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JEFFERSON, Charles E .:
Clergyman ; b. Cambridge, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1860; s. Milton and Ella (Sarchet ) Jeffer- son ; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., B.A., B.S., 1882; Sch. of Theology, Boston Univ., S.T.B., 1857; D.D., Union Coll .. Oberlin Coll. and Yale Univ .; LL.D., Ohio Wesleyan Univ. : m. Cambridge, O., Aug. 10, 1:57, Belle Pat- terson; sons: Charles Frederic. h. 19-3: Ralph Waldo, h. 1:90. Pastor Central Cons'l Ch., Chelsea, Mass., 18-7-98; Broadway Tab- ernacle, oldest Cong'l Ch. in Greater N. Y. since 1998. Author: Quiet Talks with Earn- est People: Quiet Hints to Growing Preach- ers; Doctrine and Deed: Things Fundamen- tal; The Minister as Prophet: The World's Christmas Tree; The New Crusade: The Old Year and the New. Mem. Yale Corp'n, being first clergyman chosen from outside the State of Connecticut since the foundation of the Univ., 200 years ago; made second trip to Europe, 1906. Trustee Palmer Inst., Lakemont. N. Y .; mem. Chi Alpha. Clubs: Century. Congregational. Adress : 121 W. s5th St., N. Y. City.
JEFFERY, Edward Turner:
Railway pres .: b. Liverpool, England. April 6. 1513: came to U. S., 1:50; m. la;7. Virginis Osborn Clarke. Began railway service, less, 730
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with Ill. Central R. R., as office boy to sup't of machinery, advancing until became its gen. sup't, 1877-85; gen, mg'r, 1985-89, resigned; comm'r to Paris Exp'n, 1859, on behalf of Exec. Com. of citizens of Chicago, for the purpose of studying and reporting upon the exposition ; chim'n Grounds and Buildings Com., World's Columbia Exp'n, Chicago, until Sept., 1891, pres. since Oct. 1, 1891. of Denver & Rio Grande R. R .; also pres. of the Rio Grande Western R'y; also, since Oct. 18, 1905, chm'n B'd Directors Wabash R. R., also pres. Western Pacific R'y Co. Adress: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JEFFERY, Frank Moore:
Broker; b. Corning, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1855; s. Edwin Avery and Mary Fletcher (Lee) Jeffery; ed. in public schools of New Haven, Conn., and Jersey City, N. J. ; m. Jersey City, N. J., Frances P. Campbell. Established printing business of Jeffery & Johnson, N. Y. but retired to engage in mf'g business, from which grew firm of Jeffery & Co., Jersey City. N. J., mf'rs of springs and wire goods; was charter mem., sec. and treas. Crocker- Wheeler Co., resigning, 1900, to engage in present business of investment securities. Di- dector E. Orange (N. J.) Nat. Bank and Es- sex Co. (N. J.) Savings Bank for many years; an organizer and several years director City Trust Co. of Newark, N. J .; director Empire Steel and Iron Co., Alabama & Georgia Iron Co., Mount Hope Mineral R. R. Co. of N. J., Citizens' Light and Fuel Co. of South Amboy, N. J., Crane Railroad Co. of Pa., Victoria Coal and Coke Co. In- ventor of automatic spring making machinery and several elec. devices. Clubs : Mosaic, Republican (E. Orange, N. J.). Adress: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JELLIFFE, Smith Ely:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 27, 1866; s. William M. and Susan E. ( Kitchell) Jelliffe; ed. public schools of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Polytechnic, A.B., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1989, A.31., Ph.D., 1900; m. Dec., 1894, Helena Dewey Leeming. Be- gan practice, N. Y. City, Jan., 1:95; spent three years in hospitals of N. Y. City, Brook- lyn, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Munich and London. Visiting neurologist City Hosp., visiting physician N. Y. Hosp. for Nervous Diseases; prof. psychiatry, Fordham Univ., N. Y. City; formerly instr. pharmacology and therapeutics, Columbia Univ .; formerly edi- tor Medical News: asso. editor N. Y. Med. Journal; mu'g editor Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; coeditor with W. A. White, Nervous and Mental Disease Mono- graph Series, 1908; medical editor Eneselo- pedaeia Americana. Made extensive collec- tion of plants on Long Island, concerning which published a volume, 1900. Author: Es- sentials of Vegetable Pharmacognosy (with Dr. H. H. Rusby), 1-95; Morphology and Ilistology of Plants (with same), 1-99: Notes on Pharmacognosy, 1902; also minor text- books. Wrote chapter on nervous diseases in Butler's "Diagnostics, " 1902; articles on Idiocy and Imbecility and on Death by Elec- tricity and Lightning in Peterson & Haynes' Text.Book of Legal Medicine, 1913: revised Butler's Materia Medica, 1902. 1905 and Shaw on Nervons Diseases, 1901; Translation, Du- bois; Psychic Treatment of Nervous Dis- 740
