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Front Ridge Cemetery
Front Ridge Cemetery
Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W

Descendants of John Ames Buried in the Front Ridge Cemetery
John Ames and his wife Mary Eldredge settled in Orland Maine prior to 1845. There is no information to connect his ancestry with that of Phineas Ames, and this appears to be a separate Ames line of descent in the Bucksport, Maine area. The line of descent from John's father, also named John, is shown for completeness. Descendants that are buried in this cemetery are indicated by an "image size" link to a photograph of their grave, after their name in the descendancy report.
  • John Ames, b. (date unknown); d. (date unknown); m. ________ Goss (date unknown).
    • John Ames, b. May 10, 1785 in Orland, Maine; d. before 1845; m. Mary Eldredge May, 1809 in Castine, Maine. Mary was b. March, 1786 in Chatham, Mass; d. (date unknown).
      • Mehitable Ames Image size is 1.2M, b. Oct. 5, 1814 in Orland, Maine; d. March 8, 1899 in Orland, Maine; m. George Saunders Image size is 1.2M, (date unknown). George was b. 1807 in Maine; d. 1899. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'11" W
        • Daniel A. Saunders Image size is 1.2M, b. Nov. 20, 1837 in Maine; d. Feb. 16, 1878. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'11" W
        • Edwin G. Saunders Image size is 1.2M, b. Oct. 16, 1839 in Maine; d. Dec. 30, 1857. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'11" W
      • Otis E. Ames Image size (1 of 2) is 66K, Image size (2 of 2) is 67K, b. 1817 in Orland, Maine; d. Sept. 27, 1897 in Orland, Maine; m. Caroline Downs Harriman Image size (1 of 2) is 66K, Image size (2 of 2) is 67K, Nov. 15, 1840 in Orland, Maine. Caroline was b. Feb. 17, 1823 in Orland Maine; d. 1917 in Orland, Maine. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • John Ames (see Note 1) Image size (1 of 2) is 63K, Image size (2 of 2) is 63K, b. May 13, 1842 in Orland, Maine; d. March 21, 1908; m. Ella Francine Staples Image size (1 of 2) is 63K, Image size (2 of 2) is 63K, aft. June 1865. Ella was b. March 14, 1848 in Penobscot, Maine; d. April 14, 1938. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'11" W
          • Mary Catherine Ames Image size is 1.2M, b. 1869 in Maine; d. 1930; m. Irving R. Saunders Image size is 1.3M, (date unknown). Irving was b. 1871 in Maine; d. 1931. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'11" W
            • Isadora A. Saunders Image size is 1.3M, b. Dec. 3, 1896 in Orland, Maine; d. May 11, 1994 in Penobscot, Maine; m. Linwood H. Gray Image size is 1.3M, (date unknown). Linwood was b. 1894; d. 1972.
            • Oscar R. Saunders Image size is 1.3M, b. 1899 in Maine; d. 1969. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'11" W
            • George E. Saunders Image size is 871K, b. 1907 in Maine; d. 1981; m. Bernice M. Smith Image size is 871K, Aug. 2, 1928. Bernice was b. 1909; d. 1996. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W
          • Josephine S. Ames Image size is 1.2M, b. Feb. 1871 in Orland, Maine; d. Nov. 28, 1913; m. Capt. Ivyl Hutchins Image size is 1.2M, (date unknown). Ivyl was b. 1865; d. 1944. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'12" W
          • Otis Adelbert Ames Image size is 992K, b. May 27, 1877 in Orland, Maine; d. Sept. 27, 1955 in Orland, Maine; m. Lillian Souther Cook Image size is 992K, Dec. 12, 1901. Lillian was b. Dec. 25, 1882 in Haverhill, Mass.; d. Aug. 12, 1945. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'35" N 68°41'10" W
            • Stanley Otis Ames Image size is 71K, b. Sept. 21, 1909; d. April 8, 1964; m. Beatrice D. McCready Image size is 71K (date unknown). Beatrice was b. April 1, 1912; d. Jan. 9, 1994 in Marblehead, Mass. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W
              • Stanley Wayne Ames Image size is 994K, b. July 4, 1942; d. Nov. 25, 2010 in Orland, Maine; m. Clemence Ann Sullivan Image size is 994K, 1966. She was b. Nov. 11, 1935; d. Sept. 1, 1996. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W
          • Frederick I. Ames Image size is 61K, b. 1891; d. 1948; m. Anne Elizabeth Johnson Image size is 61K (date unknown). Anne was b. 1888; d. 1977. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'37" N 68°41'11" W
        • Nathaniel H. Ames Image size is 57K, b. Oct. 24, 1843 in Orland, Maine; d. 1870, lost at sea. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • Mary C. Ames Image size (1 of 2) is 67K, Image size (2 of 2) is 1.2M, b Feb. 15, 1845 in Orland, Maine; d. May 19, 1850 in Orland, Maine. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • Otis Adelbert Ames Image size is 67K, b. July 8, 1848 in Orland, Maine; d. May 19, 1865. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • Francis B. Ames Image size (1 of 2) is 67K, Image size (2 of 2) is 1.3M, b. April 10, 1852 in Orland, Maine; d. Jan. 5, 1854 in Orland, Maine. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • Elsie M. Ames Image size is 57K, b. 1856; d. 1884. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
        • Joseph E. Ames Image size is 57K, b. 1861 in Maine; d. 1909. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'12" W
Note 1: Here is a photo of John Ames, b. May 13, 1842 Image size is 38K.

Descendants of Lewis M. Ames Buried in the Front Ridge Cemetery
Lewis Mcdonald Ames, his wife, daughter Christie, and granddaughter Ora Soper are buried in the Front Ridge Cemetery, and are all listed on this gravestone Image size is 50K. Although this grave is close to the graves of the descendants of John Ames, there is no indication that he is related to the John Ames line, (or the Phineas Ames line of Bucksport). He was originally from Vinalhaven, Maine, b. Dec. 8, 1866, son of Seth Thomas Ames and Mary Jane Delano, descended from American immigrant Justus Eames, who was born April 29, 1627 in England. Their grave is at Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W Here is what is known about Lewis's descendancy:
  • Lewis Mcdonald Ames, b. Dec. 8, 1866 in Vinalhaven, Maine; d. 1935; m. Millie F. Gray, June 30, 1888 in Hallowell, Maine. Millie was b. (daughter of Harrison Gray) March 26, 1872 or 1873, in Blue Hill, Maine; d. 1952.
    • Ora A. Ames Image size is 930K, b. Nov. 8, 1889 in Hallowell, Maine; d. March 10, 1976 in Brewer, Maine; m. Edward R. Witham Image size is 930K (date unknown). Edward was b. 1884 in Bucksport, Maine; d. 1935. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W
      • Mildred Mand (Maud?) Withham Image size is 930K, b. March 24, 1908 in Orland, Maine; d. July 2, 1908 in Orland, Maine. Latitude / Longitude: 44°32'36" N 68°41'10" W
    • Christie Ames, b. 1899; d. 1929; m. Herbert Soper.
      • Ora E. Soper, b. 1917; d. 1990; m. Arthur W. Murray.
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