REV. ISAAC JENNINGS, D. D - born in Trumbull, Conn., July, 24, 1822, in boyhood removing to Derby, Conn.; graduate of Yale College, in class of 1837, with Senator William M. Evarts, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, Hon. Edwards Pierpont and Samuel J. Tilden; taught school from 1837 to 1840; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1842; June 14, 1843, ordained pastor of the then Second (now First) Congregational Church in Akron - its first pastor and his first charge; took an active part in inaugurating the graded or union school system, and formulating the "Akron School Laws" now general in Ohio and other states, the old High or Jennings school being so named in his honor. February 17, 1847, Mr. Jennings was married to Miss Sophia Day, of Mansfield, O., immediately removing to Stamford, Conn., officiating as pastor of First Congregational Church there six years, when he removed to Bennington, Vt., where, as pastor of the old First Church, he faithfully and successfully labored over a third of a century, his death occurring there August 25, 1887, at the age of 65 years, one month and one day. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were the parents of nine children, six of whom, with their mother, survive--one son, Isaac, Jr. Being a minister; one, Frederick Beach, a lawyer, and one, Charles Green, a physician. The memory of Mr. Jennings, whose portrait is given herewith, though his sojourn here was comparatively brief, will long be cherished by all the good people of Akron, in whose behalf he so zealously labored nearly half a century ago.

Fifty Years and Over Of Akron and Summit County,  Samuel A. Lane