JARVI^
JASOX
tu the Itar. He was elected a representative in
the stale legislature in 1808, was re-elected in
1870, becoming speaker of the house, and was a
presidential elector in 1872. He was married,
Dec. 23, 1874, to Mary, daughter of Jolm Wood-
son. He was a mem-
ber of the state con-
stitutional conven-
tion in 1875. and in
the following year
was elected lieuten-
ant-governor of North
Carolina. In 1879 he
became governor by
the resignation of
Governor Vance,
elected to the U.S. senate, and in 1880 he was elected gov- ernor for the term expiring in 1885. He was appointed U.S. minister to Brazil by President Cleveland, serv- ing 1885-89, and in April, 1894, on the death of Senator Vance, he was appointed by Governor CarrU.S. senator, his term expiring March 3, 1895. He was a delegate at large to the Democratic national convention of 1896. He received the honoraiy degree of LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1884, and was elected a trustee of that institution in 1883.
JARVIS, William, diplomatist, was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 4, 1770; the onlj' son of Dr. Charles and (Clapham) Jarvis, and grand- son of Col. Leonard and Sarah (Church) Jarvis. He was educated at Latin schools in Boston, at Bardeutown academy, N.J., 1784-85, and in mathematics by William Waring, of Philadel- pliia, 1785-86. In 1786 he entei'ed mercantile busi- ness in Norfolk, Va., and in 1791 in Boston, ^lass. This venture failing in 1796, he went to Corunna as supercargo, and after two voyages lie luul mastered the science of navigation and was able to buy a third interest in the brig Mary. Although of limited nautical experience, he was given full charge of the vessel by the other owners, and after navigating the brig for four years, and also trading on his own account, he retired from the sea in 1802 with a considerable fortune, which enabled him to li(juidate his obli- gitions made by endorsing commercial papers that caused his failure in 1796. On Feb. 4, 1802, he was appointed by President Jefferson charge d'affaires and consul general at Lisbon, the court of Portugal, and establislied a reputation as a dip- lomatist by his dexterous management of the difficult negotiations with the Portuguese govern- ment; with the commander of the French forces at Lisbon, 1807-OS, and with the British govern-
ment. The revolution released large flocks of
merino sheep formerly held by the grandees and
Mr. Jarvis took advantage of the opportunity
afforded him to purchase in 1809 two liundred of
the royal Escurial flock and ship tliem to the
United States, where
he distributed them
among the public
men of the various
states. These sheep,
with the exception of
one hundred sent by
the former U.S. min-
ister. Colonel David
Humphreys, to the
United States on his
leaving Lisbon in
1802, were the first of
the breed introduced
in the United States,
He subsequently in-
creased his expor-
tation of merinos by purchasing 1700 of the
Aguirres flock and 1400 Paulars. Consul Jarvis
returned to the United States in 1810 with Ids
family, reaching Boston in November. He then
reported at Wasliington, where he dined with
President Madison, and when asked to receive
compensation for his eight years' service, refused,
on the ground that his country needed its funds to
prosecute a war with Great Britain. In 1812 he
purchased a tract of land in Weathersfield, Vt.,
where he made his home and engaged in agri-
culture. He was in Lisbon fourteen months on
business, 1813-14, during the war of 1812. return-
ing liome in January, 1815. He supported Henry
Clay for the Presidency in 1824, 1832 and isil;
W. H. Harrison in 1836 and 1840, and General
Taylor in 1848. He was married in 1808 to ^laiy
Pepperrell, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Bartlett) Sparkill, of Boston, Mass., the cere-
mony having been performed in Portugal, first
by the U.S. consul at St. Lucor, secondly by a
Koman Catholic priest, and tliirdly by a Prot-
estant clergyman in Lisbon. 3Irs. Jarvis died
at Haverhill, Mass., April 7, 1811. His second
marriage occurred in May, 1817, to Ann Bailey,
daughter of the Hon. Bailej' and Peggy Leonard
(White) Bartlett, of Haverliill, Mass. Consul
Jarvis died at Weathersfield, Vt., Oct. 21, 1859.
JASON, William Charles, educator, was born
at Easton, Md., Oct. 12, 1859; son of William
and ]Mary E. (Wing) Jason, and grandson of
Arch and ]Mary Jason and of Charles and Frances
(Milles) Wing. He attended the public schools at
Cambridge and Easton. Md., and was graduated
from the Genesee Wesleyan seminary in isss;
from Allegheny college at Meadville. P.i.. A.B..
1888, A.M., 1891, and from the Drew Tlieological
