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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (JEROME KENDRICK.) 



(1835) and "Description of New and Rare Shells" 

 (1836), in which he enumerated 11,000 well-marked 

 varieties and 7,000 well-established species. 



Jerome, Leonard W., capitalist, born m Pompey Hill, 

 Onondaga County, N. V., in 1818 ; died in Brighton, 

 England, March 3, 1891. He was educated at Prince- 

 ton and at Union College, studied law in Albany, 

 ISl. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1840. Prefer- 

 ring journalism to law, with his brother, Lawrence K. 

 Jerome, he established the Rochester " American," 

 which was made a success as a strong Whig organ. 

 After the inauguration of President Fillmore, Leonard 

 Jerome was appointed United States consul at Trieste 

 and Lawrence Jerome collector of the port of Roches- 

 ter. On the election of Franklin Pierce to the presi- 

 dency, the Jerome brothers retired from political life, 

 sold their newspaper, and removed to New York 

 city, where two other brothers had already estab- 

 lished themselves. Leonard Jerome began operating 

 in Wall Street, and about a year afterward formed a 

 partnership with his brother Addison G. Jerome and 

 the late William R. Travers. The firm soon became 

 noted for its boldness in dealing in stocks and bonds 

 of large railroad corporations, and made and lost a 

 great deal of money. In one operation Mr. Jerome 

 lost $600,000, and in another $800,000. During the 

 civil war he gave liberally of his money to aid the 

 national cause. He paid the whole expense of the 

 first great Union meeting in the Academy of Music, 

 was treasurer of the Union Defense Committee, and 

 personally kept a large sum in its treasury ; founded 

 the Riot Relief fund for the benefit of the families of 

 those killed and wounded in the draft riots .of 1863; 

 subscribed $35,000 toward building a fast cruiser to 

 pursue the " Alabama " ; and took pleasure in head- 

 ing popular subscription lists for patriotic and chari- 

 table purposes. Mr. Jerome was an enthusiast in 

 turf and yachting affairs. He established the long 

 popular racing track of Jerome Park at Fordham, 

 N. Y., paid $40,000 for the horse "Kentucky," and 

 aided in organizing and was president of the New 

 York and the Coney Island Jockey Clubs. In yacht- 

 ing he was the original owner of the " Undine," and 

 Eart owner of the "Restless" and " Dauntless," and 

 uilt the unsuccessful steam yacht " Clara Clarita." 



Johnson, Ebenezei Alfred, educator, born in New 

 Haven, Conn., Aug 18, 1813 ; died in Yonkers, N. Y., 

 July 18, 1891 He was graduated at Yale College in 

 1833 ; remained there toi several years as a tutor, 

 meanwhile studying law ; was admitted to the bar, 

 but decided not to practice ; and in 1838 was ap- 

 pointed assistant Professor of Greek and Latin in the 

 University of the City of New York. Two years 

 afterward lie was appointed Professor of Latin, and 

 held the chair till his death. In early life Prof. 

 Johnson published educational works, including edi- 

 tions of the orations of Cicero and Cornelius Nepos, 

 but in later years he wrote little. 



Jones,- George, publisher, born in Poultney, Vt., 

 Aug 16, 1811 ; died in South Poland, Me., Aug. 12, 

 1891. He became errand boy and afterward clerk in 

 the store of Amos Bliss, a country merchant, who 

 also published " The Vermont Spectator." At that 

 time Horace Greeley was a compositor on the paper, 

 and a' friendship was formed between the lads that 

 ultimately led Mr. Jones to enter journalism. He re- 

 moved to New York city in 1833, and was urged by 

 Mr. Greeley to become a partner in his projected 

 " Tribune," but declined the invitation, though he 

 afterward accepted a subordinate place in the business 

 office. When Mr. Jones retired from the " Tribune " 

 office he went to Albany, N. Y., and engaged first in 

 the news agency business and afterward in banking. 

 In 1851 he sold "out his banking business, returned to 

 New York, and, in association with Henry J. Ray- 

 mond and Edward D. Wesley, founded the New York 

 " Times." Mr. Wesley retired from the partnership 

 in 1860, and after the death of Mr. Raymond, in 1869, 

 Mr. Jones became head of the firm and remained so 

 till his death. The most memorable event in Mr. 

