Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Jackling, Daniel Cowan, mining; unmarried; born Appleton City, Bates County, Missouri, August 14, 1869; son Daniel and Lydia Jane (Dunn) Jackling; edu. State Normal Sch., Warrensburg, Mo.; B.S. and Metall. Engr., Mo. Sch. Mines, Rolla, 1892; asst. prof. chemistry and metallurgy, Mo. Sch. Mines, 1891-3; chemist and metallurgist, Cripple Creek District, Colo., 1894-96; in charge construction and operation metallurgical works of Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines, Mercur, Utah, 1896-1900; organized 1903, and since vice president and managing director, Utah Copper Co. (Utah); also vice president and managing director of Ray Cons. Copper Co. (Arizona), Chino Copper Co. (New Mexico), and Alaska Gold Mines Co. (Alaska); director, Butte & Superior Copper Co. (Montana); vice president and general manager, Ray & Gila Valley R.R. (Arizona), and Bingham & Garfield Ry. (Utah); vice president, Nevada Northern Ry., and Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. (Nevada); president, Utah Power & Light Co. (Utah), and Hotel Utah Operating Co. (Salt Lake); vice president, McCormick & Co., bankers, Utah State National Bank (Salt Lake), and Garfield (Utah) Banking Co.; director, Salt Lake Security & Trust Co., Utah Hotel Co., and Utah Fire Clay Co. (Salt Lake); Colonel on staff Gov. J. H. Peabody, Colorado, 1903-04, and on staff of Gov. William Spry, Utah, 1909-14; Utah commissioner to Seattle Exposition, 1909; member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., and Metallurgical Society of America. Clubs: Alta (president, 1909), University and Country (Salt Lake); Rocky Mountain, and N.Y. Yacht (New York); California (Los Angeles); El Paso (Colorado Springs); Pacific Union, Bohemian, and Family (San Francisco); Sequoyah Country (Oakland); Rainier (Seattle). Address: 18th Floor Hobart Building, San Francisco, Calif.

Janeway, Theodore Caldwell, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., was born New York, Nov. 2, 1872. Ph.B., Yale, 1892; M.D., Columbia, 1895; A.M. (Hon.), Yale, 1912; professor of medicine the Johns Hopkins University and physician-in-chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1914; Med. Board of Scientific Directors, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Sec 'y and treas., Russell Sage Inst. Path.; mem. ed. board, 'Archives of Internal Med.' Am. Physicians; Soc. Exp. Biol.; Assn. Adv. Clin. Invest. Blood pressure; diseases of metabolism.—Cardiovascular changes in nephritis.

Jansen, Peter, business president of Beatrice, Neb., was born March 21, 1852, in Berdjansk, South Russia. He has lived in Nebraska for over forty years. In 1896 he was delegate-at-large to the republican convention. He was United States commissioner to the Paris exposition; and vice-president of the Nebraska commission to the St. Louis exposition. He has been a member of the Nebraska state senate. He is vice-president of the Frazer River Lumber Company and vice-president of the Saskatchewan Valley Land Company.

Jarvis, Chester Deacon, of Storrs, Conn., Agricultural Extension, was born London, Ont., March 29, 1876. B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Col., 1899; Ph.D., Cornell, 1909. Asst. host., Ont. Agr. Col., 1899- 1904; horticulturist, Storrs Agr. Exp. Sta., 1906-1913; 1913- director Connecticut Agricultural Extension Service. Joint Author "Trees in Winter."

Jeffers, Le Roy, librarian and book expert of 476 Fifth Ave., New York City, was born in August, 1876, in Ipswich, Mass. He was manager Of the Booklovers' libraries in central west; and later devised and instituted in the leading eastern cities economic systems of book supply and distribution. He has visited European libraries; and is a student of religious and social problems. Since 1905 he has been chief of the book purchase division of the New York public library for its branch system. He has been an extensive contributor on library economy.

Jefferson, Rufus C., lumberman, St. Paul, Minn., a native of Gainesville, N.Y., where he was born, April 24, 1843, is a son of Cyrus Jefferson, a successful business man. His Welsh and English forefathers settled in Rutland, Vt. The young man attended school in Buffalo and Geneseo, N.Y., and hurried to the field of battle in 1862, in Co. A, 1st N.Y. Dragoons, serving until the end of. the Civil War. The old soldiers scattered all over the country after the War and Mr. Jefferson settled in Woodstock; Ill., engaging in the lumber business and remaining there seventeen years, meanwhile serving as mayor of Woodstock from 1872 to 1874. Mr. Jefferson inherited from his father some means, but what was of more importance, as his business career denoted, his indomitable energy, ability and sterling character. It was in Woodstock that Mr. Jefferson married, in January, 1868, Miss Genevieve C. Church, and this happy union has brought them seven children, Cyrus C., Rufus VAT., Lawrence C., Dora A., Genevieve C., Archibald A. and Helen Jefferson. The oldest and the youngest have since died. In 1883, Mr. Jefferson removed to St. Paul and in the firm of Jefferson & Kasson, proprietors of a large area of pine lands and lumber merchants, he has grown to prosperity. Dealings in city and agricultural real estate have to some extent engaged his attention, and he has not only succeeded in business but gained the respect of the community. Philanthropic and a Presbyterian, he has aided liberally the benevolent institutions of St. Paul and served as director of The Young Men's Christian Association and one of the three Commissioners of the Million Dollar Fund of the Northwest for maintenance of disabled and retired ministers. Prosperity has not changed him, and he is yet, as ever, a genial, unassuming and attractive man.

