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JACOBS. Carrol Brinton:
Attorney-at-law; born Oct. 11, 1870, in West Chester; was graduated from Hay- erford College (B. A.) 1893; University of Pennsylvania (LL. B.), -1896. Member Philadelphia and Chester County bars; member Corporation of Haverford Col- lege. Republican in politics. Address, 5 West Gay St., West.Chester, Pa.
JACOBS, Charles Michael:
Clergyman; historian; born at Gettys- burg. Dec. 5, 1875; son of Prof. Henry E. Jacobs and Laura H., Dowling Jaeobs. He was prepared for college at Ritten- house Academy, Philadelphia; was grad- uated at University of Pennsylvania, 1895; post-graduate eourse in philosophy and history. 1896-1898: was graduated at Lutheran Theological Seminary.
Mit. Airy, Philadelphia, 1899; pastor St. Pe- ter's Lutheran Church, North Wales. Montgomery County, 1899-1902. Spent 1902 and 1903 in Germany
on historical and theological courses in the University of Leipzig, and also at Berlin, Halle. Griefswold and Erlanger. Assisted in editorial work on "The Doeumentary
History of the Ministrium of Pennsyl- vania," 1898; "Lutheran Cyelopedia," 1899; complete Index to Lutheran Church Review; has contribuated a number of articles to Lutheran Church Review, par- tieularly a review of . Humack's "Das Weren des Christrethmus," and mon- ographs in Proceedings of Lutheran Li- turgieal Association, Pittsburg, Pa. Ad- dress, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa.
JACOBS, Francis Brinton, M. D .:
Born Sept. 22, 1874, in West Chester, Pa .; son of Francis Jacobs and Jane B. Johnson, both of old Chester County fam- ilies; entered Haverford College, 1893; was graduated in 1897 with degree of B. S .; entered University of Pennsyl- vania Medieal Sehool, 1897; was gradu- ated in 1900; resident physician at Penn- sylvania Hospital from to
1901 1903. Member Philadelphia County Medical Society and American Medical Associa- tion. Address. 334 South Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
JACOBS, Henry Eyster:
Educator, theologian; born at Gettys- burg, Pa., Nov. 10, 1844; son of Prof. Mi- chael Jacobs, D. D., of Pennsylvania Col- lege, and Julianna, daughter of Gen. Ja- cob Eyster of Harrisburg; was graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1862, in which he afterward served as tutor (1864- 1867). and Professor of Latin, Greek and History (1870-1883); theological eourse at Gettysburg; Home Missionary at Pitts- burg; principal of Thiel Hall, Philipps- burg (now Monaca), Beaver County; professor in Lutheran Theologieal Sem- inary, Philadelphia, since 1SS3 and dean since 1894. Author of "Lutheran Move- ment in England," "History of the Luth- eran Church in America." "Life of Mar- tin Luther," "Elements of Religion." commentaries on Romans and First Cor- inthians; "German Immigration to. Amer- iea"; translator of the "Book of Con- eord." Schmid's "Doetrinal Theology." Duerterdieck's "Commentary on Reve- lation"; editor of Lutheran series of commentaries, "The Lutheran Cyclope- dia." and The Lutheran Church Review (1SSS-1895); editorial writer for many years for The Lutheran. Philadelphia, and The Workman, Pittsburg. Chair- man of the committee to arrange for general conferences of Lutherans in 1999. 1902 (Philadelphia), and 1904 (Pittsburg) ; President of the Board of Foreign Mis- sions of the General Council. Married.
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Baltimore, Md., July 3, 1872, to Laura Hewes Downing, daughter of George F. Downing, formerly of Downingtown, Chester County. Address, 7301 German- town Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
JACOBS, John N .:
President of the Montgomery Insur- ance Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Address, Norristown, Montgomery Coun- ty, Pa.
