Jacob Scott Ebersole

Background

Ebersole, Jacob Scott was born on January 9, 1869 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Peter and Hannah (Frantz) Ebersole.

Education

Student preparatory department Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1887-1889. Ohio Normal University, Ada, O., summers, 1890-1892. Doan Academy, Granville, O., 1893.

Bachelor of Arts, Denison University, 1897, Doctor of Divinity, 1926.

Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1900.

Career

Teacher country schools, Ohio, 1889-1892. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1900. Pastor successively Coshocton, O., Canandaigua, New York, Immanuel Church, Omaha, Nebraska, North Shore Church, Chicago, Lafayette Avenue Church, Buffalo, New York, term of 8 years, until 1926, erecting new 2-unit church building at cost of 25,000.

Pastor Carbondale, Illinois, 1926-1930, Champaign, Illinois, 1930-1935.

Acting pastor Hildreth Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1936. First Church, DeKalb, Illinois, and Judson Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1937, First Church Centralia, Illinois, 1938.

First Church, Decatur, Illinois, 1939. Acting pastor First Church, East. Saint Louis, Illinois, 1940.

Acting pastor Herald of Hope Church, Urbana, 1941.

Acting pastor Hildreth Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1942-1943, Greenville, 1944, Mount Vernon, 1945, Robinson (all Illinois), 1946-1947. Professor, Old Testament history, University of Omaha, 1910-1911. Young Men's Christian Association religious work secretary, United States Naval Air Station, Hmapton Roads, Virginia, December 1918-March, 1919.

Trustee Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (Chicago), Grand Island (Nebraska) College Moderator, Alton (Illinois) Baptist Association, 1929-1930.

Director Illinois Baptist State Convention, vice-president and member Executive Committee, 1932-1936. Moderator Champaign-Urbana Baptist Association, 1933-1934.

Achievements

• Jacob Scott Ebersole has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Maude Detrick, June 17, 1897.