. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. destinies of their fellow mortals. Henry C. Ames, retired farmer and banker ofWaymart, Wayne county, has contributed far be-yond his reasonable quota to the development of hisnative county. His father, Joseph Ames, was oneof the honored and influential pioneers of the sameportion of Pennsylvania. The family traces itshistory back to Colonial times. Josep
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. destinies of their fellow mortals. Henry C. Ames, retired farmer and banker ofWaymart, Wayne county, has contributed far be-yond his reasonable quota to the development of hisnative county. His father, Joseph Ames, was oneof the honored and influential pioneers of the sameportion of Pennsylvania. The family traces itshistory back to Colonial times. Joseph Ames, thegrandfather, a native of Stonington, Conn., engagedin farming in the vicinity of that village, and in1777 married Hannah Tyler. He enlisted as a sol-dier in the Continental army, and served through-out the memorable struggle for independence. Re-turning to Stonington, he spent the remainder of hislife there, though after the death of his wife he forsome time visited his son Joseph in Wayne county,Penn. The five children of Joseph and Hannah Ameswere William, Erastus, Hannah, Elijah, and settled at Rockford, 111., and his son, JudgeE. B. Ames, was minister to Germany during theadministration of President COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1225 Joseph Ames, father of our subject, was bornat Stonington, Conn., October 28, 1790. When he attained his majority he resolved to go West, andmade the journey to the wilderness land on a horse,which was his sole possession. For three years hetaught school on the Wallenpaupack, and he therebecame acquainted with Miss Gertrude Schenckwho soon after became his wife. She was born in1793 in Hunterdon county, N. J., daughter of H. Schenck, .a native of Monmouth, N. J., anda man of large wealth and influence, who during theRevolutionary war, raised and equipped at his ownexpense the regiment of soldiers which he com-manded. At the close of the war Col. Schenck en-tered political life and filled many offic
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