Ames - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Birth Family

StaffordAmes — 2009-11-13 20:37:53Z

There is a Kenneth Joseph Ames who lived in Los Molinos, Ca. and in La Mirada, Ca. Part of your branch?
Stafford-Ames
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Ames and Barker connection c.1800-1850?

cecemoore — 2009-10-31 20:55:11Z

Does anyone know of a connection between the Ames and Barker families before 1850? They could be in New York, Michigan or Ontario, Canada. An old letter seems to imply that my 3rd great grandmother Sally Ames Moore raised two Barker boys from Canada and then lived with one of them - John Barker b.abt. 1840 in Canada- in Eaton County, Michigan c.1865. In 1851 in Dumphries Township, Ontario, Canada there is a Nelson Ames living close to John and James Barker.
Thanks!

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Wells051967 — 2009-10-28 03:19:19Z

How absolutely wonderful! I, too, am a descendant of Perfecta amd Julian Ames. I am with you on the discovery of family history and the richness one feels knowing ones link to the past. My grandmother was Salome Ames. She was Samuel and Obdulia Ames' daughter. Samuel Ames was Julian and Perfecta Ames' son. Julian and Perfecta were my grandmothers grandparents. Alot of history is in Baja California and Southern California with our anscestors. I hope you find all the information you need. I also read and have that little book by Julia Flinn Ames. My uncles passed it down to us several years ago.
Good luck and please keep in touch!

Re: Ames in Lebanon, CT

cecemoore — 2009-10-26 18:11:07Z

Thank you so much for your help and answers. Ames is new to me, only having discovered Sally's maiden name this weekend (after 6 years for me and 30+ for others). I will try the Ames Society. Thank you for the idea.
Cynthia

Re: Ames in Lebanon, CT

cplumb1339123 — 2009-10-26 10:52:18Z

Hi Cynthia,

I'm about 95% sure that Sally is generally a nickname for Sarah; I know it was in my Sally's case because of her name in the New London Vitals (Sally), the name on her grave (Sarah).

And yes, Ames, Eames and Eams, sometimes in New London Emms are all variables on the same name. The New London Ames (I believe according to Francis Manwaring Caulkin's HISTORY) are from Andover, Massachusetts.

I'll check on Margo's "Sally" when I get home from work. Cynthia, have you ever tried the "Ames Society." Stafford-Ames is available, and willing to help folks like you and I who're stumped!

Talk to you later,

Chuck

Re: asa ames

joeysearch — 2009-10-26 09:02:59Z

Hello Charles,

My Great Grandmother was Florence May Ames, b. 1890, Florence was the daughter of Alfred Dunning Ames, b. 1861, Alfred the son of Oliver D Ames, b. 1829 Seneca County, New York, and Oliver the son of John S. Ames, b. 1797 Massachusetts?

I do have more exact and spouses, if need be, wanted to send you a capsule of my situation. I have been at the proverbial brickwall with John for some years now. Hints suggest that he may descend from the Ames family of Vermont, but I can not find anything definite. The family lived in Huron County, Ohio.

I would appreciate if any of this looked familiar to you, any suggestions.

Regards,

Tom
a12a12@aol.com

Re: Ames in Lebanon, CT

cecemoore — 2009-10-26 01:04:16Z

Thanks for answering so fast! They don't make it easy for us, huh? Moore family researchers of my line have been looking for Sally Moore's maiden name for, at least, 30 years too. Just yesterday I finally found it is Ames. Figures it would be another brick wall!
A couple questions, if you don't mind,
1.Did you ever find out who the Sally Ames was that Margo mentioned in her post?
2.Do you think Sally is a nickname for Sarah?
3.Are Ames and Eames the same?
4.From where did the Ames originate?

Thanks

Good luck on yours too.
Cynthia

Re: Ames in Lebanon, CT

cplumb1339123 — 2009-10-26 00:55:14Z

Hi Cynthia,

Good to hear from you. Sorry, I haven't run across your Sally. I've been stymied for 30 years trying to find a single hint on my own Sally...lol! The Ames (Eames, Eams) must have generally been a very private clan. There were several families in New London, New London, but they hardly ever appear in the vital or church records. Anyway, I wish you luck in your search!

Chuck Plumb

Re: Ames in Lebanon, CT

cecemoore — 2009-10-26 00:38:56Z

Chuck,
Did you ever come across a Sally Ames, born 28 Feb 1798 in NY, in your search for your Sally Ames? She is my ggggrandmother and I have no idea who her parents are either. She married John Moore in Ontario, CAN. Thanks!

Sally Ames, born 28 Feb 1798 in New York

cecemoore — 2009-10-26 00:34:01Z

Hi,
I finally found the maiden name of my ggggrandmother, Sally Moore. She was Sally Ames, born 28 Feb 1798 in New York. I have no further information on her ancestry. Does anyone know who her parents could be? They probably migrated to Ontario, Canada sometime after her birth because she married John Moore, son of Henry and Sarah (Cornell) Moore who immigrated from Dutchess County, NY to Ontario, CAN c.1800. She could also be Sarah Ames. Any tips on her or any New York Ames will help. This is a brand new surname for me and I don't know anything about them.
Thanks for any help!

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

sames163 — 2009-10-19 14:34:10Z

Hello Rodrigo, my great, great, grandfather was Jesse Julian Ames. His son Samuel was my great grand father and my gradfather was Samuel Bernabe Ames. Samuel, my great grand father is burried in the Primer Panteon out side of Tijuana. His second wife was Ordulia (sp) Arguello. They lived on a rancho in Mexico. I'm sorry I don't have my genealogy information on hand. We just moved back to San Diego and our things are in storage. Good luck with your research. Keep in touch. Sam

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

yoablameoditu — 2009-10-16 06:46:05Z

I started a little research on Jesse J. Ames a few days ago. I was handed a book by my father about two weeks ago, a little book by Julia Flinn Ames de Frate, its been very refreshing and inspiring for me to read these stories of Julian and Perfecta Ames. My grandmothers father is Alfredo Ames Machado, (I would appreciate if someone knows his parents names, please let me know.) one of his daughters was Elena Ames Gilbert de Yagues, my Dads Mom. My father, Ysmael Yagues Ames and I were separated in 1979, I didnt see him again until 1993. It is know 2009 and its the firt time I hear such great history with trails of my own blood in them. For me its been like returning home and finding out that I am part of great history. I feel I understand myself more by knowing the life stories of my ancestors. I am thankful.
Rodrigo Yagues

Re: David Ames

carolewill28 — 2009-10-14 11:03:38Z

Hi

My grandfather was David AMES, b1891 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Any use?

Caroel

Robert E Ames

LucilleJardine — 2009-10-13 04:56:53Z

Looking for decendents or cousins that knew Robert E. Ames.
Robert was born in Kentucky about 1921 and died in Colorado around 1989. His parents were Thomas C Ames and Ruby Ellen Ames. His siblings were: Clora E Ames, Margaret E Ames,
Ruth O Ames, William G Ames, Thomas C Ames and Mary V Ames.

Any information, photo's etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Wells051967 — 2009-09-22 03:06:37Z

I am Samuel Ames' great-grand-daughter from his second marriage. I am collecting as much information and pictures in an attempt to make a family history book for my uncles and my mother as a gift. They are very proud of their family's background. My grandmother, Salome Thomasa Ames, raised my sister and I. I know personally what a great and strong woman she was. I, too, am very proud just by have knowing my grandmother. ANY information would be so very much appreciated!

Martha :)

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Wells051967 — 2009-09-22 03:02:47Z

How wonderful! I think that Daniel Ames was from Samuel Ames' first marriage. I am the grand-daughter of Salome Ames from Samuel Ames' second marriage to Obdulia Arguello. I have been trying to research and gather as much information and pictures to make a family historical book for my uncles and mother. They are Salome Ames' children and are very proud of their family's history. Our family is from Baja California and San Diego area.
If you have ANY information, I would LOVE to hear, see, and try to gather any thing for this gift I'm wanting to give to my uncles and mother.

Thank you so very much,
Martha :)

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

DSmithHunt — 2009-09-14 00:20:16Z

I am related on my mother's side through Catherine Lyons and John B Mannix. I appreciate the research you did and am using a lot of it for my project. Please let us know if there are any upcoming San Diego Historical reunions involving the Lyons/ Ames/ Villar families

Family of Sarah "Sally" Ames, Born in New London (Town) 16 Jun 1764, Married Samuel Plumb in 1785

cplumb1339123 — 2009-09-11 00:58:44Z

Frances Manwaring Caulkins says in her HISTORY OF NEW LONDON that John Ames had been an inhabitant of New London, New London for about 40 years when he died 1 Jun 1735.

Joshua Hempstead says "John Eams Died with the Plurisie Sick a fortnight 60 odd..." which agrees with what we know about John, who we believe was about 67 years old when he died.

Caulkins goes on to say John had 3 sons, "John, Robert and Samuel," and that "no registry of their births has been found."

However, we know from vital statistics that John (Sr.) married Abigail Morgan 1 Feb 1699, and that John (Jr.) was born 14 Aug 1701. Robert was born 1 Apr 1707, and Samuel (son of John, Sr. and his second wife Paltiah Stebbins) was baptized 5 Aug 1716, by Rev. Eliphalet Adams' own record.

Here the trail becomes difficult! John (Jr.) married (first) Ann Stebbins, and they have a son Daniel baptized 12 Oct 1729. John (Jr.) marries (second) Rachel Comstock, and they have a son John, baptized 11 Sept 1737, and a son Benajah, baptized 1 Oct 1743.

Robert (according to GENEALOGIES OF AMERICAN FAMILIES, which states Robert DID NOT move to Weathersfield but lived and died in New London) marries Deborah Brockway 17 May 1735. They have 4 sons, Nathan, baptized 18 Jul 1736, Robert baptized 25 Jun 1738, Joseph baptized 8 Nov 1741 (who died young...Hempstead's Diary), and Benjamin, baptized 7 Aug 1745.

The only thing we know about Samuel (beyond his baptism) is that his marriage bann is published to a daughter of John Chappell 3 Dec 1752. We do not know if they had any children, and for our search in particular, sons.

So, it seems I've arrived at this point: Sarah "Sally" Ames, born 16 Jun 1764 in New London, New London could be the daughter (not the grand daughter in a practical sense) of these Grandsons of John Ames, Sr., who married Abigail Morgan and Paltiah Stebbins, and sons of John Jr., Robert or Samuel Ames:

(1. Daniel Ames, bap. 12 Oct 1729

(2. John Ames III, bap. 11 Sept 1737

(3. Benajah Ames, bap. 1 Oct 1743

(4. Nathan Ames, bap 18 Jul 1736

(5. Robert Ames, bap. 25 Jun 1738

(6. Benjamin Ames, bap. 7 Aug 1745

(7. Sons born to Samuel Ames after his marriage (1752).

If anyone has anything (early death dates, marriages, etc.) that could help I'd be very thankful!

Sincerely,

Chuck Plumb

Re: Photo of George & Lydia Ames

StaffordAmes — 2009-06-29 17:07:39Z

Still having a problem with this couple getting info on them. Anyone knows where they were from, their parents, etc. What census are they in?

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Re: Photo of George & Lydia Ames

StaffordAmes — 2009-06-26 10:25:43Z

Love to have a copy of the photo for the Ames Archives.

Stafford-Ames

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Re: Dawn Ames

AmesPresident — 2009-07-14 16:13:11Z

To assist, need dates and places.
Stafford-Ames
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Re: Sylvanus Ames,II and Abigail Nabby Lee Johnson

schafsue — 2009-09-09 23:05:25Z

I found the past three posts or so to be so amazing with so much information. Did pictures become available? I'm not on here as often as I'd like or need to be to keep updated. But I'm trying to catch up.

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Amesadrienn — 2009-08-10 04:05:13Z

Hi, my name is Adrienne Ames, I'm 71 years old. My father was Adrian Ames and he was the son of Daniel Ames and Elena Yorba of Olive, California. I think Jesse Julian was my Dad's grandfather.

Re: Photo of George & Lydia Ames

decafjnr — 2009-06-27 18:17:33Z

You're very welcome!

Jan

Re: Photo of George & Lydia Ames

decafjnr — 2009-06-26 10:54:17Z

Here is the link to where I saw the photo. I am not researching this family.

http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=81622&dfp...

AMES Winnie Pearl 1917-2003

t42MountOlivet — 2009-07-16 19:11:35Z

AMES Winnie Pearl 1917-2003

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,880 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

AMES Monroe Glen Sr 1910-1987

t42MountOlivet — 2009-07-16 19:11:20Z

AMES Monroe Glen Sr 1910-1987

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,880 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

AMES Ida Irene J 1894-1978

t42MountOlivet — 2009-08-10 01:15:25Z

AMES Ida Irene J 1894-1978

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 205,154 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Laura Watson Ames

AustinHigh56 — 2009-08-01 14:01:42Z

Laura Watson Ames married Baron John Rudolph De Steiguer who was descended from an aristocratic Swiss family. How such a person happened to be in Ohio where he would meet Laura Ames makes a good tale. Considering that the odds of their matchmaking would otherwise be nearly impossible, I absolutely believe the story.

The exceptional lineage produces a son, Louis De Steiguer, who becomes an Admiral. Here is Laura's line:

Descendants of John Rudolph De Steiguer

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN RUDOLPH6 DE STEIGUER (JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born May 1805 in Bern, Switzerland, and died 19 Nov 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married (1) LAURA WATSON AMES 23 Aug 1826 in Ames Township, Athens, Ohio, daughter of SYLVANUS AMES and ABIGAIL JOHNSON. She was born 13 Feb 1808 in Ames Township, Athens County, OH, and died 29 Jul 1851 in Athens, Athens, Ohio. He married (2) MELISSA NELSON 1854, daughter of OTTO NELSON.

Notes for JOHN RUDOLPH DE STEIGUER:
Re: John Rudolph de Stieguer
Posted by: Alisa Cox Date: September 08, 2002 In Reply to: John Rudolph de Stieguer by Mary Knight McGarr

The only info. I have is a Baron Rudolph John Steiger came to Athens Co. Ohio in 1819 with his wife Magdalena Stalder. He shows up on the 1820 census in Canaan Township.

Stalder Family History- OU Library Athens Ohio

The Stalder Family Come to America (1918)

Great Uncle Rudolf De Steiguer was a son of one of the so called "noble " families in Bern Switzerland. being a gradson of old Bergo-Master Von Steiger (note the French change in the name assumed by the younger member of the family) who is mentioned in history in connection with the battle against Napolean's army. The old Mayor seems to have been rather unpopular with his people and had at last to flee to the mountains to avoid being slain by his own soldiers. The old schultheiss' grandson seems to have some of revolutionary ideas also, particularly where his heart went astraying amongst the peasantry; hence, the pretty romance which resulted in the emigration of the Stalder family and made us Americans instead of Swiss.
Young Rudolf fell desperately in love with the beautiful Magdalen Stalder, who is described as being a very lovely girl, and determined to marry her (which, in view of the high position assumed by the Steiger family, kicked up no end of a row among the higher-ups), but Rudolf married the girl and was disowned by his family. So having asserted himself, he determined to take his young wife and go to America where there was plenty of room for his independent spirit to soar. He brought with him to America his father in law and mother in law, certain of their sons and daughters with their families, and other kin whose caliber led them to brave the frontier.
His father in law, Jacob Stalder, was none other than our great- grandfather and the loverly Magdalen our great aunt.
As stated before, this was the Fall of 1819, and wilnter was approaching. Horrible tales of Indian massacres and wild animal and all unknown dangers of a strange land had struck fear to the hearts of our pioneer ancestors, and it was decided to build a two-story log house large enough to house this large group of families. This was done and all lived together, sixty persons in all, during the first winter. In the spring, each family built his own cabin and estabished a home for his family according to Swiss tradition.
This large house was built on what is now called the "Old Elijah Wood Farm". On this farm is a small burial ground where lie the remains of our great granparents Jacob and Anna Stalder and also here is buried the chivalrous Uncle Rudolf De Stiguer and Magdalen his lovely wife. Great Grandfather lived only a few years after coming here as evidenced by a deed of record in the recorder's office datedMarch 20, 1826, executed by Rudolf Steiger Von Grandson to Anna Stalder, relict of Jacob Stalder. It would seem that Magdalen also must have died before this deed was executed as she does not join or sign as wife in the deed as she did in a deed executed by her husband in 1823. Great-grandfather died suddenly in an appopletic stroke in the morning while he was dressing. Son Frederick died also in this manner. He and grandmother were planning to go for a visit on Sunday morning. Grandfather was dressing to go when his summons came, and he fell dead immediately.
This is the story told of the Swiss colony upon landing on American soil, passed down thru the generations. They struck out for the frontier, intending to locate on lands which now form the state of Indiana. Upon reaching the Ohio River they embarked upon flat boats and floated down the river as far as Marietta, Ohio where the ran aground on a sand bar. The ancestral group took advantage of this stop to do a general washing and airing of clothing, etc. It is said that Great Uncle De Steiger had forty-four dozen fine white linen shirts on the lline on this occasion. So much at least he had to show for his patrician origin.
They were delayed here for some time so it became noised about in real estate circes tha a band of Swiss emigrants were in the land, and the ever energetic real estater made tracks for Marietta and endeavered to disuade our worthy and noble great uncle from going further, as there was much fertile land to be had in Ohio. This real estate agent was a relative of Israel Putnam.
Great Uncle Rudolf sent Great-Grandfather Jacob Stalder to look at this land and bring back a report on it. He was gone so long that they began to think he was lost, or had been killed by the Indians, and one night the realtors gave Uncle De Stiguer some of their very strong wine and persuaded him to buy the land sight unseen. Later Great-grandfather returned with an unfavorable report, but the deed had already been executed and delivered. So this is why they came to locate on Federal Creek, Athens County, Ohio.
Great-grandfather Jacob Stalder was born and reared in Canton Bern Switzerland. His wife's name was Anna and she was also our great-grandmother. He was by trade a millwright in Swlitzerland. In this connection, I have heard my people say that in those days in Switzserland, people did not take their grain to the mill as they did in this country, but the miller went after the grain, ground it and returned it to his customer again.
Our grandfather Frederick was one of the younger ones and was about eighteen years old when he came to America. His brothers who accompanied him there were Peter, Nicholas, Casper, and Andrew, our great uncles. Of our great aunts there were six, and my father always spoke of their married names as, Aunt DeSteiger (Magdalen), Aunt Junod (Ursula), Aunt Weiss(Rosina), Aunt Hausner, and Aunt Finsterwald (Catharine). Uncle Weiss's name was Jacob. He was called "Old Jakie Weiss. Of these great aunts the husbands were all Swiss except Uncle Housner who was French. Of these branches of the family a number of the descendants still live in this vincinity.
Written by grandson of Frederich Stalder, who was the son of Jacob Stalder.

I don't know if this is the same but that is what I have found.

Lisa

Notes for LAURA WATSON AMES:
ubj: Re: Ames Ancestors
Date: 6/20/2002 11:39:47 AM Central Daylight Time
From: (Lance Crummett)

Hello Mary,

I have just started charting my family history and I'm very much a novice
when it comes to genealogy. I have a lot of information still to go through
and post on my site however I will take some time to check to see if I have
any additional information on the names you talked about.

Also, Thank you for the Nabby Lee Johnson Ames... Very interesting.

Sincerely,
Lance Crummett

On 6/9/02 17:32, "Icemom617
> I am also descended from Sylvanus Ames.
>
> I am curious about your Laura Natoon Ames (1808-1851). I have her as Laura
> Watson Ames, born February 13, 1808 and died July 29, 1851. She married
> Rudolph or Rodolph de Stieguer on August 23, 1826 in Ames Township, Athens,
> Ohio.
>
> She was just two years older than my ancestor, John Lee Ames who is my great
> great grandfather.
>
> I am curious about the name as John Lee Ames married Charlotte H. Watson. I'm
> wondering why you have a different name, if it might be a nickname, and if
> you know anything about the Watsons?
>
> The naming suggests that the families were somehow connected.

