WATERTOWN FIRE INSURANCE CO. POLICY SIGNED AS PRESIDENT BY WILLARD IVES, AN ORGANIZER OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF IVES SEMINARY AND A U.S. CONGRESSMAN.
by Ives, Willard. (1806-1896). President of Ives Seminary, Antwerp, NY; one of the organizers of Syracuse University; and a U.S. Congressman (1851-53)
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Though he liked best to be known as a farmer and owned Hillcrest Farm in Watertown for 48 years, Willard Ives [1806-1896] was a noted and active participant in the life of Jefferson County and beyond. He was a leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a delegate to the world convention of Methodists held in London in 1846, and served as President of Ives Seminary in Antwerp, NY. In addition to his presidency of the fire insurance company, he was a director of the Bank of Watertown, a founder and second president of the Jefferson County Orphan Asylum and president of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society in 1848. He was one of the organizers of Syracuse University and represented his district in Congress as a Democrat from 1851-53.
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- Title
- WATERTOWN FIRE INSURANCE CO. POLICY SIGNED AS PRESIDENT BY WILLARD IVES, AN ORGANIZER OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF IVES SEMINARY AND A U.S. CONGRESSMAN.
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- Ives, Willard. (1806-1896). President of Ives Seminary, Antwerp, NY; one of the organizers of Syracuse University; and a U.S. Congressman (1851-53)
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- Watertown, NY: June 3, 1877.
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- 1877.
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