JACOBS, Michael W .:
Jurist; born at Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 27, 1850; son of Rev. Michael Jacobs, professor in Pennsylvania College, in which college he was educated, graduat- ing in 1867. He selected the profession of the law, and was admitted to the bar of Adams County in 1871. Removing to Erie, Pa., he practiced law there until 1874, when he sought Harrisburg, and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar Jan. 4, 1875. Was Professor of Equity in Dickinson College Law School, Carlisle, Pa., 1891-1892, and in 1898 was appointed referee in bankruptcy of the United States District Court, being re- appointed in 1900 and again in 1901. Au- thor of "Treatise on the Law of Domicil" (Little, Brown & Co., 1887). On March 9, 1903, Governor Pennypacker appointed him additional Law Judge. which posi- tion he filled till after the election of No- vember, 1903, when he was defeated for the office by a narrow margin. Address, Harrisburg, Pa.
JACOBY, Harry Muhlenberg:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born . in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy,
July 27, 1866; Shenandoah and Wachu- sett, Europe, 1870-1873: Worcester, North Atlantic Station, 1873-1874. Promoted Ensign, July 13, 1871; promoted Master, April 9. 1874; Yantic, Asiatic Station, 1874-1877; Coast Survey, 1878-1SS0; pro- moted Lieutenant, July 11, 1880; Navy Yard, League Island, 1881; Lackawanna, 1881-1882; retired, Nov. 16, 1883. Ad- dress, 5308 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Pa.
JACK, Summers M .:
Ex-Congressman; born in Jefferson County, Pa., in 1852; studied in the pub- lic schools and the State Normal School at Indiana,. Pa., and after graduating taught for several years in the schools of his native county. He then removed to Indiana, where he served as vice prin-
cipal of the High School for four years, afterward taking up the study of law un- der Hon. S. M. Clark as preceptor. He was admitted to the bar of Indiana Coun- ty in 1879. He soon became active in his profession, and took an earnest in- terest in the welfare of the Republican Party. In 1883, and again in 1SS6, he was nominated and elected District At- torney, serving two terms in this legal position. He subsequently organized the firm of Jack & Taylor, and practiced un- til 1898, when he was elected a member of Congress. In 1900 he was re-elected, serving two terms as a national legislator. At the end of his second Congressional term, in 1903, he returned to his legal practice. Address, Indiana, Pa.
JACKSON. Frank Wilson:
Member of the Legislature from Apol- lo, Pa .; born on the old Jackson farm, near Apollo, May 7, 1870; son of Gen. S. M. and Mary E. Jackson; educated in the Apollo public schools, Grove City College, and Washington and Jefferson College; 1893-1899, Secretary of the P. H. Laufman Company, manufacturers of black and galvanized sheet steel, when the company was absorbed by the United States Steel Corporation. In 1892 he en- listed in the National Guard of Pennsyl- vania, and was appointed a non-com- missioned officer on the staff of Briga- dier General J. A. Wiley; served in the Homestead riots and remained in the National Guard until 1898, when Gov- ernor Hastings commissioned him First Lieutenant of Company G, Sixteenth Reg- Iment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War; his regi- ment was attached to the First Army Corps, and assigned to the Porto Rican Expedition, where he served until 1898. In 1902 he was the Republican candi- date for Assembly from Armstrong Coun- ty and was elected by a large majority, serving in the session of 1903; he is the Republican candidate for re-election in 1901; he is a Director in the Apollo Trust Company. Member of the Society of the Porto Rican Expedition; No. 1 Comman- dery, Knights Templar, and Pennsyl- vania Commandery of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion. In 1896 he mar- ried Carrie M. Turney of Greensburg, Pa. Address, Apollo, Pa.
JACKSON, Harold Lincoln:
Captain United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from the Army;
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private and Corporal Company F, Thir- teenth Infantry and Company F Fifteenth Infantry, April 1, 1SS5 to March 5, 1889; Second Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, Feb. 11, 1859; First Lieutenant Twenty- second Infantry, March 17, 1896; Captain First Infantry, May 25, 1899. Address, Fort Porter, New York.