orders, 1907; Grasset, Semi-Insane and Semi- Responsible, 190%; numerous articles on ner- vous and mental disease. Mem. Am. Neurol. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., West End Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Nenrol. Soc. Torrey Botanical Club, Am. Medico- Psychological Ass'n. Address : 64 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
JENKINS, E. Fellows:
Sec. and sup't N. Y. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; b. Weedsport, N. Y .. July 28, 1844; s. John S. and Minerva Porter (Fellows) Jenkins; great-grandson Brig .- Gen. John Fellows of the Revolutionary Army: ed. in public schools: m. Newburyport, Mass .. July 11, 1889, Adelaide M. Montgomery. Served in Union Army, private to Ist lieut. enlist- ing at the age of 16 and serving with but short interval, to end of war. Elected sec. and sup't of N. Y. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children on its organization. 15.5. and has so continued ever since. Recognized authority on humane matters; has visited Eu- rope several times and aided in organizing societies in England, France, Germany and Italy, and Austria-Hungary. Mem. Empire State Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars. Mil. Order Foreign Wars, Soe. Sons of Revolution, New England Soc .; officer of Cld Guard of N. Y .: Sachem Soc. of the Cayu- gas, Order of Jamestown, 1607, and Hotel Ass'n of N. Y .: v .- p. St. David's Soc. mem. New Hampshire Soc. Clubs : Larchmont Yacht. N. Y. Athletic. Address: 297 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
JENKINS, John S .:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, Feb. 25, 1871; s. Henry H. and Sarah E. (Lott) Jenkins: ed. N. Y. Univ .: m. April 22, 1596, Caroline Love joy; children: Constance L., Dorothy L. Ad- mitted to practice, Sept. 1892; mem. law firm Darlington & Jenkins. Trustee and counsel Guardian Savings Bank of Brooklyn: director Brooklyn Bank. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, Delta Chi (N. Y. Univ. Chapter). Residence : 5$9 6th St., Brooklyn. Address : 903 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JENKINS, Mary Emma:
Pres. Syracuse Herald Co .: b. Syracuse N. Y., May 5, 1579; d. Arthur (founder of Herald, and also principal owner and pub- lisher) Jenkins: ed. public schools and grad. high school of city. On death of father suc- ceeded to his post as pres. of Herald. Ad- dress: Syracuse, N. Y.
JENKINS, William T .:
Physician; b. Holly Springs. Miss., Oct. 25, 1555; s. Wm. Jenkins and Elizabeth E. ( Fore- man ) Jenkins; grad. Univ. of Miss., B.A. 1ss; Univ. of Va., M.D., les0; m. N. Y. City, 150, Elizabeth Roberts Croker; children: Frances E. W., b. 196: William Croker. b. 1 .... Coroner's physician N. Y. City, 1991 92; health officer, Port of N. Y., 1992.91: comm'r of health. State and City of N. Y., 1-9291: handled and prevented admission of cholera. arriving on ships from Germany, France and Italy in 19 and IS08: established foreign in- spection of ports of embarkation, fall of 1992; later U. S. Marine llosp .; since attached to consulates; comm'r of health. N. Y. City; .chm'n of Sanitary Com., 1998-1901; since 196,
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sanitary eng'r N. Y. B'd of Health. Incor- porator and director Merchant Marine Hosp. Service for foreign sailors; has traveled in U. S., Canada, Mexico, W. Indies, the Brit- tish Isles, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and the Scandinavian countries. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Public Health Ass'n, Tammany Society, Masonic orders, Kappa Sigma. Trustee St. Gregory Hospital. Address: Rosebank, S. I., N. Y.
