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 JUNKIN

JUSTIN

1884, where he was received with public demon- strations of respect, and he officiated at several confirmations and ordinations, afterward visiting the principal cities of the continent and return- ing to America in August, 1885. He died at Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 26, 1895.

JUNKIN, David X, clergjnian, was born at Hope Mills, Mercer county, Pa., Jan. 8, 1808; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wallace) Junkin. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Canons- burg, Pa., in 1831 and from the Princeton Theo- logical seminary in 1833. He was ordained by the presbytery of Newton, March 25, 1835, and had charge of a church at Greenwich, N.J., 1835- 51. He was professor of belles-lettres and Eng- lish literature at Lafayette college, Pa., 1837-42; pastor of F Street church, Washington, D.C., 1851-53; at HoUidaysburg, Pa., 1853-60; chap- lain in the U.S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md., 1860-62; pastor of the North church, Chicago, 111., 1864-66 and of the First church, New Castle, Pa., 1866-79. He published: The Judicial Oath (1845); Memoir of Dr. George Junkin, D.D. (1871). He received the degree of D.D. from Miami in 1850. He died in Martinsburg,_W. Va., April 22, 1880. JUNKIN, George, educator, was born near Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1,1790; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Cochran) Junkin. His father, a sol- dier in the Revolution, was wounded at Brandy- wine. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1813, and studied theology with the Rev. Dr. J. M. Mason in New York city, where lie helped to organize the first Sunday school in that city. He completed his course at the Theological Semi- nary of the Associate Reformed church, New York city, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Monongahela, Sept. 13, 1816. He was pastor of the Associ- ate Reformed church of Milton, Pa., where he established the Milton academy, 1819-22. He entered the Presbyterian church in 1822 and had charge of the united con- gregation of Milton and McEvvensville, Pa., 1822- 30; was editor of the Religious Farmer, 1828-29; and was principal of the Manual Labor academy at Germantown, Pa., the pioneer labor school in the middle states, 1830-32. He was moderator of the synod of Philadelphia in 1831, one of the founders and the first president of Lafayette college, serving as president, 1832-41; president

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of Miami university, 1841-44, moderator of the general assembly, 1844; president and professor of mental and moral philosophy at Lafayette, 1844r-48, and at Washington college, Lexington, Va., 1848-60, and prof essor emeritus of metaphys- ics and political philoso^jhy at Lafaj'ette, 1865-68. He was married to Julia Rush Miller, June 1, 1819, and of their daughters: Eleanor became the wife of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson; Margaret Jun- kin married John L. Preston and was a noted poet; and Julia Miller was the wife of Professor Julius M. Fishburn, of Washington college, Va. George Junkin w^as a trustee of Lafayette college, 1845-49. He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Jefferson college. Pa., in 1844, and that of LL.D. from Miami in 1854 and from Rutgers in 1856. He is the author of: The Vindication (1836); Justification {l^'iQ); The Prophecies (1844); Polit- ical Fallacies (1863); Sanctification (1864); The Tabernacle (1865); Sahbatisms; Gospel Accord- ing to Moses; Commentary on Hebrews; Bap)tism, He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 20, 1868.

JUNKIN, George, lawyer, was born in Milton, Pa., March 18, 1827; son of the Rev. George (q.v.) and Julia Rush (Miller) Junkin. He attended Lafayette college, but in the middle of his junior year he accompanied his father to Miami univer- sity and was graduated from thei'e in 1842. He studied law in the office of James M. Porter, Easton, Pa., 1844-47, and then with Samuel M. Perkins, Philadelphia, 1847-48. He was admitted to the bar, March 18, 1848, and practised at Phil- adelphia. He was vice-provost of the Law academy of Philadelphia for twelve years; was nominee of the Independent Republican party for judge of the supreme court in 1882; was made a director of the Princeton Theological seminary in 1869; was a representative to the Pan-Presby- terian council in Edinburgli in 1877, in Philadel- phia in 1880, and in Belfast in 1884. Rutgers col- lege conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1890.

JUSTIN, Joel Gilbert, inventor, was born at Richmond, Ontario county, N.Y.,Sept. 12, 1852; son of Dr. Joel Winchester Justin. His mother was also a registered physician, and was the inventor of surgical instruments. He studied medicine under Dr. Henry Hartshorne of Phila- delphia, Pa., and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1875, Ph. D., 1876. He settled in Syracuse, N.Y., where he practised his profession, and was instructor in chemistry at Syracuse university, 1877-79; lecturer on for- ensic medicine, 1879-80; professor of forensic medicine, 1880-84, and librarian, 1881-84. He in- vented a dynamite projectile to be fired from a rifle cannon, which was tested by the inventor before the U.S. board of ordnance at Perry ville, N.Y., in 1892, and was highly successful.