Hello Mary,

>If one were reading a handwritten listing, Watson could look
>like Natoon.

>Do you have your original hand-written source?

I think you may be right as I was reading this from a
pedigree chart my great-grand mother (Polly De Stieger
Crummett) made in the my grandfathers (Clovis Von Tavel
Crummett) baby book. The handwriting was pretty small so I
can see where I could have made a mistake. I will check that
first....

Lance

Children of JOHN DE STEIGUER and LAURA AMES are:
i. JOHN RUDOLPH7 DE STEIGUER, b. 1828; m. MARY PAMELIA CARPENTER, 27 Apr 1853, Athens, Ohio; b. 15 Sep 1834, Athens Co., Ohio; d. 1905.
ii. JANE WOOD DE STEIGUER, b. 1828.
iii. MARY MAGDALENA DE STEIGUER, b. 1830.
2. iv. LOUIS P. DE STEIGUER, b. 1835.
v. EDWARD DE STEIGUER, b. 1838.
3. vi. VIRGINIA DE STEIGUER, b. 22 Oct 1840, Athens, Ohio; d. 1923.
4. vii. EMANUEL DE STEIGUER, b. 1843, Ohio.
viii. EUGENE DE STEIGUER, b. 1845.
ix. IDA DE STEIGUER, b. 1849.

Children of JOHN DE STEIGUER and MELISSA NELSON are:
x. WILHELMINA7 DE STEIGUER, b. Oct 1855.
xi. OTTO NELSON DE STEIGUER, b. 09 Jan 1857.
xii. LEO NELSON DE STEIGUER, b. 12 Jul 1860.

Generation No. 2

2. LOUIS P.7 DE STEIGUER (JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 1835.

Notes for LOUIS P. DE STEIGUER:
Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
about Louis Rudolph De Steiguer
Name: Louis Rudolph De Steiguer
Serial Number: Captain
Race: W
RESIDENCE: 22 W. State St., Athens, O.
Birth Place: Athens, O.
Birth Date / Age: 18 March 1867
Assigns Comment: Appointed Naval Cadet from Ohio 17 March 1885. Captain 10 Aug 1916. Chief of Staff of Commandant 3 Naval District New York NY 27 March 1917 to 12 Sept 1918. Command of Arkansas 28 Sept 1918. Awarded or Award the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious Service first as Chief of Staff 3 Naval District and later as Commanding Officer of the United States Ship Arkansas operating in the War Zone in association with the British Grand Fleet. In Service
Volume #: 20

1930 United States Federal Census
about Bertie De Steiguer
Name: Bertie De Steiguer
Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Age: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Rudolph
Race: White

Household Members: Name Age
Rudolph De Steiguer 67
Bertie De Steiguer 64
Louise De Steiguer 40
Edward De Steiguer 30

Child of LOUIS P. DE STEIGUER is:
i. LOUIS RUDOLPH8 DE STEIGUER, b. 18 Mar 1867; d. 19 Apr 1947, Buried in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C.; m. KATHERINE CONSTABLE; b. 01 Aug 1879; d. 10 Jan 1964, Buried in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C..

Notes for LOUIS RUDOLPH DE STEIGUER:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Louis Rodolph White DE Steiguer
Name: Louis Rodolph White DE Steiguer
Service Info.: ADMINARL USN RET
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1867
Death Date: 19 Apr 1947
Interment Date: 21 Apr 1947
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section 2 Site 4940

De Steiguer, Louis R. b. March 18, 1867 d. April 19, 1947
United States Navy Admiral. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1885 and commanded the Arkansas in German waters with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. He was the Commander-in Chief of the Battle Force in 1927. Before retiring in 1932 he commanded the Third Naval District. (Bio by: Bill Heneage)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 4940

Notes for KATHERINE CONSTABLE:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Katherine Constable Widow of Louis Rudolph DE Steiguer
Name: Katherine Constable Widow of Louis Rudolph DE Steiguer
Service Info.: ADM USN
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1879
Death Date: 10 Jan 1964
Relation: Unknown Relationship To Veteran
Interment Date: 14 Jan 1964
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section 2 Site 4940 Ns

3. VIRGINIA7 DE STEIGUER (JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 22 Oct 1840 in Athens, Ohio, and died 1923. She married CHARLES H. RIPPEY 18 Mar 1863, son of WILLIAM RIPPEY and MARY BLISS. He was born 19 Feb 1839, and died 1919.

Children of VIRGINIA DE STEIGUER and CHARLES RIPPEY are:
i. WILLIAM GERMAIN8 RIPPEY, b. 23 Jul 1864.
5. ii. RUTH RIPPEY, b. 16 Sep 1866, Logan, Ohio; d. 1999, Brookline, Massachusetts.
6. iii. THRESHER AMES RIPPEY, b. 13 Aug 1868, Logan, Ohio; d. 16 Jun 1956, Los Angeles, California.
iv. VIRGINIA RIPPEY, b. 19 Jul 1871, Logan, Ohio.
v. IDENA RIPPEY, b. 01 Nov 1873.
vi. MIRIAM RIPPEY, b. 28 Dec 1875.
vii. EDITH RIPPEY, b. 1876.
viii. CHARLES H. RIPPEY, b. 26 May 1877.
ix. ATTWOOD E. RIPPEY, b. 13 Mar 1881.

4. EMANUEL7 DE STEIGUER (JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 1843 in Ohio. He married MYRTICE IVEY SMITH.

Notes for EMANUEL DE STEIGUER:
1860 United States Federal Census
about Emanuel Stiger
Name: Emanuel Stiger
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Greencastle Ward 5, Putnam, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Greencastle

Household Members: Name Age
George W Ames 45
Mary Ames 40
Hannah Ames 17
Emma Ames 14
Lizzie Ames 11
Minnie Ames 9
Allie Ames 6
Genevieve Ames 4
George Ames 2
Teresa Falper 20
Emanuel Stiger 17

Child of EMANUEL DE STEIGUER and MYRTICE SMITH is:
7. i. MARY MAGDALENE8 DE STEIGUER, b. 26 Sep 1903, Karnes County, Texas; d. 27 Dec 1989, San Diego, California.

Generation No. 3

5. RUTH8 RIPPEY (VIRGINIA7 DE STEIGUER, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 16 Sep 1866 in Logan, Ohio, and died 1999 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She married EVERETT STARR LITCHFIELD 21 Aug 1889 in National City, California, son of GEORGE LITCHFIELD and SARAH GURNEY. He was born 17 Jun 1865 in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, and died Mar 1951 in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Children of RUTH RIPPEY and EVERETT LITCHFIELD are:
i. UNKNOWN9 LITCHFIELD, b. 12 May 1893, Brookline, Massachusetts.
ii. VIRGINIA LITCHFIELD, b. 10 May 1894, Brookline, Massachusetts.
8. iii. MIRIAM DE STEIGUER LITCHFIELD, b. 07 Apr 1897, Brookline, Massachusetts; d. 11 Jun 1976, Stevensville, Montana.

6. THRESHER AMES8 RIPPEY (VIRGINIA7 DE STEIGUER, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 13 Aug 1868 in Logan, Ohio, and died 16 Jun 1956 in Los Angeles, California. He married CANNIE ZETTA LITCHFIELD Nov 1900, daughter of GEORGE LITCHFIELD and SARAH GURNEY. She was born 1864 in Massachusetts, and died 1953.

Children of THRESHER RIPPEY and CANNIE LITCHFIELD are:
i. STANTON9 RIPPEY, b. 1903, Massachusetts.
ii. THRESHER AMES RIPPEY, JR., b. Massachusetts.
9. iii. ZETTA RIPPEY, b. 06 Aug 1906, Massachusetts; d. 23 Aug 1994, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California.

7. MARY MAGDALENE8 DE STEIGUER (EMANUEL7, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 26 Sep 1903 in Karnes County, Texas, and died 27 Dec 1989 in San Diego, California. She married WILLIAM FRANKLIN EDWARDS 11 Feb 1933 in Houston, Texas. He was born 28 Dec 1902 in Banner, Mississippi, and died 03 Nov 1981 in Port Arthur, Texas.

Child of MARY DE STEIGUER and WILLIAM EDWARDS is:
10. i. LIVING9 EDWARDS.

Generation No. 4

8. MIRIAM DE STEIGUER9 LITCHFIELD (RUTH8 RIPPEY, VIRGINIA7 DE STEIGUER, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 07 Apr 1897 in Brookline, Massachusetts, and died 11 Jun 1976 in Stevensville, Montana. She married JOHN TREVOR PIERCE 1922 in Brookline, Massachusetts, son of WILMOT PIERCE and JEANNETTE TREVOR. He was born 06 Oct 1897 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and died 28 Jun 1979 in Philadelphia.

Children of MIRIAM LITCHFIELD and JOHN PIERCE are:
i. LIVING10 PIERCE.
ii. LIVING PIERCE.
iii. LIVING PIERCE.
iv. EVERETT PIERCE, b. 1926.

9. ZETTA9 RIPPEY (THRESHER AMES8, VIRGINIA7 DE STEIGUER, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) was born 06 Aug 1906 in Massachusetts, and died 23 Aug 1994 in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, California. She married LAWRENCE WAYNE RICHARDS.

10. LIVING9 EDWARDS (MARY MAGDALENE8 DE STEIGUER, EMANUEL7, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) She married LIVING SCHWEIN, son of EDWIN SCHWEIN and VIOLA HOLSTEIN.

Children of LIVING EDWARDS and LIVING SCHWEIN are:
11. i. LIVING10 SCHWEIN.
ii. LIVING SCHWEIN, m. LIVING RIGDON.

Generation No. 5

11. LIVING10 SCHWEIN (LIVING9 EDWARDS, MARY MAGDALENE8 DE STEIGUER, EMANUEL7, JOHN RUDOLPH6, JOHN RUDOLPH5 DE STIEGUER, BARON JOHN RUDOLPH4, JOHN RUDOLPH3, SIGISMUND EMANUEL2 VON STEIGER, EMANUEL1) She married LIVING BULL, son of LIVING BULL and LIVING JONES.

Children of LIVING SCHWEIN and LIVING BULL are:
i. LIVING11 BULL.
ii. LIVING BULL.

Laura Watson Ames

AustinHigh56 — 2009-08-01 04:24:30Z

Laura Ames married . was descended from an aristocratic Swiss family. How such a person happened to be in Amesville, Ohio where he would meet Laura Ames makes a good tale. Considering that the odds of their matchmaking would otherwise be nearly impossible, I'm inclined to believe the story.

The exceptional lineage produces a fine young grandson, .

Laura Watson Ames

AustinHigh56 — 2009-08-01 04:24:29Z

Edward Raymond Ames

AustinHigh56 — 2009-08-01 03:06:10Z

Edward Raymond Ames, son of Sylvanus Ames, II and Abigail Nabby Lee Ames, typifies the Ames line. His outstanding character, devotion to his religion and his country, and his intellect, set him apart early in life. Here are the stories I have collected. Some of this is repetitive, so make allowances! My thanks to all who have sent me copies of them over the last ten years.

Mary McGarr
Sylvanus Ames, II, John Lee Ames, Elizabeth Watson Ames Carlisle, Missouri Alice Carlisle Knight, Clark Knight, Mary Knight McGarr

Descendants of Edward Raymond Ames

Generation No. 1

1. EDWARD RAYMOND13 AMES (SYLVANUS12, SYLVANUS11, THOMAS10, THOMAS WILLIAM9, JOHN8, WILLIAM7, JOHN "RICHARD"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, WILLIAM AMES3 EAMES, JAMES2 IV, HENRY1 STEWART) was born 20 May 1806 in Ames Township, Athens County, OH, and died 25 Apr 1879 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD. He married (1) MAHALLA HANSON. She was born 1807 in Kentucky. He married (2) HENRIETTA BEACH 01 Jan 1834 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., IN, daughter of SAMUEL BEACH and ANNA DARRAH. She was born 28 Aug 1808 in Hanover, NJ, and died 21 Apr 1846 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.

Edward R. Ames
by Frances Ames

History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.
1883

Edward R. Ames, D.D., a native of Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, born May 20, 1806, was a son of Judge Sylvanus Ames. His early education was plain and practical. A natural taste for reading was fostered by a local library to which he had free access, and when twenty years of age he entered the Ohio University at Athens.

There he remained many years, supporting himself mainly by teaching. In 1828 the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at Chillicothe, and he attended its meetings. Bishop Roberts, the presiding officer, was so impressed with the young man's appearance that he invited him to accompany him to the Illinois Conference at Madison, ILL. He there made the acquaintance of several prominent Methodist clergymen, and opend a school at Lebanon, ILL., which was the germ of McKendree College.

In August, 1830, entered the itinerant ministry, and was licensed to preach by the Rev. Peter Cartwright. He was sent to the Shoal Creek Circuit, which covered an almost unlimited territory, and when the Indiana Conference was organized, in 1832, he went with the new Conference, and was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Soule. In 1834, he was ordanied an Elder by Bishop Roberts, and was employed in several fields of labor, including two years spent in St. Louis, Mo., till 1840. He was that year appointed a delegate to the General Conference in Baltimore, and was by that body elected Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society for the South and West.

He was the first Chaplain ever elected by an Indian Council, having served the Choctaw General Council in that capacity in 1842. In 1848 he was elected President of the Asbury University, Indiana, but declined the honor. In the General Conference in 1852, he was elected Bishop together with Bishops Scott and Simpson; and he was the first Methodist who ever visited the Pacific Coast. When the question of the seperation of the Methodists came up in 1844, he opposed the division, and afterward did all he could to foster a fraternal spirit. When the ecclesiastical property of the Methodist Epicopal Church South was confiscated for the time being, he was commissioned by President Lincoln and Secretry Stanton to take charge of it.

This was a most delicate duty, and in its performance he visited New Orleans and other Southern Cities, organizing societies and appointing white and colored preachers. During the twenty-seven years in which Bishop Ames was in the episcopacy, his whole public life was marked by a strict adherence to the rules and discipline of Methodism, and even when the most difficult points came up for settlement he displayed a far-seeing judgement and quickness of apprehension, which enabled him to grapple successfully with them.

Although grave and dignified in manner, there was a magnetism about him which attracted, and his preaching was always thoroughly enjoyed. He could scarcely be styled an orator, and yet his quiet reasoning, apt aphorisms, pertinent illustrations and earnestness, impressed more than mere declamation. He died at Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1879. He had been twice married, and left a son and two daughters.--Appleton's Annual, 1879.

Together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships,
educational, religious, civil, military, and political
history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens.
Many thanks to Fran Ames for this contribution!

Edward Raymond Ames (wife Mahala Hanson)He was Born 20 May 1806 Amesville, Ohio and died 25 April 1879 Baltimore Maryand. He is buried in the Greenmont Cemetery. He was a Bishop and chaplin in the Civil War (North). His parents were Sylvanus O. Ames and Nabby Lee Johnson.

This is from the Jim Ames genealogy series.

Edward Raymond Ames

AMES, Edward Raymond, bishop, born in Athens, Ohio, 20 May 1806; died in Baltimore, 25 April 1879. He studied for two years at the Ohio State University, and m 1828 opened a high school at Lebanon, Illinois, which in time grew into McKendree College. Here he remained until 1830, when he joined the Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference and became an itinerant minister. At the general conference for 1840 he was chosen corresponding secretary of the missionary society, and rode through the South and West and among the Indian tribes, a distance of more than 25,000 miles. He was a presiding elder from 1844 to 1852, and was then chosen bishop. He was the first Methodist bishop to visit the Pacific coast. During the civil war he rendered important service as a member of several commissions.

Edward Raymond Ames

1806-1879

Born: May 20, 1806 in Massachusetts, United States

Died: April 25, 1879
Occupation: Bishop Methodist

Source Database: Dictionary of American Biography

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Ames, Edward Raymond (May 20, 1806 - Apr. 25, 1879), Methodist and bishop, was a descendant of William Ames, who came to Braintree, Mass., from England in 1643. His grandfather, Sylvanus, was a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1767, and died at Valley Forge while serving as chaplain in Washington's army. Edward's father, also Sylvanus, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., in 1771, and in 1795 married Nabby Lee Johnson. Two years later they migrated westward and finally settled in what is now Adams County, Ohio, at a place later called Amesville. Here Edward was born and amid rough frontier conditions was reared. His father soon became a leader in the county, serving as sheriff, colonel of the militia, trustee of Ohio University, representative in the legislature, and, from 1813 to 1823, associate judge. In his home, which was the resort of the politicians of southern Ohio and a favorite stopping place for public men on their long trips from East to West, young Ames had opportunity to see many prominent people and hear much about the political movements of the day. His formal education was meager, but he made good use of the local Western Library Association, later the Coonskin Library, said to have been the first public library founded in the Northwest Territory, though not the first incorporated, in which his father was one of the original stockholders. For two or three years he attended Ohio University, supporting himself by teaching and other work. While there, Bishop Robert R. Roberts induced him to attend a session of the Illinois Methodist Conference, and here he met two men who persuaded him to open a seminary at Lebanon. The school was a success, and was the beginning of McKendree College. In 1830 he joined the Illinois Conference, and became an itinerant minister. Ten years later the General Conference elected him corresponding secretary of the Missionary Society for the South and West. During the four years that he filled this office he traveled some 25,000 miles. On one trip he passed over the entire frontier from Lake Superior to Texas, camping out during almost the entire trip, at one period, it is said, so destitute of provisions that for two days the only nourishment he and his companions had was a little moistened maple sugar (Walker, pp. 422-23). His task was to systematize the missionary work, take an inventory of the property, and obtain land grants from the government for educational work among the Indians. In 1844 he returned to the itinerancy and in 1848 was elected to succeed Matthew Simpson as president of Indiana Asbury University, but declined. In 1852 he was made bishop. His episcopal residence was Indianapolis, and during the Civil War he was energetic in behalf of the Union. He was the only Methodist bishop appointed chaplain in the army, and during the winter of 1861 preached to the soldiers in the various camps. In January 1862, with the Hon. Hamilton Fish, he was appointed by the War Department as commissioner to visit Union prisoners at Richmond and provide for their comfort at the expense of the United States. The appointment of the commission aroused indignation in the South, and Bishop Ames's presence upon it seems to have given special offense. Prof. William W. Sweet quotes from a letter from a Confederate officer, an ex-Methodist minister, to Jefferson Davis, warning him not to allow Ames to enter the lines, characterizing him as an "astute politician, who in the garb of a Christian minister and with the specious plea of 'Humanity' upon his lips, would insinuate himself into the very heart of that Government whose very foundation he would most gladly sap and destroy" (Sweet, p. 154). The commission was not permitted to enter Richmond. Ames had a clear, practical mind and business ability of a high order. He was strong in his convictions, imperious in manner, and sometimes dealt with a heavy hand. His sermons were usually conversational in style, but he was capable of impassioned oratory, and was at his best when addressing the thousands who gathered at Western camp meetings. His talent as an organizer and administrator was of great value to the church. The last years of his life were spent in Baltimore, where he died at the age of seventy-three.

-- J. Wesley Johnston

FURTHER READINGS
[Chas. M. Walker, Hist. of Athens County, Ohio (1869); H. N. Herrick and W. W. Sweet, Hist. of the North Indiana Conference (1917); Wm. W. Sweet, The M. E. Church and Civil War (1912); J. M. Reid, Missions and Missionary Societies of the M. E. Church (1879); Gen. Conf. Jour. (1880); Matthew Simpson, Cyc. of Methodism (1878); Methodist (N. Y.) May 3, 1879.]