JACKSON, John Price:
Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Pennsylvania State College and con- sulting engineer since 1893; born in Phil- adelphia, Sept. 27, 1868; educated in pub- lic and private schools, and in the Pre- paratory Department Pennsylvania State College; graduated with degree of B. S., 1889; mechanical engineer and electrical engineer, same college. Married, Dec. 28, 1890, Margaret Beddow Jones; Director Industrial Department of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1889-1890; electrical en- gineer with Sprague and Edison electrical companies, 1890-1892; connected with Pennsylvania State College since 1892; President Penn Zinc and Lead Mining and Milling Company, Granby, Mo., 1899-1901; consulting engineer at times to various electric companies; expert for the Ameri- can Construction Company. Member of Am- erican Institute of Electrical Engineers, Franklin Institute, American Society Mechanical Engineers, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, etc. Editor in collaboration of "Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Ma- chinery," 1896; "Elementary Electricity and Magnetism," 1902; contributor to sci- entific, educational and similar periodicals. Address, State College, Pa.
JACKSON, Orton Porter:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- val Cadet, May 18, 1889; Ensign, July 1, 1895; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; Lieutenant, March 16, 1901; Newark, 1893-1895; Boston, 1895; receiving ship Vermont, 1899-1901; Illinois, 1901-1903; Hancock, since November, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, New York.
JACKSON, Oscar L .:
Ex-Congressman; born in Lawrence County, Pa., Sept. 2, 1840; educated in the public schools and at. Darlington Acad- emy. He was teaching school near Lo- gan, Ohio, when the Civil War began, and at once recruited a company for the war, which became Company H of the Sixty-third Ohlo, he being its Captain.
At the end of its three years' service the regiment re-enlisted, and he served with it till the end of the war, being promoted Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel. He took part in many hard- fought battles, was severely wounded at Corinth, and was with Sherman in his celebrated "march through Georgia." After the war he resumed his legal studies, was admitted to the Lawrence County bar in 1866, and opened an office at New Castle, where he has since con- tinued to practice. In his early career he was engaged in many criminal cases, but of late years has been largely engaged in railroad and corporation law, being at- torney for the Pennsylvania and other lines. As a Republican he was elected District Attorney in 1868; in 1874 became County Solicitor, serving till 1880, and in 1877-1878 was one of the commissioners appointed to codify the laws of Pennsyl- vania. In 1884 he was elected to Con- gress from the Twenty-fourth District by a very large majority, and was re- elected in 1886. While in Congress he served on the Public Lands Committee, and was appointed to deliver a memorial address on the life and services of John A. Logan. Address, New Castle, Pa. 1
JACKSON, Samuel:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from North Carolina, June 20, 1838, as Assist- ant Surgeon; razee Independence, flagship Pacific Squadron, during Mexican War, 1846-1849; served continually during the entire period of the Civil War. Commis- sioned as Surgeon, Sept. 2, 1852; April 1, 1879, was placed on the retired list. Ad- dress, 1312 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C.