JENKS, Almet Francis:
Jurist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 21, 1853; s. Grenville T. and Persis S. (Smith) Jenks; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, 1871; Yale, A.B., 1875; Columbia, LL.B., 1877; m. April 29. 1891, Lena Barre. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1877; ass't dist. att'y Kings Co., 1884-86; cor- poration counsel, Brooklyn, 1886-93; judge ad- vocate gen. N. Y., 1891-95; mem. of Constitu- tional Convention, 1895; ass't corp'n counsel Greater N. Y., 1898; elected justice of Su- preme Court of N. Y. for Second Dist., 1898, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1912; appt'd to Ap- pellate Division, 1900; present designation to that division expiring April 4, 1910. Demo- crat. Clubs: Hamilton; Brooklyn, Dyker
Meadow Golf. Address: 8 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y. JENKS, Glen F .:
Officer, U. S. A .; b. Deansville, N. Y., June 13, 1880; grad. Hamilton Coll., B.S .; highest honors, 1901, M.S., 1904. Appt'd 2d lieut. Art'y Corps, July, 1901; Ist lieut. Ord- nance Dep't, July, 1903; promoted Ist lieut. Coast Art'y Corps, Jan., 1907; detailed capt. Ordnance Dep't, July, 1908. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Address: Frankfort Arsenal, Phila- delphia, Pa.
JENKS, Jeremiah Whipple:
Educator, pulicist; b. St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 2, 1856; s. Benjamin Lane and Amanda ( Messer) Jenks; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1878, A.M., 1879; Univ. of Halle, Germany, Ph.D., 1985; Univ. of Mich., LL.D., 1903; m. Aug. 28, 1884, Georgia Bixler, of Mt. Morris, Ill .; children: Margaret Bixler, Benjamin Lane, Ernest Ellsworth. Studied law; ad- mitted to Mich. bar, 1881; taught Greek, Latin and German, Mt. Morris ( Ill. ) Coll .; prof. political science and English literature, Knox Coll., 1886-89; prof. political economy and social science, Indiana Univ., 1889-91; since 1891, prof. political economy and pol- itics, Cornell; 1599-1901, expert ag't U S. Industrial Comm'n on investigation in U. S. and Europe of trusts and industrial com- binations, and consulting expert, U. S. Dep't of Labor on same subject; 1901-02, special comm'r, War Dep't, U. S., to investigate questions of currency, labor, internal taxa- tion and police in the Orient. Mem. B'd Special Advisers on the currency for Gov't Mexico, 1903: mem. U. S. Gov't Comm'n on Internat. Exchange. visiting Europe and China with special reference to monetary re- "form in China, 1903-01; mem. U. S. Immi- gration Comm'n since 1907. Pres. Am. Econ. Ass'n, 1905-07; mem. National Civic Federa- tion, Am. Polit, and Social Science, Nat. Municipal Leagne, Am. Asiatic Ass'n. Nat. Geog. Soc .: chm'n B'd of Trustees, Cornell Univ. Christian Ass'n; director Business Men's Ass'n, Ithaca, N. Y. Clubs: Con- tury, National Arts, (N. Y. City) ; Cosmos,
(Washington, D. C.) ; Town and Gown, Coun- try, (Ithaca, N. Y.). Address: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
JENKS, John Story, Jr .:
Banker; b. Philadelphia, 1876; s. William H. and Hannah M. (Hacker) Jenks: ed. Haverford Coll., 1998; m. 1902, Isabella F. G. Morton; children : Thomas Story, b. 1994; Morton, b. 1907. Formerly banker in Wall street and mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange until retired Jan. 1, 190S. Director Girard Trust Co. and Fidelity Trust Co., Philadelphia. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, (N. Y. City) ; Rittenhouse ( Philadelphia ). Residence :
Chestnut Av., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
Address : 328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
JENKS, Tudor :