Source Citation: "Edward Raymond Ames."Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HistRC/

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Subject: Biography of Edward Raymond Ames

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BISHOP AMES.
Right Rev. Edward Raymond Ames, D. D., LL. D., was born in Amesville, Ohio, May 20, 1806, and died in Baltimore, April, 1879. He is known as the "statesman bishop." He was a leader of men. Shortly after he was graduated from Ohio University he founded McKendree College; was ordained a minister at Vincennes, Indiana, in 1830; was made presiding elder and elected a delegate to the General Conference within ten years. At thirty-four he was missionary secretary, the youngest man ever elected to that office. The Choctaw Nation made him their chaplain in 1842. He was the first to hold such an office. The Indians called him "Black Thunder." In 1852 the General Conference elected him bishop and he was the first Methodist bishop to visit California. During the Civil War Bishop Ames was close to Lincoln, who sought his advice on important matters. He served with Hamilton Fish on the first commission appointed to arrange for an exchange of prisoners. He declined the offer of the Democratic party to make him a United States senator and also declined a portfolio in Lincoln's cabinet. Senator Voorhees said that Bishop Ames was a power in Indiana politics long after he removed to Baltimore.

A Wolf Hunt, by Edward Ames
During the greater part of his adult life, Bishop Ames has resided in Indiana, though his official duties have required protracted absences from home, and long journeys to the most distant parts of the country. A few years since he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, which is his present place of residence. Of late years he has frequently visited Athens, where he has relatives living, and where he finds great enjoyment in meeting the friends of his youth, and in recalling early memories. He is very fond of familiar converse, and, in his "hours of ease," talks in the most genial manner, of early reminiscences or of more modern and weighty affairs. During an evening recently passed by the writer in his company, when his boyhood and early life were the topic of speech, he gave, with much amusement, the following account of a wolf hunt:
In 1822 Pitt Putnam, of Marietta, organized a grand wolf hunt, to be held on the head waters of Big run. I suppose Putnam inherited his aversion to wolves from his Massachusetts ancestor, as men sometimes inherit politics or religion; at any rate he seemed to think that he had a call to exterminate wolves. The region fixed on for the hunt lay in Washington county, not far from the borders of Ames, and a great many of the male inhabitants of Ames and Bern took part in it. A space about four miles square was surveyed in the heart of the forest, and marked all the way around by blazing the trees. General notice was given some weeks beforehand through the newspaper printed at Marietta, and I remember that a rude diagram of the country and of the line of battle was published. The plan of proceeding was well organized. The hunters were to be stationed at regular distances from each other, all the way around the tract, some supplied with guns and others with horns. Certain men were appointed captains, lieutenants, etc., and gave orders to those nearest them. On the appointed day the hunters assembled from all directions, and were soon placed. I was then only sixteen years old, and was more highly excited over the affair than I am apt to become over any event now-a-days. When all was ready, the men stationed, armed, etc., a horn was blown by the leader, and the signal in a few minutes passed around the whole circuit; whereupon they all began to march toward a common center, keeping in line. Each man was ordered to make as great a hubbub as possible, those with horns to blow them and the rest to shout and halloo. I was a pretty well grown boy of my age, and was allowed to march with the rest. Furnished with a tin horn nearly as long as myself, I blew such blasts as would, I suppose, have shaken down the walls of Jericho, if they had been there, and blew till I had no strength to blow any more. The object of the noise, hooting, blowing horns and beating bushes was to scare up the wolves, and drive them before us, and, of course, when the poor doomed wolves had been thus driven closer and closer to a common center by the contracting lines, the purpose was to slay them ruthlessly, by the hundreds, that is, if they were there. As we drew near the center, where there was a running brook and a cave in the rocks, the excitement increased. Soon wild animals of different sorts were seen darting about. There were deer in considerable numbers, and though in poor condition, as I remember, a great many were killed. In their fright and eagerness to escape, they ran directly at the lines of hunters, and I saw some of them leap clear over the heads of the men. Foxes were numerous too, and a good many were killed, with smaller game of different sorts. But we were after wolves; and after all our marching and hallooing, and beating of bushes, my recollection is that not a single wolf was captured or killed-or, if any, only one or two-and the whole affair was a laughable failure, so far as the wolf part was concerned. I think I have never wasted so much breath to so little profit as I did in blowing that tin horn. I walked home a tired boy, and very skeptical as to Pitt Putnam's having any great inspiration as a wolf hunter.

Ames, Athens County, Ohio Genealogy

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Edward R. Ames, third son of Silvanus Ames, was born in Ames township, May 2o, 1806, on the farm now owned by James and George Henry. His early education, though limited, was healthful and solid, and, while still a youth, having access to the local library in Amesville, he formed a taste for reading that has largely influenced the conduct of his life. At the age of twenty he left his father's farm to attend the Ohio university at Athens, where he remained some two or three years, mainly supporting himself, meanwhile, by teaching and other chance employments. While at college he became a member of the Methodist church.

In the autumn of 1828 the late Bishop Roberts presided over the Ohio conference of the Methodist church, which was held at Chillicothe. To see their manner of doing business, and to obtain some knowledge as to the growth of the church, the young collegian attended the session. Bishop Roberts, who had a rare discernment of men, saw the youth and that there was something more than ordinary in him. The result of their acquaintance was, that, acting on the advice of the bishop to "go west," young Ames accompanied him a few weeks later to the Illinois conference, held that year in Madison, Indiana. Here he made further acquaintance with active Methodists from the western states, and, at their suggestion, he proceeded to Illinois and opened a high school at Lebanon, in the present county of St. Clair. He had fine success as a teacher, and remained here, making friends and influence, till 1830. In the autumn of this year he was licensed to preach by the Illinois conference, and was admitted and appointed to Shoal Creek circuit, embracing an indefinite extent of country.

Thenceforward, for some years, his was the usual history of a Methodist itinerant. He was elected as a delegate from the Indiana conference to the general conference, which met in Baltimore in 1840, and, by that body, was elected corresponding secretary of the missionary society for the south and west. This was before the days of railroads. Traveling was slow and difficult, and the labors of his office were arduous and wide extended. During the four years that he filled it, he traveled some twenty-five thousand miles. In one tour he passed over the entire frontier line, from Lake Superior to Texas, camping out almost the whole route, and one part of the time so destitute of provisions that, for two days, the only nourishment of himself and fellow travelers, was a little moistened maple sugar.

In 1859 he was elected one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, since when his official labors have been most onerous, responsible, and unremitting. Possessed of extraordinary capacity for business, and of great physical endurance, no task appals, and apparently no amount of labor fatigues him. His character and talents are so well known, both in and out of the church, as to render any analysis or description of them unnecessary in this place.

Bishop Ames is esteemed one of the most eloquent preachers in the Methodist church, as he certainly is one of the most popular. A well known minister and editor of the church says:

"As a conference debater he was always effective. We often met in the conference room, but never did we hear him make a speech ten minutes long. He listened to the discussion till he saw the strong points of a case, and these he would present in a few clear, terse statements, which could not be misunderstood, and which went far toward conviction. As a public speaker he is impressive and commanding, whether on the platform or in the pulpit. His voice is quite peculiar, and while under his management it is quite effective, yet it should never be imitated. He rises calmly, states his subject clearly, introduces it with some striking remark, which at once rivets the attention, and then by an easy, direct manner, moves along the track of thought chosen for the occasion. His sermons, though never written, are evidently carefully thought out. His style is molded by the old English classics. Many of his sentences are pure aphorisms. On he talks, till he talks up into the highest realm of thought. We think perhaps his most effective preaching was when he was presiding elder, and addressed gathered thousands on western camp grounds. Then we have seen his whole soul aroused, and his full tide of impassioned oratory was almost resistless. We forbear sketching some of those scenes, though they pass before us."

During the greater part of his adult life, Bishop Ames has resided in Indiana, though his official duties have required protracted absences from home, and long journeys to the most distant parts of the country. A few years since he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, which is his present place of residence. Of late years he has frequently visited Athens, where he has relatives living, and where he finds great enjoyment in meeting the friends of his youth, and in recalling early memories. He is very fond of familiar converse, and, in his "hours of ease," talks in the most genial manner, of early reminiscences or of more modern and weighty affairs. During an evening recently passed by the writer in his company, when his boyhood and early life were the topic of speech, he gave, with much amusement, the following account of a wolf hunt.

On a visit to Washington, D. C. in October of 2006, Mary McGarr ( grand niece of Edward Raymond Ames), stopped in at the headquarters of the United Methodist Church. She asked if there might be any documentation or biographical information about Edward. She was given a copy of the Council of Bishops "Lines of Ordination" May 2006 edition which includes the fact that Edward was elected in 1852 and ordained by Robert Richford Roberts.

BISHOP EDWARD RAYMOND AMES
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Bishop Ames

The effort to put a man of the size and style of Bishop Ames into a book, is a difficult, if not a hopeless, task. There is so much of him, in so many different directions, that one who knew and loved him finds himself discouraged at every step. Perhaps no better thing has been said in few words in honor of his memory than this sentence with which the Rev. Dr. Fowler concludes a tribute to his memory in the editorial columns of " The Christian Advocate:" "Bishop Ames was truly a great man, and the Church will be lonesome without him."

Edward Raymond Ames was of good Puritan stock. His grandfather, the Rev. Sylvanus Ames was a Massachusetts man, a graduate of Harvard College, and a pastor at Taunton, Mass. During the war of the Revolution he was a chaplain in Washington's army, and died in camp at Valley Forge in that terrible winter of 1778-79. His son, the father of the Bishop, settled at Amesville, Ohio, where Edward Raymond Ames was born of the 20th of May, 1806. During his student life at the University of Ohio he experienced the grace of God, and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church. Among his associates at that time may be mentioned the distinguished names of Rev. H.J. Clark, Rev. J. M. Tremble, Rev. E. H. Pilcher, E. W. Sehon, and other young men, who afterward obtained distinction in the Church. In 1830 he was licensed to preach by that remarkable man Peter Cartwright, and during the same year he was received on trial by the Illinois Conference. In 1832, on the division of this Conference, he was assigned to that portion of it which was designated the Indiana Conference, as a member of which he was ordained deacon by Bishop Soule, and elder by Bishop Roberts. In 1840 he was chosen a delegate to the General Conference held in Baltimore, and was elected Corresponding Secetery of the Missionary Society, holding also the position of Superintendent of the German and Indian Missions of the Church, in which capacity he traveled over twenty-four thousand miles during the four years of his secretaryship, traversing the whole Indian Territory from Texas to Lake Superior, and camping out in various Indian Tribes he learned to speak the Chocktaw language. He was absolutely without fear, and traveled among friendly and hostile Indians, often alone, most of the time with only a single companion. He was the first chaplain eve relected by an Indian Council, in which capacity he served in the Choctaw General Council of 1842, where, at their request, he drew up the School Law of the Choctaw Nation, a noble bill, by the provision of which a larger sum was appropriated for education, per capita, than in any State of the Union. The confidence reposed in him, and in his knowledge of Indian character, was often shown during the presidencies of Lincoln and Grant, by whom he was often solicited to serve on Indian Commissions, but which honor, from press of other duties, he was obliged to decline.

SOURCE: My Justice Family RootsEntries: 745 Updated: Sun Aug 25 00:15:00 2002 Contact: Meredith Dawn (Cline)Gast

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When I was in Washington, D. C. two years ago, I was walking down the street after visiting the Capitol Building and noticed a place that said it was the national headquarters (or something like that) of the Methodist Church. So I went in and inquired if they had any historical records on former Bishops. They wanted to know why I wanted to know, and when I told them, they fell all over themselves wanting to help. Long story shortened, they gave me some historical brochures that showed Bishop Ames' place in the scheme of things. The lady who helped me noted that he was the "first Bishop appointed by Bishop Asbury." If you're a Methodist (and I'm a back-sliding one) you know that Francis Asbury was a very prominent Methodist. She said it to me like she meant to convey that it was important. Made me feel good that I was related to him! Also, don't forget that Edward had TWO grandfathers who graduated from Harvard in 1767. Daniel Johnson, III also graduated from Harvard and was a classmate of Sylvanus Ames. A Bachelor's degree from Harvard in those days meant that one was trained religiously. After three years (I think) Harvard then awarded these graduates a Master's degree also. Harvard graduates became ministers, usually Episcopal, in the community they served and were considered leaders of that community. Thanks for putting up this information about Bishop Ames. Mary McGarr

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Location ATHENS, OHIO, USA
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The brochure that included Bishop Ames that I alluded to is: Council of Bishops "Lines of Ordination" May 2006 edition which includes the fact that Edward was elected in 1852 and ordained by Robert Richford Roberts.
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Name: Ed R Ames
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Age in 1870: 64
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Baltimore Ward 12, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Baltimore
Household Members: Name Age
Mahalla Ames 63
Ed R Ames 64 Property valued at $25,000, personal property valued at $10,000. Was living here while the Bishop.
Laura Ames 30 Daughter born in Indiana
Daffney Ames 66 --Servant -born in Maryland
Anna McGrann 31 --Servant from Ireland

Name: Edward Raymond Ames
Birth - Death: 1806-1879
Source Citation:
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Six volumes. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888- 1889. (ApCAB)
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 1: January, 1946-July, 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949. (BioIn 1)
The Encyclopedia of World Methodism. Two volumes. Edited by Nolan B. Harmon. Nashville, TN: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974. (EncWM) Biography contains portrait.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 3. New York: James T. White & Co., 1891. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 3)
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. 10 volumes. Edited by Rossiter Johnson. Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904. (TwCBDA)
Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History. Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967. (WhAm HS)

1850 United States Federal Census
about Nichola Ames (Name is interpreted incorrectly--it is Mahala)
Name: Nichola Ames
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804
Birth Place: Kentucky
Gender: Female
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
E R Ames 44
Nichola Ames 46 (Mahala)
Ann Ames 15
Lora A Ames 11
E R Ames 6
Christina Ames 19 (1831 Germany) Servant

1860 United States Federal Census
about Edward Ames
Name: Edward Ames
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Centre North Part, Marion, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Indianapolis
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Ames 34 (incorrect age)
Mahala Ames 54
Laura Ames 18
Edward Ames 16
Ida DeStiger 11
Christian Rosenbaum 23 (Laborer from Germany)
Jane Balin 25 Servant

Notes for MAHALLA:
May be Mahala.
Posted by: Julie (ID *****9702) Date: August 18, 2002 at 20:22:40
In Reply to: Re: Edward Raymond Ames , Bishop (1806- ) by John Ames of 1574

Edward Raymond Ames (wife Mahala ______)He was Born 20 May 1806 Amesville, Ohio and died 25 April 1879 Baltimore Maryand. He is buried in the Greenmont Cemetery. He was a Bishop and chaplin in the Civil War (North). His parents were Sylvanus O. Ames and Nabby Lee Johnson.

This is from the Jim Ames genealogy series.

AMES, BEACH, BIGELOW
Author: Richard Brown Date: 26 Aug 1997 12:00 PM GMT
Surnames: AMES, BEACH, BIGELOW
Samuel BEACH Looking for identity of the wife (who may have been called Anna) of Samuel BEACH. Samuel BEACH (son of Isaac Beach and Mary BIGELOW) was born 7 Nov 1774, Troy, Morris County, New Jersey, and married. Their daughter Henrietta BEACH was born 8 or 28 August 1808 at Hanover NJ. They moved to Indiana between the birth of Henrietta and her marriage to Edward Raymond AMES.
Re: AMES, BEACH, BIGELOW
Author: Richard Brown Date: 22 Aug 2004 9:07 AM GMT

In Reply to: Re: AMES, BEACH, BIGELOW by: Mary McGarr
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Thanks for that Mary. Since my posting I found that Anna Beach was indeed previously married to Thomas Darrah, so I am now looking for her maiden name. Many Darrahs lived in and around Sussex County NJ (where she married Samuel Beach) at that time, but I can't find Thomas or their marriage.
Her children with Beach were:
William Darrah BEACH born ca. 1800 at Easton, PA.
Samuel Fowler BEACH born December 1800
Sally Ann BEACH born 28 April 1808
Henrietta BEACH born 28 August 1808 at Hanover NJ
She died 8 April 1822 at JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA

Thanks again,

Richard Brown
May have died April 8, 1822 at Jeffersonville, Indiana (RIchard Brown)

She attended the Moravian School at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1825.
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.
1883

Edward R. Ames, D.D., a native of Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, born May 20, 1806, was a son of Judge Sylvanus Ames. His early education was plain and practical. A natural taste for reading was fostered by a local library to which he had free access, and when twenty years of age he entered the Ohio University at Athens.

There he remained many years, supporting himself mainly by teaching. In 1828 the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at Chillicothe, and he attended its meetings. Bishop Roberts, the presiding officer, was so impressed with the young man's appearance that he invited him to accompany him to the Illinois Conference at Madison, ILL. He there made the acquaintance of several prominent Methodist clergymen, and opend a school at Lebanon, ILL., which was the germ of McKendree College.

In August, 1830, entered the itinerant ministry, and was licensed to preach by the Rev. Peter Cartwright. He was sent to the Shoal Creek Circuit, which covered an almost unlimited territory, and when the Indiana Conference was organized, in 1832, he went with the new Conference, and was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Soule. In 1834, he was ordanied an Elder by Bishop Roberts, and was employed in several fields of labor, including two years spent in St. Louis, Mo., till 1840. He was that year appointed a delegate to the General Conference in Baltimore, and was by that body elected Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society for the South and West.

He was the first Chaplain ever elected by an Indian Council, having served the Choctaw General Council in that capacity in 1842. In 1848 he was elected President of the Asbury University, Indiana, but declined the honor. In the General Conference in 1852, he was elected Bishop together with Bishops Scott and Simpson; and he was the first Methodist who ever visited the Pacific Coast. When the question of the seperation of the Methodists came up in 1844, he opposed the division, and afterward did all he could to foster a fraternal spirit. When the ecclesiastical property of the Methodist Epicopal Church South was confiscated for the time being, he was commissioned by President Lincoln and Secretry Stanton to take charge of it.

This was a most delicate duty, and in its performance he visited New Orleans and other Southern Cities, organizing societies and appointing white and colored preachers. During the twenty-seven years in which Bishop Ames was in the episcopacy, his whole public life was marked by a strict adherence to the rules and discipline of Methodism, and even when the most difficult points came up for settlement he displayed a far-seeing judgement and quickness of apprehension, which enabled him to grapple successfully with them.

Although grave and dignified in manner, there was a magnetism about him which attracted, and his preaching was always thoroughly enjoyed. He could scarcely be styled an orator, and yet his quiet reasoning, apt aphorisms, pertinent illustrations and earnestness, impressed more than mere declamation. He died at Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1879. He had been twice married, and left a son and two daughters.--Appleton's Annual, 1879.