JACKSON, Samuel McCartney:
Soldier, politician, banker; was born of Scotch-Irish parentage on a farm near Apollo, Pa., Sept. 24, 1833; second son of John and Elizabeth Jackson; educated in the public schools and at Jacksonville Academy; in 1816 he enrolled in the State Militia as drummer boy; became Captain of the Apollo Independent Blues. At the beginning of the Civil War he recruited Company G of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, and was commissioned Captain June 9, 1861; Major, July 2. 1861; Lieuten- ant Colonel, Oct. 28, 1861: Colonel, Decem- ber 13, 1862; Brevet Brigadier General. March 13, 1565. He participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Po-
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tomac up to the crossing of the James River in 1864; he took part in the battles of Gaines Mills, Second Bull Run. South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Get- tysburg. Wilderness, Spottsylvanis Court House, North Anne and Bethesda Church; in the battles of Gettysburg and Spottsyl- vania Court House he particularly distin- guished himself. At Gettysburg, on the evening of July 2, 1863, he led the tri- umphant charge down the western slope of Little Round Top, across the "Valley of Death." completely routing the enemy and regaining the positions lost by the Third Corps and the First Division of the Fifth Corps; for this he was highly complimented by Gen. S. W. Crawford in the following language, "Colonel Jack- son, you have saved the day; your regi- ment is worth its weight in gold, sir.' He was brevetted a Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious con- duct at Spottsylvania Court House; he was mustered out June 13, 1864. Engaged in the oil business in Venango County for a time, but in 1869 returned to Armstrong County, his home, and was elected to the House of Representatives of the State Legislature, being re-elected the folicw- ing year; in 1874 he was elected to the State Senate, serving in 1875 and 1876; in 1871 he was active in the organization of the Apollo Savings Bank, and was cashier until 1882; he was appointed Col- lector of Internal Revenue for a term of four years; in 1885 he was elected Presi- dent of the Apollo Savings Bank; in 1886 he assisted in the organization of the P. H. Laufman Company, Apollo, Pa, man- ufacturers of black and galvanized sheet steel, and was Treasurer until 1899, when it was absorbed by the United States Steel Corporation; he is President of the Salt- burg Rolling Mill Company. In 1893 he was elected State Treasurer; at the close of his term of office he returned to Apollo. and resumed his duties in directing the affairs of
the Apollo Trust Com- pany, of which he' is President. In 1596 he was a member of the United States Commission of Survey, which opened up the Monongahela River to free navigation: he is President of the Board of Trustees of the State Institution for Feeble Minded for Western Pennsylvania, at Polk, Pa. Member of Whitworth Post No. 89. Grand Army Republic: Encamp- ment No. 1. Union Veteran Legion, and Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loval Legion. He married in 1960 Martha Byerly, who died in 1864;
he married again in 1868 Mary E. Wilson of Clarion, Pa. Member of the session of the First Presbyterian Church of Apol- lo. Address Apollo, Pa.
JADWIN, Edgar:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, July 1, 1SS6; Additional Second Lieutenant Engineers, June 12, 1890; Second Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1891; First Lieutenant, May 10, 1895; Major Third United States Volunteer Engineers, June 20, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 15, 1898; honorably mustered out of Vol- unteers, May 17, 1899; Captain Engineers. Jan. 29, 1900. Address. Trust Company Building, Galveston, Tex.
JAMES, Edward, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- ty; born in Bellevue Heights, Lackawan- na County, Pa .. Jan. 8. 1868. His early youth was spent working in and around the mines; educated in the public schools and Wood's Commercial College; after graduating from the latter institution was employed as a bookkeeper, and later en- tered the general mercantile business as a member of the firm of Williams & Co., in which he is still engaged. He was elected a member of City Council in 1897, and is a staunch Republican; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900, and re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Scranton, Pa.
JAMES. R. E .:
President of the Easton Trust Com- pany of Easton. Address Easton, North- ampton County, Pa.
JAMIESON. Quintain:
Lumberman; born at Rimerton, Fa., in 1856; he is a grandson of Quin- tain Jamieson of Edinburgh. Scotland, who came to America in early part of the past century: son of Gilbert and Tamar Wal- ton Jamieson. In 1850 he removed with his parents to the old Jamieson home- stend at Jamieson Station. Forest Coun- ty. Pa. He was reared on his father's farm and educated in the Tionesta bor- ough schools; was Treasurer of Forest County one term and Deputy Treasurer the succeeding term: was twice Chair- man of the Republican County Commit- tee: School Director nine years in Tienes- ta Township and six years In Tionesta borough. Since 1850 has been interested
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in the manufacture of lumber. On Jan- uary 1, 18SO, was married to Miss Mary S. Thomson of Stewart's Run, Pa. Ad- dress, Tionesta, Pa.
JAMISON, A .:
President of the Citizens' National
Bank of Latrobe. Address, Latrobe,
Westmoreland County, Pa.
