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for the vigor of their pulpit ntteraiicee. The 

 famous Second chui-ch, Portland, Park street 

 church of Boston, and many in New Haven and 

 other Connecticut cities and towns as well as 

 many churches in the Middle and "Western States 

 owe much to the descendants of Mr. Edwards. 



Not one of the Jukes was ever elected to a 

 public office, while more than eighty of the family 

 of Jonathan Edwards have been especially honored. 

 Legislatures in all sections of the country, gov- 

 ernor's councils, state treasuries, and other elective 

 offices have been filled hy these men. They have 

 been mayors of New Haven, Cleveland, and Troy; 

 governors of Connecticut, Ohio, and South Caro- 

 lina; they have been prominent in the Continental 

 congress, in the constitutional conventions of Mas- 

 sachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Illinois, 

 and Wisconsin. They have represented the United 

 States at several foreign courts; several have been 

 members of congress ; three have been United 

 States senators, and one vice-president of the 

 United States. 



The Jukes lacked the physical and moral cour- 

 age, as well as the patriotic purpose, to enlist, but 

 there were seventy-five officers in the army and 

 navy from the family of Mr. Edwards. This family 

 has been prominent as officers, chaplains, or sur- 

 geons, in the army and navy in the three great 

 wars. In the Civil war they were at Shiloh, New 

 Orleans, and with the Red river expedition, at Fort 

 Fisher and Newbern, at Big Bethel, Antietam, and 