 Jones's long and busy career was his warfare on the 



Tweed ring, which resulted in the downfall of the 

 ring and the conviction of its leaders. 



Joy, Charles Arad, chemist, born in Ludlowville, 

 Tompkins County, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1823; died in Stock- 

 bridge, Mass., May 29, 1891. He was graduated at 

 Union College in 1844 and at the Cambridge Law 

 School in 1847, and in the latter year was appointed 

 on the United States Geological Survey of the Lake 

 Superior region. Subsequently he studied chemistry 

 in Berlin, Gottingen, and Paris. On his return he 

 was appointed Professor of Chemistry in Union Col- 

 lege, where he remained till 1857, when he was chosen 

 to the similar chair in Columbia College, which he 

 resigned in 1877. He was a member of the juries of 

 the world's fairs at London, Paris, Vienna, and Phila- 

 delphia ; was President of the Lyceum of Natural 

 History (now the New York Academy of Sciences) in 

 1866 ; President of the American Photographic Soci- 

 ety, chairman of the Polytechnic Association of the 

 American Institute, foreign secretary of the American 

 Geographical Society, and a member of many scien- 

 tific bodies. He had edited " The Scientific Ameri- 

 can " and " The Journal of Applied Chemistry." and 

 written the chemical articles in the " American Cyclo- 

 paedia." Prof. Joy's special work was his investiga- 

 tion of the combination of alcohol radicles with sele- 

 nium and of the compounds of glucinum. 



Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, military officer, bom in 

 New Hampton, N. II., in 1&07; died' in Oakland, Md., 

 July 16, 1891. In 1826 he settled in Wheeling, W. 

 Va., where he was engaged in mercantile business till 

 1851. when he became freight agent of the Baltimore 

 and Ohio Railroad. During his residence in Wheel- 

 ing he took an active part in public affairs, and when 

 State after State was adopting the ordinance of se- 

 cession, lie exerted a large interest in keeping the 

 western part of Virginia loyal. On the first call for 

 national volunteers he raised the 1st Virginia Regi- 

 ment, and was commissioned its colonel on May 25, 

 1861. Two days afterward he marched toward Graf- 

 ton, held by a Confederate force, which retreated to 

 Philippi on his approach, and on June 3 attacked the 

 enemy at the latter place, fighting one of the first bat- 

 tles in the civil war. In this engagement he was se- 

 verely wounded, and was compelled to retire from his 

 command for two months. During his convalescence 

 he was promoted brigadier-general, and on returning 

 to the field he was assigned oy Gen. McClellan to the 

 command of the railroad division. On Oct. 22, 1861, 

 he fought a brilliant battle at Romney, for which he 

 was complimented by President Lincoln and Gen. 

 Scott. lie was then assigned to the command of the 

 Department of Harper's Ferry and Cumberland, but 

 in January, 1862, he had to seek relief from active 

 service on account of his wound. In the summer fol- 

 lowing he returned to his command. In July, 1863, 

 he was given command of the Department of West 

 Virginia. He pursued Gen. Lee after his passage of the 

 Potomac, and in November destroyed the Confeder- 

 ate camp under Gen. Imboden, near Moorfield, Va. 

 During the summer of 1864 he defeated the Confeder- 

 ates at Cumberland, New Creek, and Moorfield, for 

 which he was brevetted major-general in 1865. After 

 the close of the war he was appointed collector of in- 

 ternal revenue for the 1st West Virginia District; in 

 1876 he was made superintendent of the Hot Springs 

 Reservation in Arkansas ; and in 1883 he became an 

 examiner of pensions. It has been claimed for him 

 that in all his engagements with the Confederates he 

 was never defeated. 



Kendrick, Henry Lane, military officer, born in Leba- 

 non, N. II., Jan. 20, 1811 ; died in New York city, 

 May 24, 1891. He was graduated at the United States 

 Military Academy and appointed brevet 2d lieutenant 

 in the 2d United States Infantry, July 1, 1835: was 

 promoted 2d lieutenant, April 1, 1836, and transferred 

 to the 2d Artillery in June rollowing; promoted 1st 

 lieutenant, June 20, 1837 ; captain, June 18, 1846 ; ap- 

 pointed Professor of Chemistry in the United States 

 Military Academy, March 3. 1857 ; appointed briga- 

 dier-general of volunteers, Sept. 23. 1861, but declined 



