Rev. Dr. Jabez Robert Jaques was the son of William and Dinah (French) Jaques. Harriet C. (Lyon) Jaques was his 1st wife. They were married in 1855. Mrs. H. M. Jaques was his 2nd wife. They were married in 1881. Rev. Dr. Jaques was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: East Genesee Conference 1855 F 1857 To Central Illinois Conference by transfer 1866 Located 1875 - also Methodist Church of Canada

United States Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: Jabez R. Jaques
Residence: Rochester, New York
Class: 1
Congressional District: 28th
Age On 1 July 1863: 34
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Place Of Birth: England

--Mansfield Classical Seminary/Mansfield State Teachers College/Mansfield State College/ now Mansfield Universary.
"February 14, 1855 Mansfield Classical Seminary is organized under the patronage of the East Genesee Conference. April 1856 Rev. Jabez R. Jaques is hired to be the first principal. His wife Harriet L. Jaques will be the preceptress. January 7, 1867 they open the doors to 105 students. At 10 a.m. on April 22, 1857, with a foot of snow on the ground, the Mansfield Classical Seminary burns to the ground. There are no injuries."

Johnson, Rossiter
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary Of Notable Americans, c1904, Vol. VI
JAQUES, Jabez Robert, educator, was born at Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, Dec. 8, 1838. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1838, and settled in Lyons, New York. He was graduated from Genesee College with first honor, A.B., 1854, A.M., 1857, having by his own labor earned the expenses of his education. He was principal of the Academy at Troupsburg, New York, 1854-1866, and of Mansfield Classical Seminary, Mansfield, Pennsylvania, 1856-1857. He joined the East Genesee Conference in 1855, and was stationed at Jasper, New York 1855, Mansfield, Pennsylvania 1856, Elmira, New York 1857-1859, Hornellsville, New York 1859-1860, and at the First Church, Rochester, New York 1860-1862. He was professor of ancient languages at Rochester Collegiate Institute, 1862-1865; professor of greek and german at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1865-1875; president and professor of classics in Albert College, Belleville, Ontario, Canada 1875-1885, and president of Hedding College, Abingdon, 1886-1892. He declined the chair of languages, McKendree College, 1886. He was a fraternal delegate to the Methodist Episcopal General Conference in Montreal, Canada, in 1878. HE WAS INFLUENTIAL IN EFFECTING THE UNION OF ALL THE METHODIST CHURCHES OF CANADA, MAKING THE FINAL MOTION IN 1883. He was twice a member of the United General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada, having been previously a delegate of the Methodist Church of Canada, where HE MADE THE MOTION BY WHICH THE NEW NAME WAS ADOPTED. He was elected a member of the American Philological Association in 1869; of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 1890; of the American Institute of Christian Philosphy in 1891, and was a feloow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art of London. He received the degree of Ph.D from Syracuse University in 1875, and that of D.D. from Indiana Asbury (DePauw) University in 1875, and was alumni orator at the Syracuse University commencement, June 24, 1879. He was married to Harriet C. Lyon, of Benton Centre, New York and in 1881 to Mrs. H. M. Wilson, of Macedon Centre, New York. He is the author of Study Of Classical Languages; Peter Cartwright The Pioneer Preacher; pamphlets and sermons. He died in Abingdon, March 22, 1892.