Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Ide, Jacob 1823 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 11, 2006, 12:27 am Author: E. O. Jameson (1886) REV. AND HON. JACOB IDE. JACOB IDE, son of the Rev. Dr. Jacob and Mary (Emmons) Ide, was born Aug. 7, 1823, in West Medway. He pursued his preparatory studies in the academy, Leicester, and graduated in 1848 from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. He was a teacher of ancient and modern languages in Boston, and afterward taught two years in the academy, Leicester, Mass. He studied theology under his father's instruction, and after commencing to preach was one year a resident licentiate in the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry and installed March 26, 1856, pastor of the Congregational Church in Mansfield, Mass., and is now filling out the thirtieth year of a useful ministry in that place. The Rev. Mr. Ide married March 24, 1859, Ellen M. Rogers, daughter of the Hon. John and Eliza Ann (Williams) Rogers, of Mansfield, Mass. They had one son, John Emmons Ide, who was born Aug. 2, 1868. The Rev. Mr. Ide traveled in i860 through the different countries of Europe. In 1864 he was a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1866 a member of the Senate of the State of Massachusetts. Additional Comments: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/ide31gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb