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 IIICRRINIJSHAW S l.lltKAUY UK and

since lUUG hus Ik^vii eililur uf the ir^inia Mt'dicul .lournul.

Wemt

of New York City; ami Xewburgh, N.Y. He was founder and |>atron of the Home f«ir aged men on the Troy road. He di«Hl July 12. lti!>7. ill Allmiiy, N.Y. Jerome, David Howell, merchant, state senator, governor, was Ixirn Nov. 17, 1M21», Hi; was a merchant of in Detroit, Mich. Saginaw, .Mich.; and wa^ a state Hciiator in lS((2-(>8. In 1K({.'> HI> he was military aid to the governor; wan president <»f the state military board in 18<)."»-73; and in the latt4'r year was appointeil a memlN'r of the state constitutional commission. In 1875 he was np|>oiiited a member of the iMiard of I'nited States Intliaii commissioners; and was the seventeenth governor of .Michigan He died April 23, 181)G, in in 1881-83. Watkin's (Jlen, N.Y. Jerome, Irene Elizabeth, paint<>r, artist, was iMirn dune !l, l.S.">S, in KIlicoKville, N.Y. In 1882 she exhibited eighteen sketches of

supreme wmrts

later practiced in

the

scenery. She illustrat«-d aiul arranged One Year's .Sketch-lkxik '1 he .Mes-sagi' of the Hliie-Hird; Nature's Hallelujah; and A Hunch of Violets. Jerome, William Travc-rs, lawyer, jurist, author, was mrn A|»ril 18, 1850, in New York ( ity. In 1884 lie was admitted to the bar; and in 18!».'i- 1!»02 was justice of speeial sessions. In I'.MM-OU he was r of Vernon (Jrove; and Helen Court enay's I'romise. She dietl in ptM't,

1877. Jervis, John Bloomfield, civil engineer, author. va-* lM»rn I).'>. in Huntington, N.Y. He tiesigned many ini|N>rtant works, such as the Croton Dam and High Bridge He was the author of of New York City. Uailwav Proper! v; aiul l^ilxtr and Capital.

He died

.Ian. 12.'l88.>. in Rome, N.Y. William Percival, manufacturer, was lH)rii l>e<'. 28. 18.)1, in Kiigland.

Jervis, iiiithor,

In

1898 he founded the Haltimore ceramic

company, of which he is the president. He is the author of Hough Notes on Pottery; and. Hook I'f Pottery Marks. Jess, Stoddard, banker and statesman of Angeles. Cal.. wa> lK)rn Dec. 3. 18;>«{, in F«»x

Lake.

Wis.

Since

1!M»4

he has

He

is

the author of Missouri Lit-

erature.

Jermain, James B., luuyer, tuunder, was In born Aug. 13, 1811), in Albany, N.Y. began to praetiee law in the lie

Jervcy,

AMKKK'AN UKMJKArHV.

souri.

In-en

vice-president of the First National hank of IjOs Angi'les; is vice-president of the Huntington IJeach company; and president of the He is L. D. Powell Puidisiiing company. president of the Itoard of harlior coniinissioners of Los Allgt'les. Jesse, Richard Henry, cicator, college president, autlior. was bom .March 1, 18.)3. Since 1801 he in I^ncaster county, Va. has lxH*n president of the university of Mis-

Jessup, Samuel, missionary, author, was In iKirii Dec. 21, 1833, in .Mnulling house in that city, lie is the author of

Husn Su layman.

Jc^sup, Henry Harris, missionary, author, Immii .pril l'.», 1832. in .Montrose. Pa. He has Imvii a presbyterian missionary in Syria since 185tl. In I875> he was imxlerapresbyterian tor of general assembly ; in IIMK) missionary edi-

was

Journal;

tor

Arabic

and

profess<»r of

ology

in

seminary

the-

Theological Beirut,

of

He preaches in Arabic and in Knglish. He is the author of Syria.

The

Women

Arabs;

of

the

The Children

'Hie (Jreek Church; Protestant of the Kast .Missions: Syrian Home Life; Mohammedan .Missionacy Problems; and Kamil, a Biogra;

phy. Jessup, William, lawyer, jurist,

was born

21, 17!»7. in Southampton, N.Y. In 1S38-.>1 he was presiding judge of the elev-

.June

enth judicial district of Pennsylvania. He died Sept. II. 18(18. in .Montr<»se, Pa. Jessup, Henry Griswold, educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23. 1820, in West port. Conn. In 1877 01) he was profes>-or of botany at Dartmouth college. He is the author of K«lward .Fesup and His Dese<'iidants; Flora and Fauna Within Thirty .Miles of Hanover, N.H. He died in lUu's in Hanover. N.H. Jesup, Morris Ketchum, banker, philanthropist,

was

Inirn .lune 21.

183(1,

in

West-

Conn. He was president of the Five points house of industry of New York City in I87<): of the Young men's christian association in 1871-75; and later became vice-president fif the city mission and manager of the preshyt.-rian hospital. For several years he was pn-sident of the New York museum of natural history. He died Jan. 22. lOtKS. in N. w York City." Jesup, Thomas Sidney, soldier, was born ill 1778 ill iigiiiia. lit- was a brave and useful oflicer during the war of 1812: and was retained in the army. He was brevet ted major-general in 1828; and was sueceedc«l in command in Florida by Col. Zacliary Taylor in 1838. He died June 10, ISCiO. ill W iishiiigtoii, D.C. Jeter, Jeremiah Bell, clergyman, author, was iMirii Jiily 18. 18(12. in IJedford county. He was a baptist clergyman; and a. prominent in the s]lisni K.xainined; CampUdlisin Ke|;or(.