electoral messenger from t'loridu. In liHH.0,5 he was the sixteenth governor of Florida. Jennison, Lucy White, author, i>oet. w.tn lM»rn in 18.10 in Massaohusetts. She is the ant))or of i.ovi' Toeins ana Sonnets. ol

antiquaiy,

Jennison, Samuel,

was

bom

Feb. 24. 1788. in Bro«>kiield. Mass. He was many iars eonn<'cte he was acting in the Cnited States mahospital .service; and in 1880 03 wa.s

lHO.j-1001

Whe<«ling, assislaiit

rine

surgeon

secretary of the United States board of examining surgeons for pensions. In 1881 84

he was a

memb«'r of the Wheiiing city council: in 1881-02 an. l^!i7 tS was a member of the board of education, and its president in 1881-93. He has been president of the West Virginia state medieal society; I

Uiyiiizea by

Google