Ide, Jacob, Dd

Ide, Jacob, D.D.

a Congregational minister, was born at Attleborough, Massachusetts, March 29, 1785. His pastor, Reverend Nathaniel Holman, assisted him in his preparatory studies, and he graduated from Brown University in 1809, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1812. He was ordained November 2, 1814, over the Church in West Medway, Mass., and died in office, January 5, 1880, although relieved from active service in 1865. Besides numerous sermons and other literary work, he edited the works of Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, in seven volumes. See Cong. Year-book, 1881, page 26.