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Thomas Coke 1784
Francis Asbury 1784
Richard Whatcoat 1800
Phillip William Otterbein 1800
Martin Boehm 1800
Jacob Albright 1807
William M'Kendree 1808
Christian Newcomer 1813
Enoch George 1816
Robert Richford Roberts 1816
Andrew Zeller 1817
Joseph Hoffman 1821
Joshua Soule 1824
Elijah Hedding 1824
Henry Kumler Sr. 1825
John Emory 1832
James Osgood Andrew 1832
Samuel Heistand 1833
William Brown 1833
Beverly Waugh 1836
Thomas Asbury Morris 1836
Jacob Erb 1837
John Seybert 1839
Henry Kumler Jr. 1841
John Coons 1841
Joseph Long 1843
Leonidas Lent Hamline 1844
Edmund Storer Janes 1844
John Russel 1845
Jacob John Glossbrenner 1845
William Hanby 1845
William Capers 1846
Robert Paine 1846
David Edwards 1849
Henry Bidleman Bascom 1850
Levi Scott 1852
Matthew Simpson 1852
Osman Cleander Baker 1852
*Edward Raymond Ames 1852*
Lewis Davis 1853
George Foster Pierce 1854
John Early 1854
Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh 1854
Francis Burns 1858
William W. Orwig 1859
Jacob Markwood 1861
Daniel Shuck 1861
John Jacob Esher 1863
Davis Wasgatt Clark 1864
Edward Thomson 1864
Calvin Kingsley 1864
Jonathan Weaver 1865
William May Wightman 1866
Enoch Mather Marvin 1866
David Seth Doggett 1866
Holland Nimmons McTyeire 1866
John Wright Roberts 1866
John Dickson 1869
John Christian Keener 1870
Reuben Yeakel 1871
Thomas Bowman 1872
William Logan Harris 1872
Randolph Sinks Foster 1872
Isaac William Wiley 1872
Stephen Mason Merrill 1872
Edward Gayer Andrews 1872
Gilbert Haven 1872
Jesse Truesdell Peck 1872
Rudolph Dubs 1875
Thomas Bowman 1875
Milton Wright 1877
Nicholas Castle 1877
Henry White Warren 1880
Cyrus David Foss 1880
John Fletcher Hurst 1880
Erastus Otis Haven 1880
Ezekiel Boring Kephart 1881
Alpheus Waters Wilson 1882
Linus Parker 1882
John Cowper Granbery 1882
Robert Kennon Hargrove 1882
William Xavier Ninde 1884
John Morgan Walden 1884
Willard Francis Mallalieu 1884
Charles Henry Fowler 1884
William Taylor 1884
Daniel Kumler Flickinger 1885
William Wallace Duncan 1886
Charles Betts Galloway 1886
Eugene Russell Hendrix 1886
Joseph Stanton Key 1886
John Heyl Vincent 1888
James Newbury FitzGerald 1888
Isaac Wilson Joyce 1888
John Philip Newman 1888
Daniel Ayres Goodsell 1888
James Mills Thoburn 1888
James W. Hott 1889
Atticus Greene Haygood 1890
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald 1890
Wesley Matthias Stanford 1891
Christian S. Haman 1891
Sylvanus C. Breyfogel 1891
William Horn 1891
Job S. Mills 1893
Charles Cardwell McCabe 1896
Joseph Crane Hartzell 1896
Earl Cranston 1896
Warren Akin Candler 1898
Henry Clay Morrison 1898
David Hastings Moore 1900
John William Hamilton 1900
Edwin Wallace Parker 1900
Francis Wesley Warne 1900
George Martin Mathews 1902
Alexander Coke Smith 1902
Elijah Embree Hoss 1902
Henry Burns Hartzler 1902
William Franklin Heil 1902
Joseph Flintoft Berry 1904
Henry Spellmeyer 1904
William Fraser McDowell 1904
James Whitford Bashford 1904
William Burt 1904
Luther Barton Wilson 1904
Thomas Benjamin Neely 1904
Isaiah Benjamin Scott 1904
William Fitzjames Oldham 1904
John Edward Robinson 1904
Merriman Colbert Harris 1904
William Marion Weekley 1905
William Melvin Bell 1905
Thomas Coke Carter 1905
John James Tigert III 1906
Seth Ward 1906
James Atkins 1906
Samuel P. Spreng 1907
William Franklin Anderson 1908
John Louis Nuelsen 1908
William Alfred Quayle 1908
Charles William Smith 1908
Wilson Seeley Lewis 1908
Edwin Holt Hughes 1908
Robert McIntyre 1908
Frank Milton Bristol 1908
Collins Denny 1910
John Carlisle Kilgo 1910
William Belton Murrah 1910
Walter Russell Lambuth 1910
Richard Green Waterhouse 1910
Edwin DuBose Mouzon 1910
James Henry McCoy 1910
William Hargrave Fouke 1910
Uriah Frantz Swengel 1910
Homer Clyde Stuntz 1912
William Orville Shepard 1912
Theodore Sommers Henderson 1912
Naphtali Luccock 1912
Francis John McConnell 1912
Frederick DeLand Leete 1912
Richard Joseph Cooke 1912
Wilbur Patterson Thirkield 1912
John Wesley Robinson 1912
William Perry Eveland 1912
Henry Harness Fout 1913
Cyrus Jeffries Kephart 1913
Alfred Taylor Howard 1913
Gottlieb Heinmiller 1915
Lawrence Hoover Seager 1915
Herbert Welch 1916
Thomas Nicholson 1916
Adna Wright Leonard 1916
Matthew Simpson Hughes 1916
Charles Bayard Mitchell 1916
Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton 1916
Alexander Priestly Camphor 1916
Eben Samuel Johnson 1916
William H. Washinger 1917
John Monroe Moore 1918
William Fletcher McMurry 1918
Urban Valentine Williams Darlington 1918
Horace Mellard DuBose 1918
William Newman Ainsworth 1918
James Cannon, Jr. 1918
Matthew T. Maze 1918
Lauress John Birney 1920
Frederick Bohn Fisher 1920
Charles Edward Locke 1920
Ernest Lynn Waldorf 1920
Edgar Blake 1920
Ernest Gladstone Richardson 1920
Charles Wesley Burns 1920
Harry Lester Smith 1920
George Harvey Bickley 1920
Frederick Thomas Keeney 1920
Charles Larew Mead 1920
Anton Bast 1920
Robert Elijah Jones 1920
Matthew Wesley Clair 1920
Arthur R. Clippinger 1921
William Benjamin Beauchamp 1922
James Edward Dickey 1922
Samuel Ross Hay 1922
Hoyt McWhorter Dobbs 1922
Hiram Abiff Boaz 1922
John Francis Dunlap 1922
George Amos Miller 1924
Titus Lowe 1924
George Richmond Grose 1924
Brenton Thoburn Badley 1924
Wallace Elias Brown 1924
Arthur Biggs Statton 1925
John S. Stamm 1926
Samuel J. Umbreit 1926
Raymond J. Wade 1928
James Chamberlain Baker 1928
Edwin Ferdinand Lee 1928
Grant D. Batdorf 1929
Ira David Warner 1929
John W. Gowdy 1930
Chih Ping Wang 1930
Arthur James Moore 1930
Paul Bentley Kern 1930
Angie Frank Smith 1930
George Edward Epp 1930
Joshwant Rao Chitamber 1930
Juan Ermete Gattinoni 1932
Junius Ralph Magee 1932
Ralph Spaulding Cushman 1932
Elmer Wesley Praetorius 1934
Charles H. Stauffacher 1934
Jarrell Waskom Pickett 1935
Roberto Valenzuela Elphick 1936
Wilbur Emery Hammaker 1936
Charles Wesley Flint 1936
Garfield Bromley Oxnam 1936
Alexander Preston Shaw 1936
John McKendree Springer 1936
F. H. Otto Melle 1936
Ralph Ansel Ward 1937
Victor Otterbein Weidler 1938
Ivan Lee Holt 1938
William Walter Peele 1938
Clare Purcell 1938
Charles Claude Selecman 1938
John Lloyd Decell 1938
William Clyde Martin 1938
William Turner Watkins 1938
James Henry Straughn 1939
John Calvin Broomfield 1939
William Alfred Carroll Hughes 1940
Lorenzo Houston King 1940
Bruce Richard Baxter 1940
Shot Kumar Mondol 1940
Clement Daniel Rockey 1941
Enrique Carlos Balloch 1941
Z. T. Kaung 1941
Wen Yuan Chen 1941
George Carleton Lacy 1941
Fred L. Dennis 1941
Dionisio Deista Alejandro 1944
Fred Pierce Corson 1944
Walter Earl Ledden 1944
Lewis Oliver Hartman 1944
Newell Snow Booth 1944
Willis Jefferson King 1944
Robert Nathaniel Brooks 1944
Edward Wendall Kelly 1944
William Angie Smith 1944
Paul Elliott Martin 1944
Costen Jordan Harrell 1944
Paul Neff Garber 1944
Charles Wesley Brashares 1944
Schuyler Edward Garth 1944
Arthur Frederick Wesley 1944
John Abdus Subhan 1945
John Balmer Showers 1945
August Theodor Arvidson 1946
Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer 1946
John Wesley Edward Bowen 1948
Lloyd Christ Wicke 1948
John Wesley Lord 1948
Dana Dawson 1948
Marvin Augustus Franklin 1948
Roy Hunter Short 1948
Richard Campbell Raines 1948
Marshall Russell Reed 1948
Harry Clifford Northcott 1948
Hazen Graff Werner 1948
Glenn Randall Phillips 1948
Gerald Hamilton Kennedy 1948
Donald Harvey Tippett 1948
Jose Labarrete Valencia 1948
Sante Uberto Barbieri 1949
Raymond Leroy Archer 1950
David Thomas Gregory 1950
Frederick Buckley Newell 1952
Edgar Amos Love 1952
Matthew Wesley Clair Jr. 1952
John Warren Branscomb 1952
Henry Bascom Watts 1952
D. Stanley Coors 1952
Edwin Edgar Voigt 1952
Francis Gerald Ensley 1952
Alsie Raymond Grant 1952
Julio Manuel Sabanes 1952
Friedrich Wunderlich 1953
Odd Arthur Hagen 1953
Ferdinand Sigg 1954
Reuben Herbert Mueller 1954
Harold Rickel Heininger 1954
Lyle Lynden Baughman 1954
Prince Albert Taylor Jr. 1956
Eugene Maxwell Frank 1956
Nolan Bailey Harmon 1956
Bachman Gladstone Hodge 1956
Hobart Baumann Amstutz 1956
Ralph Edward Dodge 1956
Mangal Singh 1956
Gabriel Sundaram 1956
Paul E. V. Shannon 1957
John Gordon Howard 1957
Hermann Walter Kaebnick 1958
W. Maynard Sparks 1958
Paul Murray Herrick 1958
Bowman Foster Stockwell 1960
Fred Garrigus Holloway 1960
William Vernon Middleton 1960
William Ralph Ward Jr. 1960
James Kenneth Mathews 1960
Oliver Eugene Slater 1960
William Kenneth Pope 1960
Paul Vernon Galloway 1960
Aubrey Grey Walton 1960
Kenneth Wilford Copeland 1960
Everett Walter Palmer 1960
Ralph Taylor Alton 1960
Edwin Ronald Garrison 1960
Torney Otto Nall Jr. 1960
Charles Franklin Golden 1960
Noah Watson Moore Jr. 1960
Marquis LaFayette Harris 1960
James Walton Henley 1960
Walter Clark Gum 1960
Paul Hardin Jr. 1960
John Owen Smith 1960
Paul William Milhouse 1960
Pedro Ricardo Zottele 1962
James Samuel Thomas 1964
William McFerrin Stowe 1964
Walter Kenneth Goodson 1964
Dwight Ellsworth Loder 1964
Robert Marvin Stuart 1964
Edward Julian Pendergrass Jr. 1964
Thomas Marion Pryor 1964
Homer Ellis Finger Jr. 1964
Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr. 1964
Francis Enmer Kearns 1964
Lance Webb 1964
Escrivao Anglaze Zunguze 1964
Robert Fielden Lundy 1964
Harry Peter Andreassen 1964
John Wesley Shungu 1964
Alfred Jacob Shaw 1965
Prabhakar Christopher Benjamin
Balaram 1965
Stephen Trowen Nagbe 1965
Franz Werner Schäfer 1966
Benjamin I. Guansing 1967
Lineunt Scott Allen 1967
Paul Arthur Washburn 1968
Carl Ernst Sommer 1968
David Frederick Wertz 1968
Alsie Henry Carleton 1968
Roy Calvin Nichols 1968
Arthur James Armstrong 1968
William Ragsdale Cannon 1968
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa 1968
Cornelio M. Ferrer 1968
Paul Locke A. Granadosin 1968
Joseph R. Lance 1968
Ram Dutt Joshi 1968
Eric Algernon Mitchell 1969
Federico Jose Pagura 1969
Armin E. Härtel 1970
Ole Edvard Borgen 1970
Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr. 1972
Joseph Hughes Yeakel 1972
Robert E. Goodrich Jr. 1972
Carl Julian Sanders 1972
Ernest T. Dixon Jr. 1972
Don Wendell Holter 1972
Wayne K. Clymer 1972
Joel Duncan McDavid 1972
Edward Gonzalez Carroll 1972
Jesse Robert DeWitt 1972
James Mase Ault 1972
John B. Warman 1972
Mack B. Stokes 1972
Jack Marvin Tuell 1972
Melvin E. Wheatley Jr. 1972
Edward Lewis Tullis 1972
Frank Lewis Robertson 1972
Wilbur Wong Yan Choy 1972
Robert McGrady Blackburn 1972
Emilio J. M. de Carvalho 1972
Fama Onema 1972
Mamidi Elia Peter 1972
Bennie de Quency Warner 1973
J. Kenneth Shamblin 1976
Alonzo Monk Bryan 1976
Kenneth William Hicks 1976
James Chess Lovern 1976
Leroy Charles Hodapp 1976
Edsel Albert Ammons 1976
C. Dale White 1976
Ngoy Kimba Wakadilo 1976
Almeida Penicela 1976
LaVerne D. Mercado 1976
Hermann Ludwig Sticher 1977
Shantu Kumar A. Parmar 1979
Thomas Syla Bangura 1979
John Alfred Ndoricimpa 1980
William Talbot Handy Jr. 1980
John Wesley Hardt 1980
Benjamin Ray Oliphint 1980
Louis Wesley Schowengerdt 1980
Melvin George Talbert 1980
Paul Andrews Duffey 1980
Edwin Charles Boulton 1980
John William Russell 1980
Fitz Herbert Skeete 1980
George Willis Bashore 1980
Roy Clyde Clark 1980
William Boyd Grove 1980
Emerson Stephen Colaw 1980
Marjorie Swank Matthews 1980
Carlton Printess Minnick Jr 1980
Calvin Dale McConnell 1980
Kainda Katembo 1980
Emerito P. Nacpil 1980
Arthur Flumo Kulah 1980
Felton Edwin May 1984
Ernest A. Fitzgerald 1984
R. Kern Eutsler 1984
J. Woodrow Hearn 1984
Walter L. Underwood 1984
Richard B. Wilke 1984
J. Lloyd Knox 1984
Neil L. Irons 1984
Roy Isao Sano 1984
Lewis Bevel Jones III 1984
Forrest C. Stith 1984
Ernest W. Newman 1984
Woodie W. White 1984
Robert Crawley Morgan 1984
David J. Lawson 1984
Elias Gabriel Galvan 1984
Rueben Philip Job 1984
Leontine T. Kelly 1984
Judith Craig 1984
Rüdiger Rainer Minor 1986
Jose Castro Gamboa Jr. 1986
Thomas Barber Stockton 1988
Harold Hasbrouck Hughes Jr. 1988
Richard Carl Looney 1988
Robert Hitchcock Spain 1988
Susan Murch Morrison 1988
R. Sheldon Duecker 1988
Joseph Benjamin Bethea 1988
William B. Oden 1988
Bruce P. Blake 1988
Charles Wilbourne Hancock 1988
Clay Foster Lee Jr. 1988
Sharon A. Brown Christopher 1988
Dan E. Solomon 1988
William B. Lewis 1988
William W. Dew Jr. 1988
Moises Domingos Fernandes 1988
Joao Somane Machado 1988
Walter Klaiber 1989
Heinrich Bolleter 1989
Hans Växby 1989
Alfred Lloyd Norris 1992
Joe Allen Wilson 1992
Robert Eugene Fannin 1992
Amelia Ann B. Sherer 1992
Albert Frederick Mutti 1992
Raymond Harold Owen 1992
Joel Neftali Martinez 1992
Donald Arthur Ott 1992
Kenneth Lee Carder 1992
Hae Jong Kim 1992
William Wesley Morris 1992
Marshall Leroy Meadors Jr. 1992
Charles Wesley Jordan 1992
Sharon Zimmerman Rader 1992
S. Clifton Ives 1992
Mary Ann Swenson 1992
Done Peter Dabale 1992
Joseph Humper 1992
Christopher Jokomo 1992
Daniel C. Arichea Jr. 1994
G. Lindsey Davis 1996
Joseph E. Pennel Jr. 1996
Charlene Payne Kammerer 1996
Alfred Johnson 1996
Cornelius L. Henderson 1996
Susan Wolfe Hassinger 1996
J. Lawrence McCleskey 1996
Ernest S. Lyght 1996
Janice Riggle Huie 1996
Marion M. Edwards 1996
C. Joseph Sprague 1996
Peter E. Weaver 1996
Jonathan D. Keaton 1996
Ray Chamberlain 1996
John L. Hopkins 1996
Michael J. Coyner 1996
Edward W. Paup 1996
Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda 1996
Larry M. Goodpaster 2000
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William W. Hutchinson 2000
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From The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church - 2000. Copyright 2000 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.

Laura Sudholt
All Saints Academy, Breese

Have you ever thought how something familiar and commonplace could have an interesting history? McKendree College is one of those places that most people hear about but do not often take time to think about.

Like many colleges, McKendree College survived a shortage of funds while attempting to establish higher education. McKendree College, located in Lebanon, Illinois, about twenty miles from Breese, is one of the oldest schools in the state and offers a wide variety of career opportunities for its students. Some exciting careers have begun at McKendree College, including those of U.S. Senators Francis Hereford (West Virginia) and Lawrence Sherman (Illinois) and Governor Charles Deneen (Illinois).

McKendree College was founded in 1828, when 105 people pledged $1,385 to establish what was named Lebanon Seminary. It was to be a private school made up of two small buildings. In 1828 Lebanon Seminary opened with seventy-two students, sixty-seven males and five females. Edward R. Ames was hired as principal and teacher at a salary of $115 the first year, increasing to $125 the second. Miss McMurphy was hired as a teacher at a salary of $83.33 the first year and $125 the second.

After opening, Lebanon Seminary struggled for two years. However, the Methodist Church's first American-born bishop, William McKendree, became interested in the small school and did much to help the college survive. In honor of William McKendree, the Lebanon Seminary was renamed McKendree College.

After its first seven seniors graduated in 1841, McKendree incurred more debt, and the trustees decided the rest of the year could not be completed. In November 1845 all classes were closed with the promise to reopen in the fall. Although the school reopened in 1846, the president and faculty received a salary, not from McKendree but from Methodist churches. The "salary" was garden vegetables and livestock.

William Goodfellow, a professor at the college, conducted a successful campaign and raised $10,000. This money was used to construct a new building on campus. "Old Main" was completed in 1850 but burned down in 1856. Six years later, construction began on a new chapel. However, replacement costs did not cover the cost of a new bell for the steeple. In 1858 President Nelson E. Cobleigh purchased a bell for $60. Today, this bell still chimes every hour and at every graduation ceremony.

Not only was McKendree noted for its high academic quality, but it also began an athletic program. McKendree offered baseball as its first intercollegiate athletic team, and the school still participates competitively in baseball. Soccer was played from 1888 to 1892, until football replaced it. But in the 1950s, football was also dropped. Tennis teams were formed about 1890, and by 1900 McKendree added a track and basketball team. In 1928 women's sports were added.

By 1922 enrollment reached 1,343 students at the main campus and about 500 more students attending off-site locations. Although McKendree College has struggled throughout its history, it still prospers.—[From McKendree College History 1928-1978.]

This original campus building at McKendree College, constructed in 1828, was destroyed by fire in 1856.

May 20, 1806 • Edward R. Ames Did Ohio Proud
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Edward R. Ames caused Abraham Lincoln some embarrassment. He did not mean to do it.

Abraham Lincoln risked political embarrassment because of Ames.
Born in Amesville, Ohio on this day, May 20, 1806, he was the son of a judge. His early education was of the same simple quality available to most rural boys. However, he loved to read and spent much time in the local library. This furnished him with the background he needed to enter the Ohio University at Athens, which he did at twenty. He remained there for many years, supporting himself by teaching.

Edward had become a Methodist. Attending a Methodist conference that was held at Chillicothe in 1828, he attracted the attention of Bishop Roberts, who asked him to accompany him to Illinois. That invitation set Edward on a course to prominence in his denomination. At Lebanon, Illinois, he founded the school which became McKendree College. His salary the first year--as principal and teacher--was a whopping $115!

Two years later, in 1830, Edward became a traveling preacher. The flamboyant Peter Cartwright, one of the most famous of all circuit riders, ordained him. Later Edward would host Joseph Tarkington, another famous name among the Methodist circuit riders. Tarkington wrote "As he helped the children out, he said, 'What would I give if my children were as healthy as these!' I advised him to keep a cow. Mrs. Ames was delicate of health but noble-spirited. She was anxious to be of use and comfort to her family. She had never learned to cook, and wanted my wife to teach her." While a traveling preacher, Edward once rode down the whole frontier from Lake Superior to Texas, camping out almost the whole way! With few provisions, he sometimes went hungry for days on end. He preached to thousands, organized mission work and obtained land grants from state governments.

