JANNEY, STUART SYMINGTON, lawyer, was born in Harford
county, Maryland, October 9, 1874. He is the son of Johns
Hopkins and Caroline (Symington) Janney. His father was a
merchant in Baltimore city until 1873, when he retired to his farm
in Harford County. Mr. Janney traces his ancestry in the United
States to Thomas and Margaret Janney, who came from Cheshire,
England, and settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1683.
In youth Mr. Janney Uved a healthy country life in the open air.
His early education was acquired at the Baltimore city college and at
Marston's school. He then entered the Johns Hopkins university,
whence he graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1895. He next spent
a year at the university as a graduate student. From 1896 to 1898
he served as a private, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and then
captain in the Cuban army during the revolution, and from June,
1898, to January, 1899, he was a captain in the 7th United States
volunteer infantry. Before retiring from the army he was promoted
to the rank of major in the 7th regiment. Later in the year 1899
Mr. Janney returned to Baltimore and entered upon a course of law
at the University of Maryland, where he received the degree of LL.B.
in 1901.
Since that time Mr. Janney has been practicing law in Baltimore
city, and is a member of the faculty of the Baltimore Law School.
In November, 1905, he married Frances Moale Spencer, daughter of
Jervis Spencer of Baltimore county, and made his home in the Green
Spring Valley where he is able to indulge his taste for fox hunting,
his principal recreation.
Mr. Janney is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and the Delta
Phi fraternities, and of the Maryland Club. In politics, he is a Demo-
crat.
