Women’s History Month: Mary Ide Torrey (1817-1869)
Mary Ide was born on June 29, 1817 in West Medway to the Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide and his wife Mary (Emmons) Ide at 158 Main Street. The home now is the Medway Historical Museum. Mary’s maternal grandfather Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, D. D. of Franklin was a highly respected theologian and active abolitionist whom Mary…