During the twenty years after he became a traveling preacher, Edward engaged in many tasks. One of the most unusual was to serve as the chaplain of the Choctaw General Council at the tribe's request. A few years later he served as president of Asbury College. He was also the first Methodist leader to reach the Pacific coast.

In 1852, Edward was elected bishop at a Boston conference. (That same meeting changed Methodist rules, finally permitting women and men to sit together in the church pews.) By his elevation to bishop, Edward moved a step closer to embarrassing Lincoln.

During the American Civil War, the War Department asked Edward to take charge of Methodist churches in the Southern states where many bishops were not loyal to the Union. Embarrassed that the nation would interpret this as a violation of the separation of church and state, Lincoln dashed off a letter, saying, "the U. S Government must not, as by this order, under take to run the Churches. When an individual in a church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest, he must be checked; but the churches, as such, must take care of themselves. It will not do for the U. S. to appoint trustees, supervisors or other agents for the churches."

When Lincoln found that only the conquered Southern states were involved, he relaxed. Edward was allowed to go on with the work and he appointed many preachers throughout the region.

After the War, Edward assisted at revival services in St. Louis, Missouri and was active in preparing a new Methodist hymnal. Its preface exhorted the brethren to "'sing with the spirit' and 'with the understanding also,' 'making melody in your heart to the Lord.' "

Edward died in Baltimore in 1879, one of many Methodists who made a significant contribution to the growing American nation.

Resources:
"Ames, Edward Raymond." Dictionary of American Biography.
Ames, Francis. History of Hocking Valley, Ohio. (www.angelfire.com/ks2/Ames/edward.html).
Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton, February 11, 1864.
Tarkington, Joseph. Autobiography. (Cincinnati: Curtis and Jennings, 1899).
Various internet articles.

Ames, Edward Raymond (1806-1879) Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1871

ID: I122
Name: Edward Raymond "Bishop" AMES
Sex: M
Birth: 20 May 1806 in Athens, Athen County, Ohio
Death: 25 Apr 1879 in Baltimore, Maryland
ADDR: No. 184 M'Cullough Street

Baltimore
Maryland

Marriage 1 Henrietta BEACH b: 28 Aug 1808
Married: 1 Jan 1834
Children
Ann B. AMES b: 24 Oct 1835
Laura B. AMES b: 1839
Edward R. AMES b: 1844

ID: I01481
Name: Edward Raymond Ames 1 2 3 4 5
Sex: M
Title: Bishop
Birth: 20 MAY 1806 in Ames Twp, Athens, OH 4 6 7
Birth: 20 MAY 1806 in Athens, Athens Co, OH 2 3
Death: 25 APR 1879 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 4 6
Education: OH University at Athens
Occupation: Methodist Bishop
Religion: Methodist
Residence: mostly in IN
Note:
From Harper's Weekly, 5-17-1879: "The Late Bishop Ames"
"The venerable Bishop Edward Raymond Ames, D.D., LL.D, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who died in Baltimore on the 25th ult., was a man with a remarkable history. He belonged to an old Puritan family that left MA toward the close of the last century, and settled at Amesville, OH, where Edward was born in 1806. His grandfather, the Rev. Sylvanus Ames, a graduate of Harvard, died at Valley Forge while acting as chaplain of General Washington's army.

At the age of twenty he left the farm and entered as a student in the OH State [sic] University, at Athens, where he spent two years, supporting himself chiefly by his own exertions. In 1828 he opened a High School at Lebanon, IL, which subseqently became M'Kendree College, in which institution he was a tutor. He remained there until 1830, when he became a Methodist preacher, first joining the IL Conference.

Upon the organization of the IN Conference in 1832, he joined that body, remaining there until he became a Bishop, with the exception of two years spent in IL. He was often appointed Presiding Elder, and filled various other offices of trust in the Church. He was chosen a Delegate to the General conference of the Methodists held in Baltimore in 1840, and was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary society of the South and West.

When the rupture occurred between the Church North and South on the slavery question, in 1844, he did what he could to heal the breach and promote good-fellowship, but the effort was unavailing, and he remained with the Church North. In 1848 he officiated as chaplain to a Council of Choctaws, being the first chaplain ever chosen by an Indian Assembly." End of Harper's.

In "HISTORY OF MONROE CO." BY FRANK HICKENLOOPER C.1896: Bishop E.R. AMES (Methodist Episcopal) was president of the IA Conference at its 27th session 28 Sept. 1870, in Albia IA.

The below was sent by Stafford-Ames Morse, 12522 Corliss Ave N., Seattle, WA, 98133, to Steven Sims on 8-22-1998, personal correspondence.

In the Valley Forge Park Reference Library [1-15-1973] there is a book titled "Known Military Dead" compiled by Clarence Steward Peterson. Listed in this book is the following item:
Bishop Ames
The effort to put a man of the size and style of Bishop Ames into a book is a difficult, if not a hopeless, task. There is so much of him, in so many different directions, that one who knew and loved him finds himself discouraged at every step. Perhaps no better thing has been said in few words in honor of his memory than this sentence with which the Rev. Dr. Fowler concludes a tribute to his memory in the editorial columns of " The Christian Advocate:" "Bishop Ames was truly a great man, and the Church will be lonesome without him."

Edward Raymond Ames was of good Puritan stock. His grandfather, the Rev. Sylvanus Ames was a MA man, a graduate of Harvard College, and a pastor at Taunton, MA During the war of the Revolution, he was a chaplain in Washington's army, and died in camp at Valley Forge in that terrible winter of 1778-79. His son, the father of the Bishop, settled at Amesville, OH, where Edward Raymond Ames was born the 20th of May, 1806. During his student life at the University of OH he experienced the grace of God, and was received into the Methodist Episcopal Church. Among his associates at that time may be mentioned the distinguished names of Rev. H.J. Clark, Rev. J. M. Tremble, Rev. E. H. Pilcher, E. W. Sehon, and other young men, who afterward obtained distinction in the Church. In 1830 he was licensed to preach by that remarkable man Peter Cartwright, and during the same year he was received on trial by the IL Conference. In 1832, on the division of this Conference, he was assigned to that portion of it which was designated the IN Conference, as a member of which he was ordained deacon by Bishop Soule, and elder by Bishop Roberts. In 1840 he was chosen a delegate to the General Conference held in Baltimore, and was elected Corresponding Secetery of the Missionary Society, holding also the position of Superintendent of the German and Indian Missions of the Church, in which capacity he traveled over twenty-four thousand miles during the four years of his secretaryship, traversing the whole Indian Territory from TX to Lake Superior, and camping out in various Indian Tribes he learned to speak the Choctaw language. He was absolutely without fear, and traveled among friendly and hostile Indians, often alone, most of the time with only a single companion. He was the first chaplain eve relected by an Indian Council, in which capacity he served in the Choctaw General Council of 1842, where, at their request, he drew up the School Law of the Choctaw Nation, a noble bill, by the provision of which a larger sum was appropriated for education, per capita, than in any State of the Union. The confidence reposed in him, and in his knowledge of Indian character, was often shown during the presidencies of Lincoln and Grant, by whom he was often solicited to serve on Indian Commissions, but which honor, from press of other duties, he was obliged to decline.

Marriage 1 Mahala Hanson (Waller?)

Marriage 2 Henrietta Beach b: 28 AUG 1808 in Hanover, Morris, NJ
Married: 1 JAN 1834 in Jefferson, Clark, IN 2 3 8
Children
Annie E. Ames b: 24 OCT 1835 in Jeffersonville, Clark, IN
Laura B. Ames b: 1839 in IN
Edward Raymond Ames b: 1844 in IN

Sources:
Title: Ames Family Chart
Author: Commissioned by Ellis Ames, Esquire
Publication: About 1850
Note: This chart of the AMES family has survived as copies among many AMES descendants. Its accuracy has been confirmed via Vital Records wherever such records have been found to exist. Fewer than 1% of its data conflicts in any way with corresponding VRs, and it may be the VRs that are inaccurate.
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Manuscript
Text: Date of Import: Aug 23, 1998
Title: Alan Blades
Author: Alan Blades
Publication: Ancestry.com
Repository:
Note: alschina@aol.com
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Text: gedcom from Vickie Ames Gellhaus

Children of EDWARD AMES and HENRIETTA BEACH are:
2. i. ANN B. ANNIE14 AMES, b. 24 Oct 1835, Jeffersonvillie, Indiana.
ii. LAURA B. AMES, b. 1839, Indiana.

Notes for LAURA B. AMES:
May be Laura A. Ames.

iii. EDWARD RAYMOND AMES, b. 1844, Indiana; d. 24 Sep 1882.

Notes for EDWARD RAYMOND AMES:
1880 United States Federal Census has 6 matches for:
Edward Ames in Indiana

Name: Edward AMES
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: <1845>
Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: At Home
Relation: Other
Home in 1880: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Marital status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
Head of household: Larrabee INNES
Father's birthplace: IN
Mother's birthplace: IN
Cannot read/write: View image
Blind: View image
Deaf and dumb: View image
Otherwise disabled: View image
Idiotic or insane: View image
Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T9_501; Family History Film: 1254501; Page: 140B; Enumeration District: 111; Image: 0461.

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about Edward Raymond Ames
Name: Edward Raymond Ames
Residence: Marion County, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 22 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Indiana
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Indiana 11th Infantry Regiment on 22 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 04 Aug 1861 at Indianapolis, IN.
Commissioned an officer in the Regular Army 7th Infantry Regiment on 06 Mar 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 06 Mar 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 28 Aug 1863.
Promoted to Full Captain on 07 Oct 1864.

Death Date: 24 Sep 1882
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903

Generation No. 2

2. ANN B. ANNIE14 AMES (EDWARD RAYMOND13, SYLVANUS12, SYLVANUS11, THOMAS10, THOMAS WILLIAM9, JOHN8, WILLIAM7, JOHN "RICHARD"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, WILLIAM AMES3 EAMES, JAMES2 IV, HENRY1 STEWART) was born 24 Oct 1835 in Jeffersonvillie, Indiana. She married PHILIP HANSON HISS 20 May 1856 in Baltimore, Maryland, son of PHILLIP HISS and SARAH ROGERS.

Notes for PHILIP HANSON HISS:
Could be William Jacob Hiss.

Household Record 1880 United States Census

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Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Hanson HISS Self M Male W 49 MD Cabinet Maker MD MD
Susan HISS Wife M Female W 49 MD Keeping House PA PA
Henry S. HISS Son S Male W 27 MD Furniture Manufacturing MD MD
Philip HISS Son S Male W 22 MD Designer MD MD
Mary M. HISS Dau S Female W 21 MD At Home MD MD
Hattie HISS Dau S Female W 17 MD At School MD MD
Susan HISS Dau S Female W 15 MD At School MD MD
Fanny V. HISS Dau S Female W 13 MD At School MD MD
P. Hanson HISS Son S Male W 11 MD At School MD MD
Mary RINGLAND Other M Female W 65 PA Servant IRE PA
Ann ATKINSON Other S Female W 49 MD Servant IRE IRE
Cate FLYNN Other S Female W 22 PA Servant PA PA
William OTT Other S Male B 21 PA Servant PA PA

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Source Information:
Census Place District 9, Baltimore, Maryland
Family History Library Film 1254496
NA Film Number T9-0496
Page Number 184B

Child of ANN AMES and PHILIP HISS is:
3. i. AGNES AMES15 HISS, b. 29 Sep 1857.

Generation No. 3

3. AGNES AMES15 HISS (ANN B. ANNIE14 AMES, EDWARD RAYMOND13, SYLVANUS12, SYLVANUS11, THOMAS10, THOMAS WILLIAM9, JOHN8, WILLIAM7, JOHN "RICHARD"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, WILLIAM AMES3 EAMES, JAMES2 IV, HENRY1 STEWART) was born 29 Sep 1857. She married UNKNOWN BROWN.

Child of AGNES HISS and UNKNOWN BROWN is:
i. RICHARD OLIVER AMES16 BROWN.

Elizabeth Johnson Ames (daughter of Sylvanus Ames, II and Nabby Lee Johnson

AustinHigh56 — 2009-07-30 22:55:11Z

If Ames men were outstanding patriots, lawyers, and ministers, Ames women were smart enough to marry men who were also outstanding patriots, lawyers, and ministers! Those of us who are descendants should be proud of our heritage because it's among the finest there is in America.

Elizabeth Johnson Ames married George Dawes, and his family is very noteworthy. I started looking around at the sibling's marriages and relatives about a year ago, because I discovered that "names" are indicators in all sorts of ways. I was curious about Hector Revere Ames' middle name and why he would have it. I'm guessing that the Dawes were friends of the Ames, and it was a way to honor the Dawes' heritage. As you will see below, the grandfather of Elizabeth's husband George Dawes, rode with Paul Revere on that famous night. (And yes I've read the detractors' analysis of what really happened, and I choose not to believe it!)

I also need to thank all the nice people who put their work out on the Internet, as I have gleaned most of what I know from that source. Some of you will see your work here, and I hope I have footnoted it. At first I wasn't aware of the importance of that step, and I apologize if there are not citations where there should be.

Mary McGarr
Sylvanus Ames, Sylvanus Ames, II, John Lee Ames, Elizabeth Watson Ames Carlisle, Missouri Alice Carlisle Knight, Clark Knight, Mary Knight McGarr

WILLIAM5 DAWES, JR. (WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 06 Apr 1745 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died 25 Feb 1799 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He married (1) MEHITABLE MAY 03 May 1768, daughter of SAMUEL MAY and CATHERINE MEARS. She was born 06 Aug 1751, and died 28 Oct 1793. He married (2) LYDIA GENDALL 18 Nov 1795. She was born 07 Jun 1762, and died 11 Aug 1809.

Notes for WILLIAM DAWES, JR.:
William Dawes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born 5 April 1745
Boston, Massachusetts
Died 25 February 1799
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Occupation Tanner
Spouse(s) Mehitable May (3 May 1768 - d. 1793)
Children Two sons and a daughter
Parents William and Lydia Dawes
William Dawes, Jr. (April 5, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was one of the three men who alerted colonial minutemen of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battle of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution.

Contents
1 Early life
2 Role in Boston's militia
2.1 Midnight ride
2.2 Quartermaster
3 Later life
4 Legacy
5 See also
6 Further reading
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Early life
Dawes was born in Boston on April 5, 1745, to William and Lydia Dawes (née Boone), and baptised at Boston's Old South Church. He became a tanner and was active in Boston's militia. On May 3, 1768 Dawes married Mehitable May, the daughter of Samuel and Catherine May (née Mears). The Boston Gazette noted that for his wedding he wore a suit entirely made in North America; at the time, Whigs were trying to organize a boycott of British products to pressure Parliament into repealing the Townshend Acts.

Role in Boston's militia
It is likely that in September 1774, Dawes was instrumental in helping Boston's militia artillery company secure its four small cannon from British army control. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress certainly sent word to him in February 1775 that it was time to move two of those weapons out of Boston.

Midnight ride
Dawes was assigned by Doctor Joseph Warren to ride from Boston, Massachusetts, to Lexington on the night of April 18, 1775, when it became clear that a British column was going to march into the countryside. Dawes's mission was to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that they were in danger of arrest. Dawes took the land route out of Boston through the Boston Neck, leaving just before the military sealed off the town.[1]

Also acting under Dr. Warren, Paul Revere arranged for another rider waiting across the Charles River in Charlestown to be told of the army's route with lanterns hung in Old North Church. To be certain the message would get through, Revere rowed across the river and started riding westwards himself. Later Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's historically inaccurate poem "Paul Revere's Ride" would focus entirely on Revere, making him a composite of many alarm riders that night.

Dawes and Revere arrived at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington about the same time, shortly after midnight. In fact, Revere arrived slightly earlier, despite having stopped to speak to militia officers in towns along the way, because his ride was shorter and his horse faster. After warning Adams and Hancock to leave, Revere and Dawes chose to proceed to Concord in case that was the British column's goal. Revere no doubt knew that the Provincial Congress had stored munitions there, including the cannon Dawes had helped to secure. Along the way, the two men met Samuel Prescott, a local young physician, who joined them.

A squad of mounted British officers awaited on the road between Lexington and Concord. They had already arrested some riders heading west with news of the troops, and they called for Dawes, Revere, and Prescott to halt. The three men rode in different directions, hoping one would escape. Dawes, according to the story he told his children, rode into the yard of a house shouting that he had lured two officers there. Fearing an ambush, the officers stopped chasing him. Dawes's horse bucked him off, however, and he had to walk back to Lexington. He later said that in the morning he returned to the same yard and found the watch that had fallen from his pocket. Otherwise, Dawes's activity during the Battle of Lexington and Concord remains unknown.

Dawes and his companions' warning allowed the town militias to muster a sufficient force for the first open battle of the Revolutionary War and the first colonial victory. The British troops did not find most of the weapons they had marched to destroy and sustained serious losses during their retreat to Boston under guerrilla fire.

Quartermaster
During the war, Dawes worked as a quartermaster in central Massachusetts. British POWs from the Battle of Saratoga complained to Parliament that he gave them short supplies; his family countered that Dawes believed that they were stealing from farmers while being marched to Boston – as most armies on the march were prone to do.

Later life

William Dawes tomb in King's Chapel Burying GroundHis wife died in 1793.[2] Dawes died in Marlborough, Massachusetts on February 25, 1799. He is believed to have been buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground, though his remains may have been moved to his wife's family plot in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain.[2]

His great-great-grandson, Charles Gates Dawes, would serve as Vice President of the United States.
Legacy
Main article: Paul Revere#The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Paul Revere's Ride", has been criticized by modern historians for overstating the role of Revere in the night's events. Revere may have been a better story, as Dawes and Prescott were more successful in achieving their missions. In 1896 Helen F. Moore, dismayed that William Dawes had been forgotten, penned a parody of Longfellow's poem.

The difference in Revere's and Dawes´ achievement and legacy is examined by Malcolm Gladwell in his book The Tipping Point, where he concludes that Revere would be classified as a connector whereas Dawes was an "ordinary man".

Dawes's ride is commemorated on a traffic island in Cambridge, Massachusetts heavily travelled by pedestrians, at the intersection of Garden Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square, and known as Dawes Island. Dawes's passage through the area is represented by bronze horseshoes embedded in the sidewalk, as hoofprints, accompanied by an inscription giving his name and the date, and by historical displays.

David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride, Oxford University Press, 1995.

[edit] References
^ DWDWRA The Ride
^ a b Fletcher, Ron (2005-02-25). "Who's buried in Dawes's tomb?". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/02/25/w....
^ "The Midnight Ride of William Dawes". http://www.colorpro.com/wmdawes/theride.html.

William Dawes' grave at findagrave.com.
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Notes for LYDIA GENDALL:
Left $4,000 by will dated Feb. 25, 1809 to her daughter, with bequests to her sisters, Sarah Blake and Sarah Prescott, and her brother-in-law, Joseph Frances, and to certain religious purposes.

Children of WILLIAM DAWES and MEHITABLE MAY are:
6. i. WILLIAM MEARS6 DAWES, b. 26 Dec 1771, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 21 Sep 1835, Sudbury, Wisconsin,.
7. ii. HANNAH DAWES, b. 12 Feb 1769; d. Sep 1851.

Generation No. 6

6. WILLIAM MEARS6 DAWES (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 26 Dec 1771 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 21 Sep 1835 in Sudbury, Wisconsin,. He married ABIGAIL KENDALL HOLDEN 26 Sep 1796, daughter of JONAS HOLDEN and MOLLY THOMPSON. She was born 01 Mar 1780 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died Sep 1856 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Notes for WILLIAM MEARS DAWES:
He moved to Thomaston, Thomaston, Maine in 1800; was appointed surveyor and inspector of the port by President Jefferson, February 8, 1809, and represented the town in the first constitutional convention of the State. In 1817, he moved to Morgan County, Ohio, where, in 1819, he was foreman of the first grand jury; and he was the first postmaster, and set up the first carding machine and distillery in the county. He was a Whig in politics, and represented the counties of Washington and Morgan in the General Assembly of the State for 1821-22. He was associate judge of Morgan County for seven years, from Jan 21, 1823. In 1834, he moved to Licking County, where he spent the rest of his energetic and honored life.