Author; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1557; s. Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia (Smith ) Jenks; ed. Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn, 174; Yale, A.B., 1878, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B .. 1880; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1ss2, Mary Donnison Ford; children: Dorothy, Pauline, Amabel. Studying art in Paris, France, winter 1880-81; began law practice in 1881, and practiced till Nov., 1887. Then joined staff of St. Nicholas Magazine, and remained till Oct., 1902, since which time has been a professional writer, contributing to every sort of periodical literature. besides doing much unsigned work, and writing many books. Author: Century World's Fair Book; Imaginations, or Truthless Tales; Boy's Book of Explorations; Galopoff ; Gypsy : Defense of the Castle; Making a Start; A Little Rough Rider; In the Days of Chaucer: In the Days of Shakespeare: In the Days of Milton ; In the Days of Scott; In the Days of Goldsmith; Electricity for Young People; Photography for Young People; Captain John Smith; Captain Miles Standish, and other vol- umes. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Recrea- tions : Sketching, chess, cards. Address: Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y.
JENNESS, Frank W .:
Underwriter; b. Piermont, N. H., March 27, 1851. Began insurance career in 1971 as local fire ins. agent; entered service of Ins. Co. of N. America, as special agent in N. Y. State, 1983; took up similar work for _Etna Ins. Co., isss, ass't sec. 1893-96, and after that gen. agent for N. Y. State for same com- pany. Has been pres. Underwriters Ass'n of N. Y. State, v .- p. and chin'n Exec. Com. three times, and in April, 1907, was elected its sup't of inspections and surveys and April 20. 1908, elected secretary of the Ass'n. Address: 1000 Onondaga County Savings Bank Bld'g., Syracuse, N. Y.
JENNEY, Charles Albert:
Publisher; b. New Bedford, Mass., Oct. IS, 1841; s. Sanford and Julia Ann Jenney: ed. public schools; m. Dee. 4, 1865, Mary Frank Smith. Was engaged in dry goods business at Waupun, Wis., 1965-75; sec. Statistical Bu- reau, Nat. B'd Fire Underwriters, 1575; spe. cial agent 10th census of U. S., having charge of Division of Fire Insurance: special agent 11th census, having supervision of all insurance statistics: since 1ss3, with Under- writer Printing and Publishing Co., of which is now pres. and treas. ; also pres. and puh. lisher of the weekly Underwriter and Record of Fire Insurance by States, and pres. Unity
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Press. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Trade Press Ass'n; fellow Am. Statist. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science; fellow Royal Statis. Soc., England, Soc. Am. Au- thors (mem. B'd Mg'rs). Press, Under- writers (mem. B'd Mg'rs) (N. Y. City.) Union League (Brooklyn), Tuscarora (Grant Mills, N. Y .; sec. and chm'n Exec. Com.). Residence : 29 McDonough St., Brooklyn, Ad- dress: 58 William St., N. Y. City. JENNEY, William Sherman:
Lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1867; s. Edwin Sherman and Marie Regula (Saul) Jenney ; ed. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1889; A.M., 1892; studied law in Univ. of Va. and Cornell Univ .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., April 16, 1895, Nina Bevan, of Chicago. Admitted to bar, 1501; practised law at Syracuse, N. Y., 1891- 1905; since July 1, 1505 in N. Y. City as general att'y, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. Co. Democrat; nominee for presidential elector, 1904. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Sigma Phi fraternity. First lieut. 1893-96, capt. 1893- 96, 41st Separate Co., N. G. N. Y. Clubs: Princeton. Residence: 301 W. 82d St. Ad- dress: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
