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college, Castleton, Vt., in 1855 ; and also received the degree of M.D. from the Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York city, in 1864. He set- tled in Detroit, Mich., and was one of the found- ers of the Detroit Medical college in 1868, and its president and professor of obstetrics and surgical diseases of women, until he resigned to accept a similar position in the Chicago Medical college. He was professor of diseases of women at Bowdoin college, 1871-75. He was married in 1859 to Julia, daughter of J. H. Darling of Warsaw, N.Y.; and secondly in 1867 to Sarah R., the eldest daughter of the Hon. James F. Joy of Detroit. His son, Nathan Jenks, also followed the medical profession. He was elected a member of the American Medical association ; of the Michigan State Medical society, and its jiresident in 1873 ; a fellow of the Loudon Obstetrical society ; honorary member of the Maine Medical association and of the Ohio State Medical society ; fellow of the American Gyne- cological society, and of the Detroit Academy of Medicine ; honorary member of the Toledo Med- ical association, and corresponding and acting member of many other medical associations. He was for a number of years surgeon to St. Luke's, St. Mary's and the Woman's hospitals of Detroit, and surgeon to the Michigan Central railroad. Albion college conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1878. He is the author of several important works on gynecology and kindred subjects, associate author of American System of Practical Medicine (1885-87) ; axid Amer- ican System of Gynecology (1887), and contributed numerous articles to professional periodicals.

JENKS, Qeorge Augustus, representative, was born at Punxsutawney, Pa., March 26, 1836 ; son of John W. and Mary D. (Barclay) Jenks. While working as a clerk, carpenter and joiner, and school teacher, he prepared for college, and was graduated from Jefferson college, Pennsyl- vania, in 1858. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1859, and practised at Brookville. He was Democratic representative from the 25th Pennsylvania district in the 44th congress, 1875-77. He was elected by the house of representatives as one of the managers of the Belknai? impeach- ment ; was appointed by the Democratic caucus with David D. Field and J. Randolph Tucker to represent the Democracy before the electoral commission ; was nominated for the supreme court of Pennsylvania in 1880 ; was U.S. assistant secretary of the interior, 1885-86 ; solicitor- general of the United States, 1886-89 ; Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, 1898, and nominee of the Democratic members of the Pennsylvania legislature for U.S senator in 1899. JENKS, Jeremiah Whipple, economist, was born at St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 2, 1856 ; son of Benjamin Lane and Amanda (Messer) Jenks, and

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grandson of Jeremiah Whipple and Hester (Lane) Jenks and of James and Lucy (Eaton) Messer. His ancestor, Joseph Jenks, emigrated from Eng- land to America in 1642 and established tlie iron and steel works in Lynn, Mass. Jeremiah was educated at the pub- lic schools of St. Clair, and was gradu- ated from the Uni- versity of Michigan, A.B., 1878, A.M., 18- 79. He was professor of ancient languages at Mount Morris col- lege, 111., 1879-82; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was a student in Halle, Germany, 1883-85, where he received the degree Ph.D. in 1885 ; teacher of English at Peoria high school, 111., 1885-86 ; professor of political science and English literature at Knox college, Galesburg, 111., 1886-89; professor of political economy and social science at the Indiana State university, 1889-91 ; professor of political and social institu- tions at Cornell university, 1891-92 ; was made head of the department of political science, in- cluding economics, politics and social science in 1893, and spent the year 1892-93 in Europe in special study of European political methods. He was expert agent of the United States industrial commission, 1899-1900, and directed the investi- gation of trusts and industrial combinations, and in this work he compiled and edited the laws of the United States concerning monopolies and digested the decisions under them, and also edited the testimony before the U.S. industrial com- mission, 1898-1900. As an expert in economics and politics he was requested by state officials to take an active part in drafting bills on taxation ; stock companies, and city government in both Indiana and New York. He is the author of : Henry C. Carey als Nationalokonom (1885) ; Road Legislation for the American State (1889) ; The Trust Problem (1900), and contributions to cyclo- paedias, reviews and magazines in Germany, Eng- land and America, articles on trusts, monoijolies, the money question and political methods. He was married, Aug. 28, 1884, to Georgia, daughter of George Washington and Susannah (Stoner) Bixler, of Bedford, Pa.

JENKS, John Whipple Potter, naturalist, was born in West Boylston, Mass., May 1, 1819 ; son of Dr. Nicholas and Betsey (Potter) Jenks ; grand- son of Nicholas Jenks, of Brookfield, Mass., and a descendant of Joseph Jenks, of Buckinghamshire,