Children of WILLIAM DAWES and ABIGAIL HOLDEN are:
i. CHARLES MAY7 DAWES, b. 15 Aug 1797, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Notes for CHARLES MAY DAWES:
Never married.

8. ii. WILLIAM DAWES, b. 02 Aug 1799, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
9. iii. GEORGE DAWES, b. 25 Oct 1801, Ripon, Wisconsin; d. 10 Oct 1869, Alexandria, Licking Co., OH.
10. iv. HENRY DAWES, b. 04 May 1804, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 04 Nov 1867.
11. v. EDWARD DAWES, b. 16 Jun 1807, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
12. vi. JAMES THOMPSON DAWES, b. 13 Jun 1809, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 21 Sep 1840.
13. vii. MARY HOLDEN DAWES, b. 18 Oct 1811, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 07 May 1894.
14. viii. JANE DAWES, b. 20 Nov 1813, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 15 Aug 1852.
15. ix. JOHN DAWES, b. 07 Dec 1815, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 19 Jul 1876.

7. HANNAH6 DAWES (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 12 Feb 1769, and died Sep 1851. She married (1) JUDGE DANIEL NEWCOMB. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire. She married (2) BENJAMIN GOLDTHWAIT 08 Oct 1793. He died 11 Dec 1796.

Notes for JUDGE DANIEL NEWCOMB:
He is great great grandson of Francis Newcomb who came over in the "Planter" with William Dawes.

Children of HANNAH DAWES and JUDGE NEWCOMB are:
i. SON7 NEWCOMB.
ii. HANNA DAWES NEWCOMB, b. 22 Feb 1803.
iii. HARRIET NEWCOMB, b. 03 Jun 1809; m. FREDERIC WEST HOLLAND.
iv. LUCRETIA NEWCOMB, b. 26 Oct 1812; d. 06 Sep 1823.

Child of HANNAH DAWES and BENJAMIN GOLDTHWAIT is:
v. UNKNOWN7 GOLDTHWAIT.

Notes for UNKNOWN GOLDTHWAIT:
Died at birth.

Generation No. 7

8. WILLIAM7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Aug 1799 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married (1) LUCY ANN BIRDHARD. She was born 26 Dec 1810. He married (2) SALLY RICE 18 Nov 1820. She was born 02 Nov 1793.

Notes for WILLIAM DAWES:
Harriet Martineau, writing of an interview with him in regard to Oberlin College, for which he labored for years, says: "He melted us all presently. It gives me great pleasure to recognize the fine American qualities which I used to admire there; the glorious faith and piety, together with the shrewdness and business-like character of mind, sublime when applied to philanthorpic instead of selfish affairs."

Children of WILLIAM DAWES and SALLY RICE are:
i. WILLIAM FASON8 DAWES, b. 21 Oct 1825; d. 02 Oct 1826.
16. ii. WILLIAM FASON DAWES, b. 22 Jun 1827.
iii. JULIUS HOLDEN DAWES, b. 07 May 1832.

Notes for JULIUS HOLDEN DAWES:
Graduated Oberlin College, major in USA., and severely wounded at the battle of Iuka in the Rebellion, Vice-President and Treasurer of Olivet College of Fox Lake; in partnership there with his brother William J. Dawes.

Did not marry.

9. GEORGE7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 25 Oct 1801 in Ripon, Wisconsin, and died 10 Oct 1869 in Alexandria, Licking Co., OH. He married ELIZABETH JOHNSON AMES 06 Mar 1825 in Ames Township, Athens, Ohio or Alexandria, Licking County, Ohio, daughter of SYLVANUS AMES and ABIGAIL JOHNSON. She was born 11 Mar 1800 in Belore or Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, and died in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Children of GEORGE DAWES and ELIZABETH AMES are:
17. i. GEORGE SYLVANUS8 DAWES, b. 02 Dec 1825, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 22 Mar 1915, Buchanan, Iowa buried in Hickory Grove.
ii. EDWARD DAWES, b. 25 Dec 1827, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 20 May 1833.
18. iii. HECTOR HENRY DAWES, b. 17 Jul 1830, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 02 Sep 1922.
iv. JULIA DAWES, b. 15 Jul 1833, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 1886.
v. NABBIE DAWES, b. 06 Dec 1835, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 04 Oct 1856.
vi. EDMUND DAWES, b. 05 Aug 1839, Morgan County, Ohio; d. 1862.

Notes for EDMUND DAWES:
Officer of USA; killed December 7, 1862 under the colors of the 20th Wisconsin.

10. HENRY7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 May 1804 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 04 Nov 1867. He married SARAH CUTLER 20 Jan 1829, daughter of HONORABLE EPHRAIM CUTLER. She was born 17 Apr 1809.

Notes for HENRY DAWES:
wealthy merchant of Malta, Ohio

Children of HENRY DAWES and SARAH CUTLER are:
19. i. LUCRETIA CATHERINE8 DAWES, b. 13 Mar 1830; d. 23 Sep 1866.
ii. HENRY MANASSETH DAWES, b. 11 Mar 1832; d. 13 Aug 1860.

Notes for HENRY MANASSETH DAWES:
Graduated Marietta College in 1855.
Admitted to the bar 1858

iii. LUCY DAWES, b. 05 Dec 1833.
20. iv. SARAH JANE DAWES, b. 09 Jan 1836.
21. v. GENERAL RUFUS REPUBLIC DAWES, b. 04 Jul 1838.
vi. EPHRAIM CUTLER DAWES, b. 27 May 1840; m. M. FRANCES BOSWORTH, 20 Jun 1866.

Notes for EPHRAIM CUTLER DAWES:
Mustered into service as first lieutenant and adj. of 53rd Reg., O. V. M., September 26, 1861

Major January 26, 1863

Served under Sherman on his Mississippi campaign from Big Black to Chattanooga, and in pursuit of Longstreet across the mountains of East Tennessee, in November and December 1863, on half rations, without baggage or tents; served in Sherman's Georgia campaign, and had his horse shot from under him at Resaca. At Dallas, Georgia, May 28 , 1864 he received two very severe wounds.

Brevetted Lieutenant colonel and honorably discharged on account of wounds on October 31, 1864.

He was engaged in the battles of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), Fallen timbers, siege of Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas.

11. EDWARD7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 16 Jun 1807 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married CAROLINE DANA 22 Jun 1837, daughter of BENJAMIN DANA. She was born 26 Sep 1813.

Notes for EDWARD DAWES:
A successful physician in McConnellsville, Ohio.

Children of EDWARD DAWES and CAROLINE DANA are:
22. i. BENJAMIN DANA8 DAWES, b. 14 May 1838; d. 19 Jul 1874.
ii. CHARLOTTE ELIZA DAWES, b. 18 Dec 1842.
iii. JAMES WILLIAM DAWES, b. 08 Jan 1844; m. FRANCES ANNA DAWES.

Notes for JAMES WILLIAM DAWES:
In business in Crete, Nebraska with his brother, John Winchester Dawes.

iv. JOHN WINCHESTER DAWES, b. 08 Jul 1846.

Notes for JOHN WINCHESTER DAWES:
In business with his borther James William Dawes in Crete, Nebraska.

v. MARY CAROLINE DAWES, b. 21 Jan 1849.

12. JAMES THOMPSON7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 Jun 1809 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 21 Sep 1840. He married NANCY FITCH 26 Sep 1838, daughter of WILLIAM FITCH and SARAH HANFORD. She was born 11 Dec 1807.

Child of JAMES DAWES and NANCY FITCH is:
23. i. MARY FITCH8 DAWES, b. 18 Aug 1839.

13. MARY HOLDEN7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 18 Oct 1811 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 07 May 1894. She married EDGAR BIRGE ELLSWORTH 08 May 1845. He was born in Hudson, Ohio.

Children of MARY DAWES and EDGAR ELLSWORTH are:
24. i. EDWARD D.8 ELLSWORTH, b. 30 Jul 1847.
ii. JAMES W. ELLSWORTH, b. 13 Oct 1849; m. EVA BUTLER, 04 Nov 1874.
iii. HENRY E. ELLSWORTH, b. 09 Sep 1851; m. ELLA CHAMBERLAIN, 28 Oct 1874.
iv. FRANK O. ELLSWORTH, b. 28 Oct 1853.

14. JANE7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 20 Nov 1813 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 15 Aug 1852. She married LYMAN W. ROSE 20 May 1840, son of HELEN ROSE. He was born in Alexander, Licking County, Ohio.

Children of JANE DAWES and LYMAN ROSE are:
i. EMILY8 ROSE, b. 20 Feb 1841; d. 04 May 1877; m. MINER Y. AMES.
ii. HENRY D. ROSE, b. 1843; d. 15 Feb 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Notes for HENRY D. ROSE:
Quoting from "Dawes Genealogy"

"full of genial manly qualities" enlisted in spring of 1861 in 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; on expiration of his term, returned to Oberlin College, but enlisted again in 1862 in the 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in Sherman's unsuccessful attack on Vicksburg, and died by lightning, February 15, 1863 in camp.

15. JOHN7 DAWES (WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 07 Dec 1815 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 19 Jul 1876. He married MARY M. VAN DORN 10 Sep 1845. She was born 13 May 1823.

Child of JOHN DAWES and MARY VAN DORN is:
i. WILLIAM VAN DORN8 DAWES, b. 01 Jun 1846; m. MARY R. W. VAN HOUTEN, 05 Dec 1868; b. 1847.

Generation No. 8

16. WILLIAM FASON8 DAWES (WILLIAM7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 22 Jun 1827. He married SARAH P. ALEXANDER 27 Dec 1847. She was born in Winchester, New Hampshire.

Notes for WILLIAM FASON DAWES:
Graduated Oberlin College, Captain of Company D, Wisconsin Volunteers, was promoted to Major, wounded at the battle of Corinth; entered regular service as a 1st Lieutenant; now a lawyer and banker, in partnership at Fox Lake, Wisconsin with his brother Julius H. Dawes.

Children of WILLIAM DAWES and SARAH ALEXANDER are:
i. FRANCES ANNA9 DAWES, b. 03 Dec 1848; m. JAMES WILLIAM DAWES; b. Crete, Nebraska.
ii. JAMES JULIUS DAWES, b. 11 Jan 1851; d. 26 May 1864.
iii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER DAWES, b. 23 Feb 1866.

17. GEORGE SYLVANUS8 DAWES (GEORGE7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Dec 1825 in Morgan County, Ohio, and died 22 Mar 1915 in Buchanan, Iowa buried in Hickory Grove. He married LAVINIA ADELIA GRAVES 04 Apr 1847 in Ohio. She was born 24 Jan 1829 in Licking County, Ohio, and died 09 Feb 1879 in Iowa.

Notes for GEORGE SYLVANUS DAWES:
Biography
Added by toddlawson1 on 7 Dec 2007
George S Dawes was born in Morgan county, Ohio on December 2, 1825. His early life was spent on a farm, where he recieved a common school education under somewhat unfavorable conditions. He married Miss Lavina Adelia Graves of Licking Ohio, April 4, 1847. They came to Iowa in 1856 and have resided in Byron Township over 18 years. He has reared a large family of whom all are living but two.

"A large and succesful agriculturist."

1880 United States Federal Census
about George S. Dawes
Name: George S. Dawes
Home in 1880: Byron, Buchanan, Iowa
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Maine
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members: Name Age
George S. Dawes 54
Charlie C. Dawes 23
John A. Dawes 14
Grace A. Dawes 10
Richmond Dawes 7
Henry E. Dawes 19
Martha Fields 28

Notes for LAVINIA ADELIA GRAVES:
1860 United States Federal Census
about L A Dawes
Name: L A Dawes
[Lavina Adelia Dawes]
Age in 1860: 31
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Washington, Bremer, Iowa
Gender: Female
Post Office: Waverly

Household Members: Name Age
G S Dawes 34
L A Dawes 31
C A Dawes 12
F E Dawes 11
J E Dawes 9
L E Dawes 7
C E Dawes 3
G E Dawes 1

Children of GEORGE DAWES and LAVINIA GRAVES are:
25. i. CYNTHIA E.9 DAWES, b. 07 May 1848.
ii. FRANK E. DAWES, b. 22 May 1849, Ohio; m. MARTHA; b. 1852, Ohio.

Notes for FRANK E. DAWES:
1880 United States Federal Census
about Grace A. Dawes
Name: Grace A. Dawes
Home in 1880: Byron, Buchanan, Iowa
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: George S.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female

Household Members: Name Age
George S. Dawes 54
Charlie C. Dawes 23
John A. Dawes 14
Grace A. Dawes 10
Richmond Dawes 7
Henry E. Dawes 19
Martha Fields 28

Living down the road from this family in 1880 census in Byron, Buchanan, Iowa

iii. JAMES ELBERT DAWES, b. 06 Jan 1851; d. 10 Sep 1861.
iv. LAURA E. DAWES, b. 22 Feb 1853, Wisconsin.
v. CHARLOTTE E. DAWES, b. 14 Oct 1854; d. 28 Mar 1856.
vi. CHARLIE E. DAWES, b. 26 Oct 1856, Iowa.
vii. GEORGE E. DAWES, b. 20 Sep 1858, Iowa.
viii. HENRY HARRY E. DAWES, b. 17 Sep 1860, Iowa.
ix. WILLIE E. DAWES, b. 29 Jan 1862, Iowa.
x. JOHN A. DAWES, b. 21 Jun 1866, Iowa.
xi. GRACE ADELIA DAWES, b. 10 Apr 1870, Byron, Buchanan, Iowa.

Notes for GRACE ADELIA DAWES:
1880 United States Federal Census
about Grace A. Dawes
Name: Grace A. Dawes
Home in 1880: Byron, Buchanan, Iowa
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: George S.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
George S. Dawes 54
Charlie C. Dawes 23
John A. Dawes 14
Grace A. Dawes 10
Richmond Dawes 7
Henry E. Dawes 19
Martha Fields 28

1870 United States Federal Census
about Grace Dawes
Name: Grace Dawes
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Age in 1870: 2/12
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1870: Byron, Buchanan, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Quasqueton
Household Members: Name Age
James Cross 32
Mary Cross 29
Edwin Cross 8
Sarah Cross 6
Ada Price 19
Ira Gardner 18
Lewis Brooks 44
George Dawes 44
Adelia Dawes 41
Frank Dawes 22
Laura Dawes 17
Charley Dawes 13
George Dawes 11
Harry Dawes 9
Willie Dawes 7
John Dawes 4
Grace Dawes 2/12
Walton Clark 17

26. xii. RICHMOND M. DAWES, b. 07 Sep 1872, Iowa.

18. HECTOR HENRY8 DAWES (GEORGE7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 17 Jul 1830 in Morgan County, Ohio, and died 02 Sep 1922. He married JANE A. RUGGLES 12 Mar 1857.

Children of HECTOR DAWES and JANE RUGGLES are:
i. FREDERIC A.9 DAWES.
ii. WILLIAM R. DAWES.
iii. MAGGIE DAWES.
iv. EFFIE DAWES.
v. EDWARD G. DAWES.
vi. RAYMOND DAWES.

19. LUCRETIA CATHERINE8 DAWES (HENRY7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 Mar 1830, and died 23 Sep 1866. She married REVEREND SAMUEL AGNEW MCLEAN 16 Feb 1864, son of AGNEW. He was born 1830.

Notes for REVEREND SAMUEL AGNEW MCLEAN:
Graduated from Cannonsburg College, Pennsylvania.

Minister of Presbyterian Church.

Settled in Clarksville and afterward in West Alexander, Pennsylvania.

Child of LUCRETIA DAWES and REVEREND MCLEAN is:
i. SARAH CATHERINE9 MCLEAN, b. 23 May 1866; d. 03 Sep 1875.

20. SARAH JANE8 DAWES (HENRY7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 Jan 1836. She married REVEREND JOHN HASKELL SHEDD 28 Jul 1859, son of REVEREND SHEDD and MARY GERRISH.

Notes for REVEREND JOHN HASKELL SHEDD:
Missionary in Persia and afterward professor in the school for freedmen at Charlotte, North Carolina.

Children of SARAH DAWES and REVEREND SHEDD are:
i. CHARLES RUFUS9 SHEDD, b. 26 Dec 1861.
ii. WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD, b. 24 Jan 1865.
iii. SARAH RHEA SHEDD, b. 09 Aug 1866; d. 21 Aug 1874.
iv. JOHN CUTLER SHEDD, b. 30 Jun 1868.
v. EPHRAIM CUTLER SHEDD, b. 20 Aug 1872.

21. GENERAL RUFUS REPUBLIC8 DAWES (HENRY7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Jul 1838. He married MARY BEMAN GATES 18 Jan 1864, daughter of BEMAN GATES and BETSEY SHIPMAN.

Notes for GENERAL RUFUS REPUBLIC DAWES:
Graduated Marietta College in 1860. Volunteered April 25, 1861 and was chosen captain of Co. K, 6th Wisconsin Regiment in Army of the Potomac

Appointed major June 21, 1862 amd as such served in battles of Rappahannock, Gainesville, Bull Run 2nd, South Moutain, Antietam and Fredericksburg; appointed lieut. colonel March 24, 1863 and took part in battles of Fitz Hugh's Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, Jericho Ford, North Anna, Bethesda Chruch, Persburg, and the following siege and mine explosion. He was appointed colonel July 6, 1864, and brevet brig. general March 13, 1865; was sixty-two days under fire; commanded his regiment in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, Jericho Ford, Petersburg, and the operations around.

At Antietam, 62 per cent of his men were killed or wounded. At Gettsyburg, he charged and captured the 2nd Miss, losing 200 men, killed and wounded, from his own regiment. Maj Gen Doubleday (commanding First Corps), in his official report of the action, says: "The moment was a critical one, involving the defeat, perhaps the utter rout, of our forces. I immediately sent for the Sixth Wisconsin, a gallant body of men, who I knew could be relied upon. Forming them rabidly upon the enemy's flank, I directed them to attack immediately. Their commander, Lieutenant-colonel Dawes, ordered a charge, which was gallantly executed:" and he "proved himself to be one of the ablest officers on the field." The regiment entered the Wilderness with 25 officers and 347 men, of whom 226 were killed or wounded during the campaign ending at Petersburg.

Children of GENERAL DAWES and MARY GATES are:
i. CHARLES GATES9 DAWES, b. 27 Aug 1865.
ii. RUFUS CUTLER DAWES, b. 30 Jul 1867.
iii. BEMAN GATES DAWES, b. 14 Jan 1870.
iv. MARY FRANCES DAWES, b. 03 Mar 1872.

22. BENJAMIN DANA8 DAWES (EDWARD7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 14 May 1838, and died 19 Jul 1874. He married ADDIE G. CROOME 14 Feb 1866. She was born 29 Jun 1844.

Child of BENJAMIN DAWES and ADDIE CROOME is:
i. CAROLINE F.9 DAWES, b. 27 Aug 1867.

23. MARY FITCH8 DAWES (JAMES THOMPSON7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 18 Aug 1839. She married WILLIAM HANFORD RAYMOND 05 Jun 1861.

Child of MARY DAWES and WILLIAM RAYMOND is:
i. ISABEL9 RAYMOND, b. 16 Jan 1864.

24. EDWARD D.8 ELLSWORTH (MARY HOLDEN7 DAWES, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 30 Jul 1847. He married EMMA THOMPSON 27 Mar 1867.

Children of EDWARD ELLSWORTH and EMMA THOMPSON are:
i. FREDDIE T.9 ELLSWORTH, b. 08 Oct 1867.
ii. MARY A. ELLSWORTH, b. 28 Nov 1870.

Generation No. 9

25. CYNTHIA E.9 DAWES (GEORGE SYLVANUS8, GEORGE7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 07 May 1848. She married THOMAS I. BEITH 04 Nov 1869. He was born Oct 1848.