JENNINGS, Charles Jesup:
Principal Jamaica High Sch .; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1839; s. William J. and Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1884; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1898, Edith H. Warren; children: Hazel G., b. 1898, Warren, b. 1901. Principal Hunt- ington (N. Y.) High Sch. for 14 years; prin- cipal Jamaica High Sch. since 1998. Presby- terian. Mem. High School Principals' Ass'n, N. Y. City; sec. N. Y. Schoolmasters' Club. Address: 413 Hillside Av., Jamaica, N. Y. JENNINGS, Frederic Beach:
Lawyer; b. Bennington Center, Vt., Aug. 6, 1853; grad. Williams Coll., S.B .; 1972, A.M., 1875; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1874; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., N. Y. City, 1575; m. July 27, 1880, Lila Hall Park, of N. Bennington, Vt .; children: Elizabeth, Percy Hall (Yale, '04), Frederic B., Jr., Edward Phelps. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1875; mem. law firm Stetson, Jen- nings & Russell. Interested as officer or di- rector in various corporations, including Chi- cago & Erie R. R. Co., N. Y. Trust Co., In- ternat. Paper Co., Am. Trading Co., Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Co., Hudson companies. V .- p. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; mem. Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Zool. Soc., New Eng- land Soc., Williams Alumni Ass'n; trusted Williams Coll., Barnard Coll. Clubs: Cen- tury, University, Union League, Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, N. Y. Athletic, City, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Down Town, City, Mid- day, Westchester Country (N. Y.) ; St. An- drew's Golf, Garden City Golf, Country. Resi- dence : 86 Park Av. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
JENNINGS, (James) Hennen:
Mining eng'r; b. Hawesville, Ky., May 6, 1854: s. James R., and Katharine Sharpe ( HIen- nen) Jennings; grad. Harvard ( Lawrence Scientific School), C.E., 15: m. San Fran- cisco, Calif., Oct. 7, 1-86. Mary L. Coleman. After graduation went to California and was engaged in mining there IS77-St, in Venezuela, 1-789, nnd in Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1999. 93, as consulting eng'r to many large compa-
nies; and since 1598 consulting eng'r to Wern- her, Beit & Co. Mem. Technical Ed'n Com- m'n of the Transvaal, 1902-04; pres. Inst'n Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1903-04; mem. Inst'n Civil Eng'rs ( London), Am. Inst. Min- ing Eng'rs, South African Ass'n of Eng'rs, Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Soc. of South Africa, Mech. Eng'rs Ass'n of Witwa- tersrand, Geol. Soc. of South Africa, Soc. of Arts (London), South African Ass'n for Ad- vancement of Science. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Metropolitan, University. Cosmos, Chevy Chase, (Washington). Residence : 2221 Massachusetts Av., Washington, D. C. Address: Mills Bld'g, N. Y. City.
JENNINGS, John Joseph:
Editor, dramatic critic; b. St. Louis. Mo., Mar. 1, 1853; s. Michael and Mary (O'Meara) Jennings; grad. Christian Brothers Coll., St. Louis, 1873, A.M., 1875; m. N. Y. City, Mar. 8. 1904, Emma M. Hall. Dramatic editor Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, 1575-56; on ed- itorial staff St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1886-50; since 1S$9, editorial staff of N. Y. Evening Worid. Author: Theatrical and Circus Life: Widow Magoogin. Address: Evening World, N. Y. City.