Jeffery, Frank Moore, investment banker, of 80 Broadway, New York City, was born, Corning, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1855; son Edwin Avery and Mary Fletcher (Lee) Jeffery; educated in pub. schs. of New Haven, Conn., and Jersey City, N.J.; married Jersey City, N.J., April 30, 1883, to Frances P. Campbell; one son, Frank Campbell Jeffery, LL.M., mem. N.Y. bar. Established printing business 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. Dir. E. Orange (N.J.) Nat. Bank and Essex Co. (N.J.) Savings Bank for many years; an organizer and several years dir. City Trust Co. of Newark, N.J. Citizens' Light and Fuel Co., of Albert Lea, Minn., Citizens' Light and Fuel Co. of South Amboy, N.J. Empire Steel and Iron Co., Mount Hope Mineral R.R. Co., of Crane Iron Works of Catasauqua, Pa., Crane R.R. Co. of Pa., and. Victoria Coal & Coke Co. Inventor of automatic spring-making machinery and several elec. devices. Clubs: Mosaic, Republican. (E. Orange, N.J.).

Jelks, William Dorsey, ex-governor, insurance president; born Russell County, Ala., Nov. 7, 1855; son of J. W. D. and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jenks; graduated Mercer Univ., A.M., 1876; married Eufaula,  Ala., June 7, 1883, Alice Keit Shorter. Was editor of newspaper at Eufaula, Ala., for 20 years prior to election to State Senate; since 1907, president of the Protective Life Insurance Co. of Birmingham. Member of Alabama Senate and its president 1900; succeeded as governor of Alabama on death of Gov. William J. Samford, June 11, 1901, and elected governor for succeeding term, 1903-1907. Democrat. Residence: Eufaula, Ala. Office: Birmingham.

Jenks, John Story, Jr., banker; born in Philadelphia, in 1876; son of William H. and Hannah M. (Hacker) Jenks. He received his education in Haverford College. Is a director of the Girard Trust Company, Fidelity Trust Company, and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. He is a member of the Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia and of the Union and Metropolitan Clubs of New York. Mr. Jenks married Isabella F. G. Morton, and they have three children: Thomas Story Jenks, born in 1904; Morton Jenks, born in 1907; Ann West Jenks, born in 1912. Residence: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Address: Land Title Building, Philadelphia.

Jenks, William J., superintendent Pocahontas Division Norfolk & Western Ry. Office Bluefield, W.Va. Born March 21, 1870, near Raleigh, N.C. Educated in the private and public schools. Entered railway service Nov., 1887, as telegraph operator Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Rd., since which he has been consecutively with Southern Ry.; Sept., 1887, to Jan., 1889, agent and telegraph operator Norfolk & Western Rd.; Jan., 1889, to Sept. 15, 1901, successively train dispatcher, chief dispatcher and car distributor same road in Pocahontas coal field; Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 1901, chief dispatcher Seaboard Air Line at Savannah; Dec. 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1903, trainmaster same road to Americus, Ga.; Jan. 1, 1903, to Jan. 27, 1904, trainmaster at Jacksonville, Fla.; Jan. 27, 1904, to March, 1908, superintendent, same road; March, 190:3 to May, 1912, chairman car allotment commission Norfolk & Western Ry.; May, 1912, to Dec. 1, 1913, superintendent Pocahontas division same road. Appointed gen'l supt. on Dec. 1, 1912.

Jenney, Charles Albert (F.S.S.), insurance journalist, New York; b. at New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 18, 1841; educated at the New Bedford High School. He served as commissary of the U.S. Army Hospital at Montpelier Vt., 1862-1864, after which he was engaged for ten years in the dry goods business in Wisconsin. In 1875 he became secretary of the statistical bureau of the National Bureau of Fire Underwriters, was special agent of the tenth U.S. Census, in charge of the fire insurance division and of the eleventh census in charge of all insurance statistics. He has been connected with the Weekly Underwriters since 1883, is now chairman of the Executive Committee of the Underwriter Printing and Publishing Co., and has edited Fire Insurance by States for several years. He is president of the Tuscarora Club, president of the "Once a Year" Club of insurance journalists, is a Fellow of the American Statistical Assn., and of the Royal Statistical Soc., and a member of a number of other literary and social associations. Address: 58 William St., New York.

