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Jonathan F. Leaming
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'''Jonathan Furman Leaming''' (September 7, 1822--April 25, 1907) was an American physician and politician.
Leaming was born on September 7, 1822 in [[Cape May County, New Jersey]] and was of English descent. His great-grandfather was the politician [[Aaron Leaming Jr]]. Leaming was the son of William Leaming and Sara Somers and had two sisters, Catherine and Julia.<ref name=lewis>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Leaming attended Madison University (now [[Colgate University]]) and [[Brown University]]. In 1846, he graduated from [[Jefferson Medical College]]. Leaming began practicing medicine in Cape May County the following year and did so for fourteen years before having to give up the practice due to poor health.<ref name=stevens352/> He married Eliza Bennett on February 27, 1849.<ref name=lewis/> In 1854 his son [[Walter S. Leaming]] was born, who later became a state senator.<ref>Stevens 1897, p. 389</ref> Another son, Edmund, was born in 1857 and also became a politician.<ref name=Lewis294>Lewis Publishing 1900, p. 294</ref> Leaming graduated from the [[Philadelphia Dental College]] in 1860 and subsequently practiced dentistry. Leaming held a number of county-level offices, including superintendent of schools, county school examiner, and trustee of the State Normal School.<ref name=stevens352>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 1861 Leaming was elected to the [[New Jersey Assembly]] as a Republican. He was elected to the [[New Jersey Senate]] in 1862.<ref name=stevens352/> Leaming served on the committee that granted [[Rutgers University]] its agricultural endowment. Leaming was elected surrogate of Cape May County in 1868 and re-elected in 1873. He resigned from this position in 1877 to return to the state senate, serving until 1880. Leaming served a number of roles in the Baptist religious organization including deacon, clerk, teacher, and Sunday school superintendent.<ref>Stevens 1897, p. 353</ref> Leaming married Josephine Young, a sister of his first wife, on October 24, 1888.<ref name=Lewis294/> He retired from public life in 1898 after an attack of poor health.<ref name=lewis/>
On April 22, 1907, a fire broke out in Leaming's house in [[Cape May Court House, New Jersey]]. His daughter, Helen F. Leaming, rescued him from the flames and was also severely burned. Leaming died on April 25, 1907, from complications from the burns, aged 85.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1822 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the New Jersey General Assembly]]
[[Category:New Jersey state senators]]
[[Category:New Jersey Republicans]]
[[Category:Jefferson Medical College alumni]]
[[Category:19th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:19th-century American politicians]]
[[Category:American dentists]]
[[Category:People from Middle Township, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Deaths from fire in the United States]]
[[Category:Burials in New Jersey]]
Leaming was born on September 7, 1822 in [[Cape May County, New Jersey]] and was of English descent. His great-grandfather was the politician [[Aaron Leaming Jr]]. Leaming was the son of William Leaming and Sara Somers and had two sisters, Catherine and Julia.<ref name=lewis>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Leaming attended Madison University (now [[Colgate University]]) and [[Brown University]]. In 1846, he graduated from [[Jefferson Medical College]]. Leaming began practicing medicine in Cape May County the following year and did so for fourteen years before having to give up the practice due to poor health.<ref name=stevens352/> He married Eliza Bennett on February 27, 1849.<ref name=lewis/> In 1854 his son [[Walter S. Leaming]] was born, who later became a state senator.<ref>Stevens 1897, p. 389</ref> Another son, Edmund, was born in 1857 and also became a politician.<ref name=Lewis294>Lewis Publishing 1900, p. 294</ref> Leaming graduated from the [[Philadelphia Dental College]] in 1860 and subsequently practiced dentistry. Leaming held a number of county-level offices, including superintendent of schools, county school examiner, and trustee of the State Normal School.<ref name=stevens352>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 1861 Leaming was elected to the [[New Jersey Assembly]] as a Republican. He was elected to the [[New Jersey Senate]] in 1862.<ref name=stevens352/> Leaming served on the committee that granted [[Rutgers University]] its agricultural endowment. Leaming was elected surrogate of Cape May County in 1868 and re-elected in 1873. He resigned from this position in 1877 to return to the state senate, serving until 1880. Leaming served a number of roles in the Baptist religious organization including deacon, clerk, teacher, and Sunday school superintendent.<ref>Stevens 1897, p. 353</ref> Leaming married Josephine Young, a sister of his first wife, on October 24, 1888.<ref name=Lewis294/> He retired from public life in 1898 after an attack of poor health.<ref name=lewis/>
On April 22, 1907, a fire broke out in Leaming's house in [[Cape May Court House, New Jersey]]. His daughter, Helen F. Leaming, rescued him from the flames and was also severely burned. Leaming died on April 25, 1907, from complications from the burns, aged 85.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1822 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the New Jersey General Assembly]]
[[Category:New Jersey state senators]]
[[Category:New Jersey Republicans]]
[[Category:Jefferson Medical College alumni]]
[[Category:19th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:19th-century American politicians]]
[[Category:American dentists]]
[[Category:People from Middle Township, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Deaths from fire in the United States]]
[[Category:Burials in New Jersey]]
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