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Name    : John Trowbridge Ames   (4316)
Born    : 18 OCT 1819
At      : Leominster, MA. 
Died    : 16 APR 1902
At      : Traer, IA
Age     : 82
Buried  : Buckingham Cemetery
Father  : John Ames
Mother  : Susan Gates
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            MARRIAGE
Date    : 6 JUL 1854
Place   : Genoa Junction, WI
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Name    : Mary Jane Read
Born    : 1834
At      : Amenia, NY
Died    : 1905
At      : Los Angeles, CA
Age     : 71
Buried  : Buckingham Cemetery, IA
Father  : Charles Read
Mother  : Isabelle Lee
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Children:       
	Asa Lee 
	Charles 
	Isabel 
	Morris 
	Grace 
	Herbert 
	John
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Comment :
Note: Leominster Vital Records does not have any record of his birth.
Moved to Buffalo, NY 1820/21
1820-39: Farm near Buffalo, NY
1838-41: Sailor on Lake Erie - became a captain.
1841-50: School teacher, Wisconsin and Missouri
1850-54: California gold rush via covered wagon.
1854: Moved to Iowa, Buckingham township. Built first cabin near hickory 
trees on farm. Church was in cabin in woods.

Brother of Asa Ames, wood sculptor in NY. Has works in many museums.
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Sources : Family notes, census records.Carol Baumeister