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Male John C Ames Click to view John C Ames in the family tree

John C was born on May 28th, 1828 in Washington Co,Pennsylvania.  John C's father was Nehemia Ames and his mother was Frances Craven.  His paternal grandparents were Jabez Ames and Elizabeth Smith; his maternal grandparents were James C Craven and Hannah Leonard. He had six brothers and four sisters, named James, William, Leonard, Theophilus, Nehemia Jr, Henry, Mary, Eliza, Hannah and Julia Ann.  He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 84 on July 2nd, 1912 in Hicksville,Defiance Co,Ohio.


John C's family with Sarah Dutterer

‌John C and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1854 in Hicksville,Defiance Co,Ohio.1   They had eight sons and five daughters, and also a child of unknown gender, named Andrew Y, Emanuel, William, Henry Franklin, Ephraim, Noah Harvey, Ulysses S Grant, Winfield Scott, Mary C, Jeannette, Sarah Frances, Cary Rozella, Nellie and Hasey.

1 Ancestry.com Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900.
Further source/citation:
Ozark Heritage Dent County Missouri Area Cemeteries & Families

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