JANEWAY, Jacob Jones:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Fourteenth New Jersey Infantry, Aug. 26, 1862; Major Dec. 13. 1$64; Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 28, 1864; honorably mustered out, June 18, 1865; brevetted Colonel United States Volun- teers, April 2, 1865, for gallant and meri- torious services before Petersburg, Va. Elected May 7, 1890. Address, care of Re- corder of Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
JANEWAY, John Howell:
Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 26, 1861; Major Surgeon, June 26, 1876; Lieutenant Colo- nel Department Surgeon General, May 31, 1893; brevetted Captain, Feb. 29. 1863, for gallant and meritorious services during the Civil War, and Major and Lieutenant Colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war; re- tired Aug. 12, 1893. Address, 83 Mercer St., Princeton, N. J.
JANEWAY, John Livingston:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military * Order of the Loyal Legion: Chaplain Third New Jersey In- fantry, April 27. 1861; honorably mustered out, July 31, 1861; Chaplain Thirtieth New Jersey Infantry. Sept. 19. 1862: honorably mustered out, June 27, 1863. Elected Oct. 17, 18SS. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
JARVIS, Frank Henry, M. E., Ph. B .:
Educator; born in Orwell, Bradford County, Dec. 22, 1862; educated in com- mon schools and Le Raysville Academy; he prepared for sophomore year in La- fayette College at Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda, Pa., graduating in 1886; principal Wyalusing Borough High School, 1586-1891: was graduated from Mansfield State Normal School. 1\92; re- ceived degree of Ph. B. from University
of Chicago; appointed census enumerator. 1890; principal Meshoppen Borough High School. 1891-1896. Since May, 1896, Su- perintendent of Schools of Wyoming County. Republican in politics. Married Frances Genevieve Park of Meshoppen, Pa., Sept. 9, 1895. Address, Tunkhan- nock, Pa.
JASTROW, Morris, Jr .:
Professor Semitic languages and libra- rian of the University of Pennsylvania; born in Europe Aug. 13, 1861, son of Mar- cus and Bertha Jastrow; graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, 1881; received the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Leipzig, 18S4; also studied in other uni- versities of Germany and France. Mar- ried, Feb. 28, 1893, Helen Bachman, Phila- delphia. Is an authority on Semitic rel- igion. languages and literature. Author of "Religion of the Babylonians and Assyri- ans," 1898; "Two Grammatical Treatises of Abu Zakariyya Hayyug," 1997; "A Fragment of the Babylonian Dibbarra Epic, 1891; "The Study of Religion." 1902; "Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyri- ens." 1902-1905, and numerous papers in technical periodicals. Address, 248 S. Twenty-third St., Philadelphia.
JAYNE. Horace:
Author. teacher; director of the Wistar Instituto. University of Pennsylvania: born at Philadelphia, March 5, 1859: grad- uated from the University of Pennsyl- vania. 1879, and from the medical depart- ment. 1882; studied biology at Leipzig and Jena, 1883-1884; became lecturer in biol- ogy. University of Pennsylvania; later Professor of Vertebrate Morphology at the same university for some years; was dean of faculty. Author of "Mammalian An- atomy," "Revision of the Dermestidm of North America," "Abnormities Observed in North American Coleoptera," etc. Ad- dress, 318 S. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
JEFFERIS, Daniel Worsall:
Physician; born in Londongrove, Ches- ter County, Pa .. Dec. 25. 1811; educated at Alsop's Academy, Wilmington. Del., Gau- si's Academy. Chester County, Pa., and Oberlin College, Ohio: was graduated in medicine in 1865, from University of Pennsylvania. In 1862 and 1863 served as private in the emergency troops called to the field, and in 1865 appointed Sur- geon of 213th Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry regiment. From 1869 to 1872 served as School Director in Belmont
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County, Ohio, and from 1885 to 1899 as School Director in City of Chester. From 1886 to 1899 was President of the Board of Education. He was Mayor of Chester from 1899 to 190%, and is a Surgeon of the United States Pension Examining Board at Chester. He is Treasurer of the Delaware County Medical Society, of which he was formerly President; a men- ber of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical So- ciety; Surgeon of Wilde Post, No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic; member of Young Men's Republican Club; charter member of Penn Club, and a member of other political and social organizations in Delaware County. He has contrib- uted many articles to various medical journals, principally on school hygiene, a subject to which he has given consid- erable attention and study for years. Ad- dress, Chester, Pa.
