photo from Notable Men
of Central New York, p. 27.

       DEATH LIST OF A DAY.
       Col. Edwin S. Jenney.
Col. Edwin S. Jenney, at one time promi-
nent in Democratic politics, and a distin-
guished soldier during the civil war, died
yesterday at his home, in Syracuse. Col.
Jenney was born about sixty years ago.
In 1860 he entered the law office of W. C.
Ruger, who later became Chief Justice. In
1861 he raised Company I, Third New York
Volunteers, and went to the war as Captain
of the company. In the Fall of 1861, on
authority from Gov. Morgan, he returned
home and raised the Tenth Independent
Battery of New York Light Artillery. This
battery afterward became Battery F of the
Third Regiment. From 1864 to 1864 he was
Provost Judge and Judge Advocate of the
Department of North Carolina, when he
was commissioned by Gov. Seymour Colonel
of the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth New
York Volunteers, which had just been
raised. After receiving notice of his promo-
tion, and while returning home to take
command of his regiment, he was captured
in the Dismal Canal on his way from
New Berne, N.C., to Fort Monroe. He was
taken to Elizabeth City, N.C., and was
paroled the next day by the Confederate
commander of that post. Believing that the
parole would not be regarded by the enemy,
he took a rowboat and crossed the Albe-
marle River to Roanoke Island, where Fed-
eral troops were stationed.
 He immediately returned home, and, rely-
ing on the promise that he would be ex-
changes at once, he proceeded to the front
with his new regiment, which he continued
to command until February, 1865. Among
the authorities at Washington there was a
difference of opinion as to his status. He
was unable to persuage the Government to
exchange him or by any official action de-
fine his status. On this account he felt 
constrained to retire from the service. With
the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regi-
ment he was with Grant in front of Peters-
burg, in Gen. Warner's Corps, and at the
time of his withdrawal from the service he
commanded a brigade under Gen. Griffen.
 On returning from the war Col. Jenney
resumed law practice with J.C. Ruger. His
first active participation in politics was in
support of Gen. Slocum for Secretary of
State.
 In 1876 he permitted his name to be used
for County Hudge upon the same ticket
with Tilden, when he came within a few
hundred votes of being elected, running
nearly 4,000 votes ahead of Tilden in Onon-
daga County. He was a member of the
Democratic State Central Committee from
1877 to 1879.
 In 1882 he was appointed Quartermaster
General upon Gov. Cleveland's staff, with
the rank of Brigadier General.