Jennings, Edward Payson, of 607 Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. Geology, was born, Becket, Mass., Aug. 24, 1853. C.E., Union, 1873. Asst. chem., Cornell, 1873-79; mine manager, 1879- 83; blast furnace Manager, 1883-86; mine manager, 1886-1902; consulting engineer and geologist, 1902. F.A.A.; Min. Eng.; Can. MM. Inst.; Electro-Chemical Society; Seismological Society of America. Economic geology. Genesis of ore deposits; contact metamorphism.

Jennings, Frederic Beach, lawyer of New York City; born Bennington, Vt., Aug. 6, 1853; son of Isaac Jennings, D.D., and Sophia (Day) Jennings; graduated from Williams College, A.B., 1872, A.M., 1875 (member Phi Beta Kappa Society), Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1874, N.Y. Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1875; married, Bennington, Vt., July 27, 1880, Laura Hall Park; children: Percy Hall, Frederic B., Elizabeth, Edward Phelps. Counsel for Erie Railroad Co:, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., International Paper Co., Associated Press, Guaranty Trust Co., American Trading Co. (director); vice-president and director First National Bank of North Bennington; trustee New York Trust Co.; member law firm Stetson, Jennings & Russell; director Chicago & Erie ' Railroad Co., N.Y., Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co., Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., International Paper Co., Continental Paper Bag Co., Miramichi Lumber Co., also counsel and director in many other corporations. Republican; Presbyterian. Former vice-president Association of the Bar of the City of New York; trustee Williams College, Barnard College; member Council of Charity Organization Society; trustee Provident Loan Society. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Century, Metropolitan, Union League, Racquet and Tennis, Harvard, Down Town, Railroad, City Midday, St. Andrew's Golf, Garden City Golf.

Jennings, Robert E., manufacturer, born Rochester, N.Y., 1848; son of Edward and Rosanna (Riley) Jennings; educated in the public schools of Rochester; married, Newark, N.J., Jan. 10, 1900, Mrs. Elizabeth Holt O'Gorman, daughter of P. M. Kelly of New Orleans. Began business career in hardware trade, in which continued for several years, then engaged in steel business in which has since continued. Founded 1880, Spaulding and Jennings Co., steel manufacturers, sold 1900 to the Crucible Steel Co., of which was vice-president, 1900-05, then retired from the company. Appointed 1905, receiver of the Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa., and later in same year reorganized the company of which has since been president. Also president of Titon Co., of Newark, N.J., president Parish Manufacturing Co., of Reading, Pa.; vice-president First National Bank of Jersey City, Eastern Steel. Co., Empire Trust Co., N.Y. City, Trust Co. of New Jersey. Clubs: Engineers, Lawyers (N.Y. City); Essex (Newark, N.J.); Essex Country (Orange, N.J.); Carteret (Jersey City). Residences: (Country) Racquet Lake, N.Y.; (town), 11 Kensington Ave., Jersey City, N.J. Office: 100 Broadway, N.Y. City. 

Jennings, T. Albert, member of Democratic National Committee, of Pensacola, Fla. was born Jan. 8, 1865, in Jennings, Hamilton County, Fla. He was educated in the Emory College of Oxford, Ga. He is a banker and president of the Jennings Naval Stores Company, Naval Stores Factors and Wholesale Grocers of Pensacola, with a branch office in New Orleans, La. He represented the Democratic party in the National conventions held in St. Louis in 1888 and in Chicago in 1892. In 1904 he was presidential elector on the Parker and Davis ticket. He was elected a member of the Florida House of Representatives; and in 1911 was speaker of the House. He is now serving his first term of 1908-12 as a member of the Democratic National Committee from Florida and resides in Pensacola, Fla.

Jess, Stoddard, banker and statesman of Los Angeles, Cal., was born Dec. 3, 1856, in Fox Lake, Wis. Since 1904 he has been vice-president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles; is vice-president of the Huntington Beach Co.; and president of the L. D. Powell Publishing Co. He is president of the board of harbor commissioners of Los Angeles.

Jewett, Sherman Skinner, lawyer, of 1000 D S. Morgan Bldg., Buffalo, N.Y., was born, Buffalo, N.Y., March 15, 1870; son of Josiah and Grace (hall) Jewett; grad. Yale, B.A., 1891; Columbia, A.M., 1893; LL.B., 1894; married, Binghamton, N.Y., Oct. 14, 1896, Helen E. Hallock; children: Kelsey Hall, born Nov. 29, 1899; Sherman S., Jr., born July 7, 1904. Admitted to bar, 1893; U.S. Com'r Western Dist. of N.Y., since July 1, 1897. Capt. Inf. Retired, N.G.N.Y. Dir. and sec. Jewett & Co., stove mf 'rs, Buffalo, N.Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. S. A. R., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Park Club of Buffalo.
     

Source:  Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915