Children of CYNTHIA DAWES and THOMAS BEITH are:
i. ANNA10 BEITH, b. 23 Jul 1870.
ii. GEORGE AMES BEITH, b. Jun 1873.

26. RICHMOND M.9 DAWES (GEORGE SYLVANUS8, GEORGE7, WILLIAM MEARS6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3, AMBROSE2, WILLIAM1) was born 07 Sep 1872 in Iowa. He married EVALINA.

Child of RICHMOND DAWES and EVALINA is:
i. FLORENCE10 DAWES, b. 1910, Iowa.

Re: Sylvanus Ames,II and Abigail Nabby Lee Johnson

AustinHigh56 — 2009-07-30 21:54:31Z

Since I'm not a spring chicken, I'm putting this on this web site, so others of this line can know what I know about the Ames family.

Mary McGarr (descendant of Elizabeth Watson Ames Carlisle, my great grandmother.)

I have pictures of John Lee Ames, Elizabeth Ames and the graves of Sylvanus Ames and Abigail Nabby Lee Johnson Ames. Nabby Lee Johnson Ames is a direct descendant of Mary Chilton, James Chilton, and his wife, all Mayflower passengers.

I've talked to a representative of the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the DAR, who told me that a descendant came to Athens, Ohio a few years ago and paid to have the graves cleaned up. She said I was the first descendant that she had ever talked to.

Descendants of Sylvanus Ames II

Generation No. 1

1. SYLVANUS12 AMES II (SYLVANUS11, THOMAS10, THOMAS WILLIAM9, JOHN8, WILLIAM7, JOHN "RICHARD"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, WILLIAM AMES3 EAMES, JAMES2 IV, HENRY1 STEWART) was born 26 Mar 1771 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, MA, and died 23 Sep 1823 in Amesville, Athens County, OH. He married ABIGAIL (NABBY) LEE JOHNSON 07 Sep 1795 in West Bridgwater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, daughter of DANIEL JOHNSON and BETSEY LEE. She was born 15 Mar 1771 in Marblehead, Massachusetts or Harvard, Worcester County, MA, and died 18 Apr 1854 in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio.

Notes for SYLVANUS AMES II:
Judge.

Education: Ohio Universitiy
Occupation: Colonel, Statesman
Religion: Episcopalian

Moved to the "Northwest Territory" in 1798. Settled Amesville, 1800. Colonel, Ohio Militia, 1812; second Sheriff of the County; Trustee, Ohio University; Associate Judge 1813-1823; Representative to 16th and 17th General Assembly.

Any info. on Sylvanus Ames?
Posted by: Mary Ames St. John Date: December 29, 2000 at 22:21:55
of 170

Once sherriff of Athens County, common pleas judge, trustee of the Ohio University and member of the Ohio Legislature.

Silvanus Ames, long known in this county as Judge Ames, was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, March 26, 1771. His father, whose ancestor, William Ames, came from England in 1643, was a graduate of Harvard college (in 1757), and an Episcopalian clergyman. He preached several years at Trinity church, in Taunton, Massachusetts, was afterwards a chaplain in the revolutionary army, and died in the camp at Valley Forge, during the hard winter of 1777-78.

Silvanus Ames II married Nabby Lee Johnson in 1795, and moved to the northwestern territory in 1798. They settled temporarily in Belpre, whence they removed to Ames township, in May, 1800, and settled on the farm now owned by the Henrys, and still familiarly called the "Ames farm." Mr. Ames' strong sense and solid judgment gave him a commanding influence among the early settlers, and he was soon brought into the public life of that day. He was the second sheriff of the county, colonel of militia, trustee of the Ohio university for many years, and associate judge from 1813 to 1823. He was also several times elected representative to the state legislature, and in all of these positions evinced a capacity for public affairs, and gained the approbation of the community. Intimately connected, as he was, with the political movements of the day, Judge Ames' house became the resort of the political leaders in southern Ohio, and a favorite stopping place of public men, when making their long trips between the east and west. He was an active and liberal supporter of all educational and religious movements, and an acknowledged leader in the community for several years. He died September 23, 1823. At the time of his death his family consisted of five sons and four daughters, of whom four sons and two daughters are now living, viz: the Rev. Bishop E. R. Ames, John, in Kansas, Charles B., in the state of Mississippi, and George W., at Greencastle, Indiana. One of the daughters, Mrs. Eliza Dawes, lives at Ripon, Wisconsin, and the other, Mrs. A. B. Walker, at Athens. Another daughter, Mrs. de Steiguer, died at Athens, July 29, 1851; a son of her's, Rodolph de Steiguer, a native of the county, is a leading lawyer at Athens.

Genealogy information and records concerning
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Graduates of Harvard University (This is in regard to his father, Sylvanus Ames and his father in law, Daniel Johnson who both graduated from Harvard in 1767)
Bachelors of Arts (A.B)

From 1642 to 1869, inclusive, Bachelors of Arts were entitled to receive the degree of Master of Arts (A.M.) in course, three years after graduation.

1767

Died
Thomas Bernard, A.M., also from Archb. Canterbury 1801; LL.D. Edinb. 1801; Baronet 1809 1818
Adam Winthrop, A.M. 1774
Edward Oxnard, A.M. 1803
Lemuel Cushing, A.M. 1776
Samuel Hancock, A.M. 1776
Isaac Mansfield, A.M.; A.M. (Hon.) Dart. 1790 1826
Josiah Moulton, A.M. 1794
John Rogers, A.M. 1827
Isaac Smith, A.M.; Tutor; Librarian 1829
Daniel Johnson, A.M. 1777
Simon Tufts, A.M. 1802
William Mayhew, A.M.; Librarian 1785
Zephaniah Briggs, A.M. *----
Elisha Thayer, A.M. 1774
Henry Herrick, A.M. 1800
Edmund Freeman, A.M. 1780
Burrill Devereaux 1796
Samuel Willard, A.M. 1811
Increase Sumner, A.M.; Fellow Am. Acad.; Just Supr. Court Mass.; Gov. Mass. 1799
Nicholas Dudley, A.M. *----
Abraham Wood, A.M. 1823
William Moore, A.M. *----
William Turner, A.M. 1771 1808
Jeremiah Shaw, A.M. 1834
Simeon Chase, A.M. 1829
Enos Hitchcock, A.M.; A.M. (Hon.) Yale 1781; S.T.D. Brown 1788 1803
Samuel Cheney, A.M. 1820
Asa Dunbar, A.M. 1787
Sylvanus Ames, A.M. 1778
Timothy Farrar, LL.D. 1847; Just. Supr. Court N.H. 1849
Joseph Farrar, A.M. 1816
Nathaniel Kidder, A.M. 1828
Jonathan Frost, A.M. 1771
Asarelah Morse, A.M. 1803
Aaron Bordman, A.M. 1772
William Gamage, A.M. 1821
John Porter 1813
Amos Cotting, A.M. 1807
Moses Holt, A.M. 1772
William Kelly 1813
Nathaniel Merrill 1791
John Marston Minot *----

* deceased - Date unknown

Source: Quinquaennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1915 Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press in the Two Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Year of the College 1915.

More About SYLVANUS AMES II:
Burial: Cutler Cemetery, Route 280, Amesville, OH

Notes for ABIGAIL (NABBY) LEE JOHNSON:
Obit
Added by jdennie_1 on 20 May 2008
Originally submitted by toddlawson1 to Lawson/Tierney/Wylie Family Tree on 28 Apr 2008

This tombstone in the Cutler Cemetery, just off Route 280 out of Amesville, marks the grave of Nabby Lee Ames, pioneer woman, mother of 12 children and sturdy example of the courage of early settlers of Athens County. In 1933, the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave, nearly 80 years after her death.

The tablet was unveiled in the prsence of about 50 persons whose Athens group was named in her honor.

Nabby Lee Ames was born in 1771 in the East and in 1798 came to the Northwest Territory, settling first at Belpre. Later the family came to Ames Township via the Ohio and Hocking Rivers and Federal Creek. The old homes of the Ames family can be seen from the Cutler Cemetery. Other old homes in the vicinity that can be seen from the cemetery are those of the Cutler family, the first Coonskin Library site, the home of Captain Benjamin Brown, the Ewing home, and the Walker home, all homes where pioneers since settled.

Judge Sylvanus Ames, the husband of Nabby Lee Ames, was once Sheriff of Athens County, he was a common pleas judge, trustee of the Ohio University and a member of the Ohio Legislature.

Nabby Lee Ames was the mother of 12 children. Mrs. Ames died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. B. Walker, in Athens, in 1854, at the age of 83. Bishop Edward Ames of the Methodist Church was her son. Ben Ames Williams, famous writer, is a great-grandson and other grandsons were Judge Rudolph deSteiguer and Charles W. Walker, author of an early history of Ames County.

Bishop Ames was born in Ames Township in 1806 and attended Ohio University and in 1852 was elected Bishop of the Methodist Church after years of travel over the Middle West. During most of his adult life he resided in Indiana, later removing to Baltimore. This world famous son of Nabby Lee Ames died in Baltimore in 1879.

Judge Sylvanus Ames was born in Massachusetts in 1771, son of an Episcopalian clergyman and a graduate of Harvard. His father was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army and died in camp at Valley Forge during the severe winter of 1777-78 when so many colonial soldiers suffered from cold and hunger and died. Sylvanus Ames married Nabby Lee Johnson in 1798 and they settled on Federal Creek on the farm long owned by the late Edward Jones, known for generations as the "Ames Farm". In addition to his many offices of public trust, he was Colonel of Militia and his home was a favorite stopping place for men of prominence traveling through the Ames area. He died in 1823, leaving five sons and four daughters. His children lived in several states of the Middle West with two living in Athens Mrs. deSteiguer and Mrs. Walker.

At the side of the graves of Judge and Mrs Ames are those of three of their young children, Hector who died at the age of 4, Marcia who lived to be 16 years old and Dana Johnson Ames who died when he was a year old.

The land for this burying ground was given by Ephraim Cutler, many years before 1811 when he deeded it for burial purposes. The first burial was made in the ground in 1805. Jason Rice, a soldier in the Revolutionary War is buried there, as is Susan ---, wife of a Hessian soldier.

(The cemetery is called the Cutler Cemetery)

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~longstrt/0025-n.html
She wrote home to Massachusetts about her solid walnut staircase (a knotched log). Story in my file or at http://john.rootsweb.com/Ames/0024-f.html

Tombstone Marks Grave

HERE RESTS NABBY LEE AMES
By C. H. Harris

(Picture) Shown here is the stone marking the graves of Judge Sylvanus Ames and his wife Nabbie Lee Ames. The marker in honor of Mrs. Ames stands at the foot of the stone.

This tombstone in the Cutler Cemetery, just off Route 280 out of Amesville, marks the grave of Nabby Lee Ames, pioneer woman, mother of 12 children and sturdy example of the courage of early settlers of Athens County. In 1933, the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave, nearly 80 years after her death.

The tablet was unveiled in the presence of about 50 persons whose Athens group was named in her honor.

Nabby Lee Ames was born in 1771 in the East and in 1798 came to the Northwest Territory, settling first at Belpre. Later the family came to Ames Township via the Ohio and Hocking Rivers and Federal Creek. The old homes of the Ames family can be seen from the Cutler Cemetery. Other old homes in the vicinity that can be seen from the cemetery are those of the Cutler family, the first Coonskin Library site, the home of Captain Benjamin Brown, the Ewing home, and the Walker home, all homes where pioneers since settled.

Judge Sylvanus Ames, the husband of Nabby Lee Ames, was once Sheriff of Athens County, he was a common pleas judge, trustee of the Ohio University and a member of the Ohio Legislature.

Nabby Lee Ames was the mother of 12 children. Mrs. Ames died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. B. Walker, in Athens, in 1854, at the age of 83. Bishop Edward Ames of the Methodist Church was her son. Ben Ames Williams, famous writer, is a great-grandson and other grandsons were Judge Rudolph deSteiguer and Charles W. Walker, author of an early history of Ames County.

Bishop Ames was born in Ames Township in 1806 and attended Ohio University and in 1852 was elected Bishop of the Methodist Church after years of travel over the Middle West. During most of his adult life he resided in Indiana, later removing to Baltimore. This world famous son of Nabby Lee Ames died in Baltimore in 1879.

Judge Sylvanus Ames was born in Massachusetts in 1771, son of an Episcopalian clergyman and a graduate of Harvard. His father was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army and died in camp at Valley Forge during the severe winter of 1777-78 when so many colonial soldiers suffered from cold and hunger and died. Sylvanus Ames married Nabby Lee Johnson in 1798 and they settled on Federal Creek on the farm long owned by the late Edward Jones, known for generations as the "Ames Farm". In addition to his many offices of public trust, he was Colonel of Militia and his home was a favorite stopping place for men of prominence traveling through the Ames area. He died in 1823, leaving five sons and four daughters. His children lived in several states of the Middle West with two living in Athens Mrs. deSteiguer and Mrs. Walker.

At the side of the graves of Judge and Mrs Ames are those of three of their young children, Hector who died at the age of 4, Marcia who lived to be 16 years old and Dana Johnson Ames who died when he was a year old.

The land for this burying ground was given by Ephraim Cutler, many years before 1811 when he deeded it for burial purposes. The first burial was made in the ground in 1805. Jason Rice, a soldier in the Revolutionary War is buried there, as is Susan ---, wife of a Hessian soldier.

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May have been born in Harvard, Worcester, Mass. Wayne Tabor

Tombstone Marks Grave

A History of Athens, Ohio D.A.R.
taken from http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/Ames/apage4.html
The Nabby Lee Ames Chapter, D. A. R., was formally organized in Athens, Ohio, January 23, 1903, with twelve charter members.

The name was chosen to honor the most notable pioneer woman of Athens County and closely related to our best townspeople.

Nabby Lee Johnson was married October 15, 1795, to Sylvanus Ames and moved from Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the North West Territory, carrying their year old son on horseback and settled on a tract of land near what is now Amesville, Athens County, Ohio. She endured all the dangers and hardships of pioneer life on that semi-wilderness, with a courage and cheerfulness that proved her a noble character. Her resourcefulness was shown by taking apart a shabby coat, stitch by stitch, even the button holes, washing, pressing, turning and remaking it into a seemingly new coat, whereby Judge Ames was made presentable as a new member of the Ohio Legislature; which serves as a sample of her many imaginary feats as related by a granddaughter's diary. She was the mother of twelve children "twelve miles from a doctor; yet seven of them living to bring up honorable families.

Bishop Edward R. Ames of the Methodist Church was their sixth child. A grandson, Charles M. Walker was the author of our cherished "History of Athens County." Another grandson was the late Judge Rudolph de Steiguer of Athens Bar. A great grandson is the present Rear Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer of the U. S. Navy.

Nabby Lee Ames was a cultured gentlewoman, given to hospitality, which many occasions for entertaining public men journeying from East to West while her husband was Judge Ames and later State Representatvie.

She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ames Walker, in Athens, aged 84 years and was laid to rest beside her husband in Amesville Cemetery.

Nabby Lee Ames by Augusta Walker (Dating this piece from the content, I ascertain that it was written in 1888. MM)

"Grandma had some very pretty clothes when she came from Massachusetts. Ma remembers her cloak of plum colored satin. It was called a double satin and was very heavy, lined with white flannel. It was a full circle trimmed with curled ermine. It had a lined hood that Grandma said could be drawn over her bonnet when she went sleighing in New England. She had also a dove colored dress called tabby silk, so heavy and rich it would almost stand alone, and another snuff-colored silk. These dresses were made with trains and were not very suitable to wear in a log cabin, but for several years, once in a great while, Grandma wore them. These things were brought from England by her Grandfather, who owned several trading vessels. The cloak was made in England, but the dresses she made herself, for Grandma could do anything with her needle that any other lady could do, and it was well she had learned this.

After the country was a little more settled and Ohio was made a state, Grandpa Ames became quite a prominent man. The first time he was elected to the Legislature, he could not afford to buy a new coat to wear, and his best coat was a little thread-bare. Grandma ripped every stitch of it, even the buttonholes, sponged and pressed each piece, and put it together again the other side out, and it was as good as new.

Once when there was just the beginning of a town where Athens now is, Grandpa came over here on business, and it was a little dark when he started home. There was not a road, and it grew so dark that he could no longer see the trees which had been blazed to mark the way. He went on as well as he could until he thought he ought to be near home. But he became so sonfused that he could not tell which way to go, and could not find a blazed tree. He concluded he must spend the night in the woods where he was and wait for the light of day. He tied his horse to a tree and lay down on the ground with his saddle for a pillow and slept soundly. When he woke in the morning, he found he was only a few rods from his own door.

The summer of 1806 was a very sickly season, and several of the children of the neighborhood died. Grandma had six children then: Hecotr, Eliza, Lucy, Daniel, Marcia and Edward. Edward was born in May, andin June, Daniel died; and Marcia in July. The sicknes was like dysentery and was considered contagious; to people were afraid to go where children were sick. There was no doctor nearer than Athens, twelve miles away. This was a very sad time for Grandma and Grandpa. It was very hot and dry. There was a fine spring of water that came out from under a large rock at the foot of the hill at quite a distance from the house. It was from here that water for cooking and drinking was brought that summer. Hector and Eliza usually went together for water, each carrying a small jug. Lucy, who was then five years old, was allowed to go with them once. And now, when she is eighty-seven years old, she remembers what a treat it was to her, and especially how cool the water felt to their little bare feet as they waded the brook before they came to the spring.

A little later Grandpa dug a well not far from the house. They called it a well, though it was not walled up and was large, more like a cistern. There was a board across it on which they walked out a little way, stooped down, and dipped up the water. One day, a neighbor returning something that had been borrowed, brought it in a little two-uart pail, which had been left on the tale. It looked so pretty to Lucy that she wished very much to go to the well with Hector and carry the little pail. He let her go with him, when he had finished filling his pail, he turned away. She walked out on the board and dipped up some water. It was too heavy for her, small as the little pail was, and as soon as it filled, she lost her balance and went to the bottom of the well. Hector heard the splash and ran back. Without waiting to call for help, he ran out on the board, and when she rose to the surface, he caught hold of her clothes and dragged her out. She remembers walking to the house with the water dripping from her clothes as she went. Grnadma and Grandpa were both very much frightened and thought Hector a wonderful boy.

Grandpa's and Judge Cutler's families were always very good friends and used to have many pleasant visits together. Sometimes Judge and Mrs. Cutler would come over to Grandpa's to spend the evening. Mrs. Culter would bring her work, and sh and Grandma would sit and sew by the light of one candle until about nine o'clock. Then Grandma would lay down her sewing and go make a cup of tea, bake biscuits, and get a nice supper, and they would have a merry time around the table. AFter which, the ladies sat down and sewed again until ten o'clock. After the company went home, Grandma would wash the dishes and have the room all ready for breakfast.

There were very few books and papers then, and everything to read was counted very precious. The almanac at the beginning of each year always gave them one good evening's reading. Grandpa took the National Intelligencer, published in Washington. This came every week, but the mails were carried on horseback, and the paper was a week or more old when it reached them. This was always read.

NABBY LEE AMES, HER LIFE, LEGEND, AND LEGACY

by

Beverly Schumacher

The Nabby Lee Ames Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution was incorporated under the Constitution of the National Society DAR and was formally organized in Athens, Ohio, January 23rd, 1903. This was just 13 years after the first national meeting was held, but it was one hundred years after Nabby Lee Ames, the woman, came to the area which we now know as Athens County.

Nabby Lee Ames was named Abigail Lee Johnson when she was born March 15, 1771, the eldest daughter of the Reverend Daniel Johnson and his wife, Betsy Lee.

Rev. Daniel Johnson was born in Bridgewater, Mass., in 1746, the son of Judge Daniel Johnson and his second wife, Bethiah, daughter of John Pryor. Rev. Daniel Johnson, Nabby's father, was graduated from Harvard College in 1767 at the age of 21. Two years later he became pastor of the Christian Church in Harvard, Massachusetts. He was in the ministry six years when he died at the age of 30 shortly after accepting the office of Chaplain in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. It was on September 23, 1777, and his daughter Nabby Lee was 6 ½ years old.

