Jacob Lindley

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Jacob Lindley (June 13, 1774 – January 29, 1857) was the first president of Ohio University, serving from 1809 to 1822. He studied at Thaddeus Dod's log college (which became Jefferson College) and at the College of New Jersey. He helped start the Franklin Literary Society at Jefferson College. Lindley was married to Hannah, and their oldest child was Daniel Lindley (born August 24, 1801, in Pennsylvania), who became a missionary in South Africa. Daniel and his wife Lucy founded Inanda Seminary in 1869 and he served as a pastor to the Voortrekkers in the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State.