JEFFERIS, Enos Phillips:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Seventeenth Pennsylva- nia Cavalry Sept. 15, 1862; Company Commissary Sergeant Sept. 25, 1862; dis- charged for promotion Jan. 13, 1865; Sec- ond Lieutenant Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry Jan. 14, 1865; honorably mus- tered out June 21, 1865; elected Oct. 14, 1891. Address, 1529 Arch St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
JEFFERS, Eliakim Tupper:
Clergyman; born in Nova Scotia, April 6, 1841; moved to Massachusetts 1850; was, graduated at Jefferson College, Cannons- burg, Pa., 1862, and Theological Semi- nary, Princeton, 1865; pastor of United Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Pa., 1865- 1872; President Westminster College, Pa., 1872-1883; Professor of Theology, Lincoln University, 1883-1890; First Pres- byterian Church. Oil City, 1890-1893; President of York Collegiate Institute 1893; Delegate from United Presbyterian Church to Presbyterian Synod at Hali- fax. N. S., 1874; Moderator of United Presbyterian Assembly 1880; member of Victoria Institute of London since 1SS5. Received D. D. from W. and J. College, 1872, and LL. D. in 1902. Address, York Collegiate Institute, York, Pa.
JELLETT, Edwin C .:
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 22, 1860; is of "Scotch-Irish" extraction, a descendant in the eighth generation of
William Jellett, born 1632 at Dromore, County Down, Ireland, the son of a French Huguenot; and in thirteenth gen- eration of Sir Ralph Sadleir, of Scot- land; removed to Lumberton, Burlington County, N. J., and from there to Limer- ick, Montgomery County, Pa .; since 1873 at Germantown, Pa .; educated at private and public schools. Is a Republican in theory, but an Independent in practice. For several years has followed steam en- gineering. Member of the Site and Relic Society, of Germantown, of the Execu- tive Committee of the Mermaid Club, of Board of Managers of Workingmen's Club; Vice President of City History Club; Vice President of Germantown Horticultural Society; member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia, Geographical Society of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania Foresters' Associa- tion, etc. Is a correspondent of sci- entific and literary papers and magazines. Author of "The Mermaid of the Past," 1892; "Ferns of Germantown," 1896; "'The Mermaid Club, its Past and Future," 1897; "Personal Recollections of William Kite," 1901; "Winter Flora of German- town," 1901; "German-Towne: Its Foun- ders and Their Progenitors and What We Owe Them," 1903; "A Flora of Ger- mantown, with Notes of Nature and Na- ture Lovers." 1903. Address, 118 Her- mann St., Germantown, Pa.
JENKINS, Charles Francis:
Publisher; born Norristown, Pa., Dec. 17, 1865; educated in the public schools; married. Feb. 12, 1890, Maria G. Cope. Has been in the publishing business since 1SS3; one of the editors and proprietors of the Farm Journal. Secretary of Site and Relic Society of Germantown. Au- thor of "Quaker Poems," a collection of verse relating to the Society of Friends, 1893; "Guide Book to Historic German- town," 1902. Address, Cranford, German- town, Pa.
JENKINS, J. P. Hale:
Lawyer; born in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County; educated in the pub- lic schools, and a graduate of Critten- den's Commercial College in Philadel- phia; entered the law office of Hon. George N. Corson as a student, 1872, and admitted to the Montgomery County bar 1874; has since been practicing low at Norristown. Has been Solicitor for the Borough of Norristown and for the Coun- ty of Montgomery, at present holding the
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