JENNINGS, Pierre S .:
Lawyer; b. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1973: s. Peter S. and Frances E. (Fiero) Jennings ; grad. Peekskill Mil. Acad., class of 1591 (win- ning prize for best graduation address and delivery of same) ; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1892; Columbia Law Sch .. LL.B., 1:95; m. Catskill, N. Y., Ellen Mairs Penfield : chil- dren : Frances Elinor, b. 1904, Penfield S .. b. 1906. With the Kingston Carriage Co., of Kingston, N. Y., 1894-97; then in office of Jennings & Osborn (formerly Jennings & Chase), lawyers, until admitted to bar. June, 1899; ever since in active practice at Cats- kill, N. Y. Senior men. law firmn of Jen. nings & Austin. Ran for Assembly on Re- publican ticket, 1899 and 1900, running far ahead of ticket, but defeated by narrow margin ; has been elected justice of the peace and police magistrate by large majorities in Town of Catskill, and in 1904 was elected dist. att'y of Greene County, for term ex- piring January 1, 1968, by the largest major- ity ever given a Republican candidate. being highest on ticket and ahead of the vote given Mr. Roosevelt. Republican. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Mem. Phi Delta Theta (Columbia Chapter), Lodge 408 F. and .1. M. Club: Rip Van Winkle. Address: Cats- kill, N. Y.
JENNINGS, Webster Wardell:
Clergyman ; b. Cairo, N. Y .; s. Daniel Webster and Susette Estelle Jennings: ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Gen. Theol. Sem., Phila- delphia Divinity School; m. N. Y. City. Mary Southern. Ordered deacon, 199, ordained priest, 1900, by Bishop Doane, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly senior ass't St. Mark's Ch., Frankford, Philadelphia. Pa .: curate Christ's Ch., Rochester, N. Y .: rector St. Thomas' Ch., Bath, N. Y. Address: Bath, N. Y.
JENNINGS, William Bigelow:
Wholesale dry goods: b. Bennington. Vt., July 20, 1551; s. Isaac and Sophia MM. (Day) Jennings: in. Bennington, Vt., July 19, 1:00. May S. Sanford; children: Nancy Beach, b.
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1901, Maria Robinson, b. 1903, May Sanford, b. | Clubs : Century, Quill, Phi Delta Phi. 1906. Pres. The William B. Jennings Co. Re- publican; Presbyterian. Residence: Law- JEWETT, Charles: rence Park, Bronxville, N. Y. Address: 29 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
JEROME, William Travers:
Dist. att'y Co. of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, April 18, 1859; s. Lawrence R. and Katharine ( Hall) Jerome; ed. Williston Sem., Amherst Coll. (honorary A.M.) : grad. Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1884; m. Elizabeth, N. J., May 9, 1888, Lavinia Howe. Admitted to bar, 1884; justice Court Special Sessions. 1835-190%; elected, Nov., 1901, district attorney of the County of N. Y. for four years, from Jan. 1, 1902; reelected, Nov., 1905, for second term of four years, from Jan. 1, 1906. Democrat. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: City Union. Residence: 3 Rutgers St. Address: Criminal Court Bld'g, N. Y. City.
JESSUP, Charles Augustus :
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 13, 1862; s. Edward and Elizabeth Field (Nich- ols) Jessup; grad. Saint Stephen's Coll., B.A., 1882, M.A., 1885; D.D., 1908, Gen. Theol. Sem., B.D., 1886. Ordained priest of the Episcopal Church; on the clerical staff of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Long Island, 1886; ass't priest in St. Paul's Parish, Bal- timore, 1893; rector St. Luke's Parish, Atlan- ta, 1899 ;. rector Holy Trinity Parish, Green- port, N. Y., since 1901. V .- p. Eastern Long Island Hospital Ass'n. Club: Graduates (N. Y. City). Address: Greenport, New York.
JESSUP, George Pierson:
Physician and surgeon; b. Florida, Orange Co., N. Y., July 13, 1864; s. Samuel and Caro- line Ellet ( Pierson) Jessup; grad. Prince- ton, B.S., 1887, Coll. Phys. and Surg. N. Y. City, M.D., 1890; m. 1st, June 16, 1896, Marian Britton; 2d, Marguerite Claudia Chaffarjon, Oct. 31, 1906; one son, Pierson Day, b. July 27, 1907. Surgeon Staten Island Hosp., S. R. S. Infirmary; physician Sea Side Hosp., St. Johns Guild. Republican : Presbyterian. Pres. Richmond Co. Med. Soc., 1906-07. Vestryman Trinity Church, New Dorp. Ad- dress: New Dorp, S. I. .
