JEWETT
JOHNS
became acquainted with Augustin Daly, and she
first appeared at the old Fifth Avenue tiieatre,
Sept. 3, 1872, as Mabel WyckofT in " Diatuoiids."
She continueil in Daly's company till 1S79, when
she became leading lady of the Union Square
company, touring the principal cities of the
United States. She also appeared at the old
Fifth Avenue theatre as Anne Page in " ]\Ierry
Wives of "Windsor, "Mrs. Lynx in " Married Life"
and Maria in " School for Scandal." In the new
Fifth Avenue theatre she made successes of her
several roles, and at the Union Square, her Lillian
"NVestbrook in " The Banker's Daughter," the
young wife in " Miss Multon," Lea Henderson in
"Daniel Rochat," and Adrienne in "A Cele-
brated Case " made lier quite famous. In the
spring of 1885, she retired from the stage. She
died in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 27, 1899.
JEWETT, Sarah Orne, author, was born in South Berwick, Maine, Sept. 3, 1849; daughter of Dr. Theodore Herman Jewett. She was educated at Berwick academy, Maine, and travelled ex- tensively in Europe, Canada and the United States. She is the author of: Deephai'en (1877); Play-Days (1878); Old Friends and New (1879); Country By-Wmjs (1881); The Mate of the Day- light and Friends Ashore (1883); A Country Doc- tor (1884); A Harsh Island (1885); .4 White Heron and Other Stories (1886); The Story of the Xorniayis Told Chiefly in Relation to the Conquest of England (1887); TJie King of Folly Island and; other People (1888); Betty Leicester (1889) Strangers and Wayfarers (1890); A Native of Winby (1893); The Life of Nancy (1S95); The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896); The QneeiCs Twin and Other Stories (1899). The Tory Lover appeared serially in the Atlantic Monthly and then in book form (1901).
JOCELYN, George Bemies, educator, was born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3, 1824; son of Jared Curtis and Mary (Bemies) Jocelyn. He removed with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1826, and from there to New Albanj', Ind., in 1830. He acquired his preparatory education at the Meth- odist Episcopal seminary, New Albany, and was graduated from Indiana AsV)ury (De Pauw) uni- versity, A. B., 1842, A.M., 1848. He commenced the study of law, but began to preach and was received in the Indiana conference in 1843. He was married, June 12, 1845, to Catharine M. Lyons. He established in 1845, and was president of Whitewater college, a .select school at Vin- cennes, Ind.; and was principal of the preparatory department of Indiana Asbury university, Green- castle, 1845-49. He was president of the Female college, New Albany, Ind., in 1849, and principal of Scribner high school, in 1850. He edited the Odd Fellows Magazine, 1851-55; was professor of natural sciences and mathematics at Whitewater
college, 18.53-55, and president of that institution,
1855-50; agent for the Northwestern university
in 1857; pastor of tiie Fiflii Street ^l. E. church,
Des ]\[oines, Iowa, 1858-59; pastor of Old Zion
church, Burlington, Iowa, 1859-61; president of
the Iowa Wesleyan university, 1861; pastor of
Asbury chapel, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1862-64;
president of Albion college, Albion, Mich., 1864-
69 and 1871-77; and pastor of the Division Street
M. E. church, Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1870. He
received the degree of D.D. from Indiana Asbury
in 1875. He died at Albion, Mich., Jan. 27, 1877.
JOHNES, Edward Rodolph, lawyer and author,
was born at Whitesboro, N.Y., Sept. 8, 1852; .son
of William Pierson and Anna Louisa (Gold)
Johnes; grandson of Charles Alexander Johnes,
and a descendant of Edward Johnes of Charles-
town, Mass., 1629, and Southampton, L. I., 1644.
He prepared for college in Geneva, N.Y., and was
graduated fi-om Yale, class poet, in 1873. He
ti-avelled in Egypt and the east, 1873-74; was
graduated from Columbia Law school in 1876, and
admitted to the bar in the same year. He rep-
resented Venezuela in the boundary dispute be-
tween that country and England, and received
the Venezuelan decoration of the cross and star
of the Order of Bolivar; was counsel in the
Nicaragua and Costa Rica boundary case and aided
in obtaining a charter for the Nicaragua canal;
was counsel for Canon Bernard, whose case in-
volved the King of Belgium and Leo XIII.; and for
the Grouse will case, involving §4.000,000. He was
elected a member of the American Geographical
society; the American Archa?ological society
and of the University, St. Nicholas, New York
Yacht and other clubs. He is the author of:
History of Southampton, L. I. {1878); Briefs by a
Barrister (verse, 1879); a pamphlet entitled The
Mo}iroe Doctrine as Applied to the Venezuelan
Boundary Question (1887); Circumstantial Evi-
dence of a Future State (1888); Pomance of
a Missal and other Poe»/s (1901); and many es-
says, poems and magazine articles.
JOHNS, Clayton, composer, was born at New Castle, Del., Nov. 24, 1857; son of James McCal- mont and Eliza (Hopkins) Johns; and grand- son of Chancellor Kensey (q. v.) and Maria (Mc- Calmont) Johns, and of James and Eliza (Jacquet) Hopkins. He was educated in public and private schools at New Castle, at Rugby academy. Wil- mington, Del., and was a special student at Har- vard college, 1879-81. He studied nuisic in Berlin, 1882-84, and on his return settled in Boston, Mass. , as a pianist, composer and teacher. He spent much time in London, England, where his compositions became popular. He conqiosed over one hundred songs, several pieces for piano, piano and violin, .short clioral works and two movements for string orchestra.
