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pupil of tlie Rev. S. M. Emery, 1850-51 ; was a student at Trinity college, Conn., 1851-53 ; and studied chemistry under Professor Johnson at Wesleyan university, 1854, and in New York un- der Prof. J. Ogden Doremus, 1855. He was a clerk in a drug store in Middletown, Conn., 1856-59, began the study of medi- cine with his father, and received the de- gree of M.D. from the University of the city of New York in March, 1861. He was a physician at Stam- ford, Conn., in 1861 and the same year was appointed assis- tant surgeon in the first battalion, Con- necticut cavalry. In October, 1862, he was i^romoted surgeon of the 7th CoLuecticiit volunteers with tiie rank of major, in which capacity he served until mustered out in July, 1865. He served under Fremont in West- ern Viiginia ; under Gen. John Pope at Ma- nassas ; in the Department of the South in the siege of Ciiarleston ; in the Ariny of the James in Virginia ; and in caring for neai'ly 20,000 prisoners rescued from the southern prisons and placed in camp at Wilmington, N.C., immediate- ly after the close of the war. He then settled at Hartford, Conn., and became one of the lead- ing consulting sturgeons of the state. He made the first surgical operation for appendicitis iir July, 1877, and out of his first thirty cases he lost only four. In 1878 he performed the operation of suprapubic and perineal cystotomy for the per- manent cure of clironic cystitis which was ex- ceedingly successful, and his surgical skill extend- ed to other notable operations that were recorded in the surgical annals. He w^as a member of the examining committee for conferring degrees at the medicat department of Yale, and one of the visiting surgeons of the Hartford hospital.

JARVIS, Leonard, representative, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1781 ; son of Leonard and Sarah (Scott) Jarvis ; grandson of Col. Leonard and Sarah (Church) Jarvis and great-grandson of Nathaniel and EJizabeth (Peabody) Jarvis. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1800, stud- ied in Europe and made a fine collection of pic- tures, which were burned with his residence in Surry. Maine. lie was sheriff of Hancock county, Maine, 1821-29 ; collector of customs for Penobscot district, 1629-31 ; representative from Ellsworth in the 21st, 22d,23d and 24th congresses, 1829-37 ; and was chaii'man of the committee on

naval affairs. While in congress he challenged his coUeagvie, F. O. J. Smith of the Portland district, to fight a duel, which Representative Smith de- clined. He was U.S. naval agent for the port of Boston, Mass., by appointment of Van Buren, 1838-41. He died at Surry, Maine, Sept. 18, 1854.

JARVIS, Samuel Farmar, historiographer, was born in Middletown, Conn., Jan. 20, 1786 ; son of the Rt. Rev. Abraham and Ann (Farmar) Jarvis. HewasgraduatedatYale, A.B., 1805, A.M., 1808; studied theology, became deacon in the Episcopal church in 1811, and was ordained priest in 1813. He was rector of St. Michael's church. Blooming- dale, N.Y., 1811-19 ; of St. James's church, New York city, 1813-19 ; professor of biblical learning in the General Theological seminarj-, New^ York city, 1818-19 ; first rector of St. Paul's church, Boston, 1820-26 ; in Europe, 1826-35, where he made a study of the history of the church ; professor of oriental languages and literatures in Trinity col- lege, Connecticut, 1828-37, s^ven years of which time he spent in Eurojje, studying architecture with a view of a new college building for Trinitj' ; and rector of Christ chvirch, Middletown, Conn., 1837-47. He was chosen church historiographer by the general convention of 1838 and from 1842 devoted much of his time to literary work. He was a trustee of Trinity college, 1841-51, and of the General Theological seminary ; secretary and treasurer of the Christian Knowledge society, and secretary of his diocese. He edited the Gospel Advocate, 1821-26, and the American edition of Thomas H. Home's Mariolatry (1884). He re- ceived from the University of Pennsylvania the honorary degree of D.D. in 1819, and from Trinity college that of LL.D. in 1837. He is the author of : discourses on The Religion of the Indian Tribes of North America (1820), Regeneration (1821), Christian Unity (1837), Prophecy (1843); and of No Union with Rome (1843); A Chro- nological Introduction to the History of the Church (1844); The Colonies of Heaven (1846); A Reply to Dr. Milner's ''End of Controversy" (1847); The Church of the Redeemed (Y oh I., 1850). He died in Middletown, Conn., March 26, 1851.

JARVIS, Thomas Jordan, governor of North Carolina, was born in Jarvisburg, Currituck county, N.C., Jan. 18, 1836; son of the Rev. Banister H. and Elizabeth Jarvis, and grandson of Thomas Jarvis. He was graduated at Ran- dolph-Macon college, Va., in 1860. In 1861 he entered the Confederate army as a private and was made first lieutenant in the 8th North Caro- lina i-egiment. In 1863 he was promoted cap- tain, but his right arm being shattered by a bullet, he was obliged to retire from the service. He served as a member of the state constitutional convention in 1865, became a merchant, and while in business studied law, and was admitted