Americus Ames (abt. 1825 - 1859)

Born about 1825 in Maine, United States

Husband of Sarah Lyford (Haskell) Child — married about Nov 1847 in Maine, United States

Died 20 Aug 1859 at about age 34 in Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

Nothing is known of the ancestry of Americus Ames. Based on his death record, he was born in Maine about 1825. An Ancestry.com profile says that he was a son of Jonathan Phelps Ames and [[Griffith-5465}Mary "Polly" (Griffith) Ames]], but it cites as evidence only a FindAGrave memorial and a census mortality index record, neither of which confirm the relationship.^[1]

Marriage

Americus Ames married Sarah Lyford Haskell.^[2] On 28 Oct 1847, Americus Ames of Canton, Maine, and Sarah L. Haskell of Livermore, Maine, published at Livermore their intention to marry.^[3]

Children

Americus and Sarah (Haskell) Ames had three known children. The births of the first two were entered in the vital records of Livermore, Maine, by the town clerk in February 1855.^[4] Eddie is known only from his gravestone at the Wyman Cemetery in Livermore.^[5]

1. Ella Jane Ames, born on 17 Oct 1848
2. Mary Adelia Ames, born on 19 Sep 1850
3. Eddie C. Ames, born in June 1855

Death

The 1860 Cenus Mortality Index says that Americus Ames, shoemaker, born in Maine, died of typhoid fever at Winthrop, Maine, in August 1859,^[6] at the age of 34. A gravestone at the Wyman Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, says that he died on 20 Aug 1859.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced Ancestry Profile for Americus Ames
2. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 138
3. ↑ Marriage intention of Americus Ames and Sarah L. Haskell, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1841 to 1876, Book No. 3 > unpaginated > image 486 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
4. ↑ "A Record of the family of Americus Ames and Sarah L. his wife," in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862 > page 100 > Image 263 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Photo of gravestone of Eddie C. Ames (Find A Grave: Memorial #176424197)
6. ↑ Death record of Americus Ames], in U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, Maine, 1850-1880 Archive Collection: 2; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 1 (Ancestry.com required)