Betsy Lee Johnson, the daughter of Col. John Lee and his wife, Joanna Raymond, also died young. Nabby Lee was left an orphan at the age of ten. She lived with her grandmother or aunts in Salem, Marblehead, Newburyport, and Boston. She evidently was not the "poor little orphan" for her family and friends were wealthy, probably having slaves to do the work. Her grandfather owned several trading vessels. She was brought up to the finer things in life and learned how to be a gracious hostess.

Nabby Lee probably had no idea what she was getting into when she agreed to marry Silvanus Ames. Their fathers had been in the same graduating class at Harvard, they had both been ministers, and both died as chaplains in the Revolutionary War within a few months of each other. Nabby Lee and Silvanus were even born the same month - March 1771. They were 24 years old when they married on September 7, 1795. Their first son, Hector Revere, was born in 1797 in Massachusetts. They packed up that little baby and headed west on horseback. In 1798 they were in Belpre, Ohio.

The only place for them to live in Belpre was the school house. It only seemed to be needed for "singing school." There was only one room but the family had little furniture to rearrange. For the trip west, they had packed some of their things in a white-pine chest. This chest was now used for a table even when serving company.

Once, when Nabby Lee was having company, she had no flour, and she wanted to serve cake, so she made it from cornmeal. After supper one of the ladies asked for her recipe. The story goes that the lady thought it was "so nice." Perhaps it was our Nabby Lee who actually invented cornbread.

The school had a loft for storage. There was a black walnut log with notches cut in it for steps and it was leaning from the floor to the large square hole in the loft. When Nabby Lee and her husband, Silvanus, wrote back home to New England, they told of their solid black walnut stair case. It sounded so elegant, but of course they said it as a joke.

It was here in Belpre that their second child, Elizabeth Johnson Ames, called Eliza, was born March 4th, 1800. About two months later they moved to what is now Ames Township. It was part of Washington County. It was five years before Athens County was established. They took their belongings from Belpre to the mouth of the Hocking River (about 12 miles if they went along the river). Then they loaded into a small boat and rowed up the Hocking to Federal Creek, then up the creek until they reached their landing place about a quarter of a mile from the home of Judge Ephraim Cutler.

The Cutlers gave them a warm welcome and invited them to stay until their cabin was built. They unloaded the boat, placing their belongings not quite far enough from the bank. There was a storm that night with one of those flash floods and some of their things were washed away. Although they were able to retrieve most of it they did lose a half barrel of sugar. The nearest replacement was in Marietta and it had to be brought over on horseback in small quantities. Imagine what Nabby Lee must have been going through. Here she was in the middle of nowhere with two babies, Indians lurking behind trees, wild animals ready to pounce on her, and her best dress is floating down the creek. Oh, to be back in Boston with a nice warm cup of tea.

Nabby had some very pretty clothes when she came from Massachusetts. She had a cloak of plum-colored satin. It was called double satin and was very heavy, lined with fine white flannel. It was a full circle trimmed with curled ermine and had a large hood that could be drawn up over her bonnet when she went sleighing in New England. She also had a dove-colored dress called tabby silk, so heavy it could almost stand alone, and another snuff-colored silk. They were made with trains and Nabby Lee had made the dresses herself. Her cloak had come from England on her grandfather's trading vessel. Not very practical clothes for the life she now led, but once in a while, for several years, she would wear them.

There weren't many neighbors - the Cutlers, George Ewing's family, Captain Benjamin Brown's family. There were probably others who came several miles to help get the cabin built. It wasn't "call the contractor" in those days. It was: first, you start by cutting down the trees. They weren't building fancy - it was one large all-purpose room with two little bedrooms and a loft for storage. It wasn't what she left behind in the East, but Nabby Lee had her own home.

She hadn't been there long and Silvanus had left her alone with the children. She was scared half to death when she saw some wild animals near the house. She was getting breakfast at the time but breakfast got left behind when she headed for the loft with her children. She was still frightened, not knowing what those animals could do to them. She climbed back down from the loft, wrapped the baby in a blanket and, taking Hector's hand, she went the only path she knew- along the creek to Judge Cutler's home. It was a long walk with the children - and no breakfast- but they were finally safe with Mrs. Cutler. When she told her about the animals Mrs. Cutler said they were harmless cattle belonging to Mr. Ewing. They stayed for breakfast and the Ewing children escorted them home and drove the cattle away.

The first public library in the Northwest Territory was established in the area. We now refer to it as the "Coonskin" library because some of the money to purchase books came from the sale of furs. When the books were brought back from the East, they were brought to Nabby Lee's house, where at a meeting on December 17, 1804, they were put into the care of the first named librarian, Ephraim Cutler. Silvanus Ames had been one of the first to purchase two shares in the library. Also on the list, perhaps added later, was Lucy Ames - one share. Lucy Willis Ames was the third child of Silvanus and Nabby Lee.

Ames Township was one of four townships in the county. At one time it included Marion and Homer Township in Morgan County, Ward, Green, and Starr townships in Hocking County, Trimble, York, Dover, Bern, and Ames in Athens County.

The second school in Ames Township was built in 1811 on Nabby Lee's farm and served as a school house and meeting house for the settlement for several years. Sophia Walker taught the first quarter. Her father, Dr. Ezra Walker, taught the winter of 1811-1812. Nabby's daughter, Lucy, later married the teacher's son, Archibald B. Walker.

The second post office in Ames Township was established in 1821 and was named Amesville, although the village of Amesville was not laid out until 1839.

The Amesville Presbyterian Church was organized March 26, 1829. Nabby Lee Ames joined the church May 14, 1830, and was a member until her death.

Silvanus was very involved with the establishment of the area. He and Elijah Hatch were Associate Judges for the first Court of Common Pleas held July 8, 1805. He was elected again in 1806. In 1807 and 1808 he served as the county's second sheriff, and in 1813 until his death in 1823, he served many terms as Associate Judge. He was also elected Representative to the State Legislature several times. He was an appointed Trustee of Ohio University in 1808 until his death at the age of 52. He was undoubtedly a very influential man.

Nabby Lee Johnson Ames was probably rather influential herself. Her home was always open to the visiting dignitaries or the settlers passing through. She would have had occasion to wear those lovely dresses she brought from the East or the new ones she so beautifully stitched. The first time Silvanus was elected to the State Legislature, he could not afford to buy a new coat to wear, and his best coat was a little threadbare. Nabby Lee took it completely apart, even to removing the buttonhole stitches. Then she carefully sponged and pressed each piece and sewed it back together again, the other side out, and it was as good as a new coat. She had learned well to make do with what she had and to adjust to whatever her husband's lifestyle brought her.

Nabby gave birth to 11 children- 5 girls and 6 boys. In 1806, Edward Raymond was born on May 20. The next month, Daniel Johnson, her second son, died at the age of four, and in July, her baby girl, Marcia, died, both from dysentery. It must have been a dreadful summer. Her oldest son was now 9 and her girls were 5 and 6, perhaps old enough to be of some help with the new baby. She named another baby Marcia, but she died at the age of 16. She wasn't well as a baby and perhaps she just wasn't strong enough. She died in 1827, and death records weren't kept for another 40 years, so we don't know why Nabby Lee lost her second Marcia. The next year her first born, Hector Revere, died at about age 31. Hector apparently never married.

And what of her other children?
Her oldest daughter, Eliza, married George Dawes in Athens County in 1825 and moved to Wisconsin.

Lucy Willis married her teacher's son, Archibald B. Walker, in 1825 and they moved to Athens the next year. She became the mother of two sons and four daughters. One of her sons, Charles M. Walker, is well known for the "History of Athens County, Ohio" which he wrote in 1869. Walker's history is the basis for much of our county histories and family genealogies.

Edward Raymond Ames was by far the most famous of Nabby Lee's children. He did not enter Ohio University until he was 20, perhaps due to the death of his father when he was 17. He remained at the university two or three years, supporting himself through teaching and odd jobs. He joined the Methodist church. Remember, although he never knew them, the father of both of his parents were ministers. Nabby Lee and Silvanus were apparently very religious. Edward moved to Illinois where he started a high school and was a very successful teacher. In 1830 he was licensed to preach. In 1840 he was elected to a position in the Methodist church which had him traveling 25,000 miles over the next four years. In 1852 he became "Bishop Ames." That same year he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Ohio University. He was a Chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War and was known by President Lincoln. Bishop Ames was married twice and left a son and two daughters when he died at Baltimore, Maryland, April 25, 1879.

Laura Watson Ames married John Rudolph deSteiguer, a descendant of Baron Rudolph deSteiguer, who brought his own Swiss colony to Athens in 1819. Judge Rudolph deSteiguer of Athens was the eldest son of Laura. They were probably the parents of eight children listed with them in the 1850 Athens Census. Nabby Lee probably lived with Laura and John part of the time after her husband died. According to her obituary, she had lived with her children since 1830.

John Lee married a Charlotte Watson in 1834 in Alabama. He is known to have lived in Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. He was a Methodist minister.

Charles Bingley went to Mississippi about the same time as his brother, John. He married there and became a lawyer, judge, a minister, and a professor of religion. He is the grandfather of the author, Ben Ames Williams, who wrote House Divided, a novel about the Civil War's effect on families.

George Washington Ames, the 11th child, moved to Greencastle, Indiana. He was also a minister and a Chaplain for the Union Army during the Civil War.

When Nabby Lee Ames was growing old she must have been a very proud lady. All four of her surviving sons were ministers. On a Tuesday evening, April 18, 1854, at the age of 84, Mrs. Nabby Lee Ames died at the residence of her daughter, Lucy. Lucy was her only child living in Athens County at that time. Her lovely obituary was written by her son-in-law, Archibald B. Walker. Her grave in the Cutler Cemetery near Amesville was marked by the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. We can be proud that 85 years ago our Chapter was named for Nabby Lee Ames, one of Athens County's first ladies.

REFERENCES:

Walker, Charles M., History of Athens County. 1869. 1967 reprint with index.

Beatty and Stone. Getting to Know Athens County, 1984

The Centennial Atlas of Athens County, 1905 - and index.

History of Hocking Valley, 1883.

DAR Collection in the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, Athens, Ohio.

Nabby Lee Ames, by Augusta Walker, unnumbered, no date, circa 1888.

Obituary of Nabby Lee Ames.

A presentation for the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter, DAR
Saturday, January 16, 1988
The Sportsman Restaurant, Athens, Ohio
By Beverly Cochran Schumacher
(revised 2003)

More About ABIGAIL (NABBY) LEE JOHNSON:
Burial: Cutler Cemetery, Route 280, Amesville, Ohio

Children of SYLVANUS AMES and ABIGAIL JOHNSON are:
i. HECTOR REVERE13 AMES, b. 05 Nov 1797, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, MA; d. 1801, Amesville, Athens Co., OH.

Notes for HECTOR REVERE AMES:
Died young.

2. ii. ELIZABETH JOHNSON AMES, b. 11 Mar 1800, Belore or Belpre, Washington County, Ohio; d. Ripon, Wisconsin.
3. iii. LUCY WILLIS AMES, b. 28 Aug 1801, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio; d. 21 Jun 1893, Athens, Athens County, Ohio.
iv. DANIEL JOHNSON AMES, b. 08 Nov 1802, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio; d. 26 Jun 1806, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio.
v. DANA JOHNSON AMES, b. 03 Feb 1805.

Notes for DANA JOHNSON AMES:
May be same as Daniel J.

Died when he was a year old.

4. vi. EDWARD RAYMOND AMES, b. 20 May 1806, Ames Township, Athens County, OH; d. 25 Apr 1879, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD. Bishop of the Methodist Church

5. vii. LAURA WATSON AMES, b. 13 Feb 1808, Ames Township, Athens County, OH; d. 29 Jul 1851, Athens, Athens, Ohio.
6. viii. JOHN LEE AMES, b. 14 Jan 1810, Amesville or Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio; d. 12 Dec 1891, Fairview, Newton Co., Missouri or Grangeville, Missouri.
ix. MARCIA ORIN AMES, b. 29 Apr 1811, Ames Township, Athens County, OH; d. 19 Sep 1827, Ames Township, Athens County, OH.
7. x. CHARLES BINGLEY AMES, b. 01 Oct 1812, Ames Township, Athens County, OH; d. 03 Aug 1888, Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi.
8. xi. GEORGE WASHINGTON AMES, b. 14 Jan 1815, Ames Township, Athens County, OH; d. 03 Jun 1881, Greencastle, Indiana.

I will file posts on the children as I can.

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

glammers921 — 2009-08-10 07:56:46Z

So glad that we have heard from another descendant and this time from Daniels's line. We have heard from Francisco's, Matilda's,Nieves' and Samuel's line. There are others from Samuel's line from his first marriage and second marriage. I am assuming that you know them. If not inquire here.

keep posting and good luck

Re: Ames family, Kent, England

MarcAmes — 2009-06-17 16:28:08Z

Interesting - Charlton (as is Plumstead) is effectively considered as part of the London borough of Greenwich now - i.e. South East London. Where as the Ames family I am from are between Canterbury and Folkestone in East Kent.

Also, he was born in Norfolk - so the lineage would be from the Ames in Norfolk (the highest concentrations of Ames are in Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent).

So it is unlikely that our lines would connect, although it is an amazing coincidence that there is another Marc (which is the French version of Mark) and my grandfather was a farrier / blacksmith in London before World War 1!

Re: Ames family, Kent, England

MarcAmes — 2009-06-16 19:11:05Z

They are not a direct descendant but I am only just starting to broaden out my family tree and so may still be related.

Do you know what part of Kent they are from?

Dawn Ames

pennysrustd — 2009-07-14 05:38:00Z

Looking for information on Dawn Christine Benson Ames. Her mother was Stephanie Verdeckberg and father Jack Verdeckberg.Would appericated any information. Thank-You

Re: Jose Samuel Ames

Wells051967 — 2009-07-10 07:07:02Z

I was scanning through the info. on Ames and ran across this e-mail. I am the grand-daughter of Salome Thomasa Ames de Espinoza. Her father was Samuel Ames, son of Julian and Perfecta Ames, and her mother was Obdulia Arguello, daughter of Ignacio Arguello and Rita Rowland. My grandmother's parents' marriage was a second marriage for Samuel. I have been trying to obtain information on my grandmothers family for a while now. It's not as easy as I thought. I am trying to make a photo/history album for my uncles and mother (children to Salome Ames de Espinoza).
My grandmother, Salome, still has one living sister, Otilia, who was the youngest of the children. She is not in good health, but is still alive. I saw my tia (aunt) Otilia about a year ago. I will be visiting her soon.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
I hope to hear from you,
Martha :)

Re: Jose Samuel Ames

Wells051967 — 2009-07-10 07:06:56Z

Re: re: Salome Ames Lyons

Wells051967 — 2009-07-10 06:33:33Z

I would absolutely love any pictures or info. regarding any of the Julian and Perfecta Ames lineage. Their son, Samuel, married my great-grandmother, Obdulia Arguello, who in turn had my grandmother, Salome Thomasa Ames. I am trying to get a sort of history book/photo album together as a gift for my uncles and mother. They are very proud of their lineage. I do know that there is still one last daughter still living who is my tia (aunt) Otilia. She was the youngest child from Samuel and Obdulia (Samuel's second marriage). She is not in the greatest health, though.
Any info. or picture would be fantastic!
Thank you,
Martha :)

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Wells051967 — 2009-07-10 06:16:48Z

Hi there, I don't know if this e-mail was addressed to me, but I just noticed it. I am a great-grand-daughter from Samuel Ames' second marriage. Samuel and Obdulia were my grandmother's parents. Her name was Salome Thomasa Ames. She had brothers and sisters by the name of Gregorio, Matilde, Otilia, and Helen. Otilia resides in Tijuana, Mx. She's not in the best of health, though. She is my grandmother's only living sister. I would LOVE any and all information on my grandmother's family. My grandmother, Salome raised my sister and I, and I just never learned enough of the family. I am attempting to make a history type photo album as a gift to all my uncles and my mother. I cannot believe how difficult this is turning out to be.
Please take a look at the baptismal certificate and
picture of my uncles and mother.

Thank you and hope to hear from you (again ?),
Martha :)

Re: JESSE JULIAN AMES

Wells051967 — 2009-07-10 05:58:07Z

Hi there, I just saw your posting regarding Julian Ames. Well, he's my great-great grandfather on my mother's side. His son, Samuel Ames, was married with Obdulia Arguello who was his second marriage. My grandmother, Salome Thomasa Ames, was born from that marriage. I do have some info. and some documents. I am in the process of obtaining more info. My whole purpose is to make a sort of history book with pictures for my uncles and my mother who are the children of Salome Ames.

Hope to hear from you or anyone with any information,
Thanks,
Martha :)

Ames family of Sebewa, Ionia Co, Michigan

bbrassington1 — 2009-07-01 15:33:48Z

Truman Ames (b. abt 1835, NY) married Nancy J. Barnes at Sebewa, MI. This was his second marriage. He married first to Prudence and had two children: Laura (md an Ostrander and had child, Truman), and Ansel Ames. I have some letters kept by my grandmother from her relatives (including Nancy Barnes Ames)at Sebewa in the 1880s. One letter mentions that "Len" Ames (Lorenzo) was very ill at Truman and Nancy Ames' house and that he had signed off his farm to son, John (John E. Ames). I have recently been trying to find out more about this Ames family because of the connection with my relative, Nancy J. Barnes Ames. There are nessages here from descendants of Lorenzo and son, John E. Ames. I am hoping they are still interested in this Sebewa Ames family and am hoping to hear from them.
Betty Brassington

Re: Sylvanus Ames,II and Abigail Nabby Lee Johnson

toddlawson1 — 2009-07-30 21:58:42Z

Hi,

Wow, what a treasure trove of information. Thank you for posting it! Do you have access to a scanner, or the ability to post the pictures? Let me know, and if not, I can help. I can help get the info shared so others can see it.

todd.lawson@gmail.com

Email me, and I can give you my number.

Todd

Re: Photo of George & Lydia Ames

NadieAchak_ — 2009-06-27 15:33:38Z

George Ames is the son of David Leonard Ames and Bethena Thomas.

What a great find - thanks for posting the website.

David Ames

dja184 — 2009-08-28 22:52:41Z

My name is david jacob ames I know very little about my fathers side of the family. David Norman Ames was the name of my grand father and he was from the area just wondering if u have 2 brothers davd and edward

Re: Ames family, Kent, England

wames11311 — 2009-06-17 15:44:41Z

My great grand parents were married at St. Lukes in the parish of Charlton in the County of Kent on April 20, 1854.
His name was George Ames the son of Marc Ames and Mary ?. He was born in Norfolk 19 april 1835. George had a brother Marc who stayed in England, and I believe he was a Blacksmith like his brother I believe that George was born in or near the village of Hainford and Marc at one time lived in the village of Plumstead.
George married Ann Duran the daughter of James Duran and Elizabeth Mary Beales. Both were born in London and living in Charlton at the time of the marriage of George and Ann. I hope this is helpful. Bill

Re: Ames family, Kent, England

wames11311 — 2009-06-18 14:58:58Z

Thanks for the information. In my research I found two different spelling for Marc -Mark. My Gr Grandfather's brother Mark who stayed in England had a daughter who was alive during WW1 and WW2. Her name was Doris Ames Van Relda , and lived at 31 Station Road, Herne Bay, Kent. My father visited her when he was in England as a US Marine during WW1 and he sent her care packages during WW2.
I don't know if this makes any connection or not, but it's all the infortmation I have about Mark.

Re: trufant ancestors

notime1268 — 2009-07-17 17:08:32Z

I am a direct decendent of Maurice/Morris Trufant . He had a daughter Hanna who married an Ames. They lived on Trufant (Trouant) Island off Marshfield Ma. the family lived there until at least the 1990's when my records end. That is where Morris first settled around 1640. He had a note from Myles Standish to that effect.

If you add your entries into Geni.com (It is free)it will eventually link to the 977 entries I have put in there.