JESSUP, Henry Wynans:
Lawyer, author of Surrogates' Court Prac- tice, 3 editions; b. Bierut, Syria, Asia; s. Henry Harris Jessup, D.D. (55 years a mis- sionary in Turkey) and Caroline ( Bush) Jes- sup; prepared a+ Syrian Protestant Coll., Beirut, and Albany Acad .; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1886, A.M., 1998, Univ. of City of N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 18SS, LL.M., 1892; m. Westchester, Pa., Dec. 15, 1889, Mary H. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia; five sons. Studied with and became partner of Hon. Noah Davis, former presiding justice of the Supreme Court. Republican ; grandson of William Jessup, LL.D. of Pa., who wrote, with Carl Schurz, the platform on which Abraham Lin- Coln was first elected and who read the plat- form in the Republican convention. Pes- byterian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Law Inst. Library, Am. Geog. Soc. Hlas been trustee of Am. Bible Society, Am. Seamen's Friend Soc., Presby'n Church Extension Com., Union Settlement Ass'n; now trus- tee B'd of Home Missions and older in 5th Av. Presby'n Church. Recreation: Golf.
Ad- dress: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
Physician; b. Bath, Me .; s. George and Sarah (Hale) Jewett; grad. Bowdoin, 1:04, A.M., 1867, Sc.D., 1894: Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia ), M.D., Js71; m. lete, Abbie E. Flagg: children: Harold F. (M.D.), Mrs.
Alice H. Jewett Schwarte, of Saratoga Springs. Engaged in practice of medicine in Brooklyn, from graduation. Prof. obstet- rics, 1880-1900, prof. gynecology and obstetrics since 1900, and gynecol. surgeon, L. I. Coil. Hosp .; consulting obstetrician, Kings Co. Hosp .; consulting gynecologist, Bushwick Hosp., and Swedish Hosp., Brooklyn, and consulting surgeon, St. Christopher's Hosp. Author: Essentials of Obstetrics; Manual of Child-bed Nursing; editor Practice of Ob- stetries, by American Authors; contb'r of chapters on specialty to various text-books. Mem. Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Med. Soc. Co. of Kings, Brooklyn Gynecol. Soc., N. Y. Obstet. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Am Gynecol. Soc., Am. Acad. - Med- icine, Med. Ass'n Greater N. Y., Associated Physicians of L. I., Gynecologie Section Royal Soc. of Medicine, Great Britain. Internat. Periodical Congress Obstetricians and Gynecologists, L. I. Coll. Alumni. L. I. Hosp. Alumni, Bowdoin Alumni, Alumni Col- umbia Univ. Clubs: Union League, Univer- sity, (Brooklyn) ; L. I. Automobile. Address: 330 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JEWETT, Charles Sherman:
Physician; b. Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Mar. 16, 1865; s. Dr. Charles Carroll and Ei- len (Burroughs) Jewett; grad. Yale, Ph.B .. 1887; Columbia, M.D., 1:90; graduate student univs. of Berlin, Vienna, Prague, and Graz; unmarried. Attending physician, Erie Co. Hosp .; clinical pathologist, Buffalo Hosp. Sis- ters of Charity; practising physician in Buf- falo since 1893: mem. resident staff of Char- ity (now City) Hosp .. Blackwell's Island, 1890-91. In Europe doing graduate work. 1892-93, and 1898-99, in various clinics and uni- verstties. Mem. Am. Med. Soc., Erie Co. Med. Soc .; pres. Buffalo Acad. Medicine, 1906-07. Mem. Buffalo Yale Alumni Ass'n. Buffalo Ass'n Med. Alumni of Columbia. Club : Saturn. Address: 892 Main St., Buf- falo, N. Y.
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