Ames Cemetery, located south of Sweet Home on Hwy. 288, going south towards Holley. It was established in 1863, and is in Township 13S Range 1W, Section 36. This is a very small cemetery, located in a grove of oak trees, very well tended. SSA means same stone as previous. Surveyed 10 October, 1999, by Jan Phillips. Tombstones found on the DAR survey indicated by *.

Like many other families who travelled west in the early 1850s, the Ames family left Missouri in the pursuit of religious freedom. They ended their journey in September of 1852 near a creek now called Ames Creek, in what is now called Sweet Home.

The 1860 Linn County census, Lebanon post office, shows the Ames family in house 585:

Lowell Ames, 61, farmer, b. NY
Anne, 61, b. PA
Lowell, 34, farm laborer, b. OH
John, 31, farm laborer, b. OH
Polly, 29, b. OH
Joseph, 26, b. IL
William, 20, b. MO.

Two houses later, Alonzo Ames is listed, age 39, farmer, b. OH and in the household is day laborer Henry Kummer, 23, b. MA.

In 1870, Sweet Home District, Alanzo Ames is listed as being 78, b. in OH, DLC 5091. Lowell Ames, Jr., is listed in house 25, age 44, b. OH, working on a farm, DLC 5072. In the house is Polly, his sister, age 49, b. OH; and Joseph F., age 30, b. in IL, working on the farm.

Linn County DLC records show:

DLC #2494 - Ames, Lowell, Sr., heirs, b. 3/11/1799, Ontario Co., NY. Spouse Anna Beesler/Kessler, married 10/1819-20, OH. Arrived in Oregon 7/1852, settled claim 9/1/1855. Affidavits signed by John T. Ames, Blewford Stringer, Alvan P. Morris, Samuel Pickens. T13S R1W Sec 36 & T13S R1E Sec 31, 320.60a. Died 3/8/1864, Sweet Home. Marr. Anna Bessler (Kessler) b. PA.

DLC #3683 - Ames, John T., b. 2/19/1829, Cuyoga Co., OH. Spouse Hester Ann Ames. Arrived Oregon 7/1852, settled claim 2/1/1853. Affidavits signed by Lowell Ames, Jr., Wm. Z. Ames. T13S R1E Sec 31, 159.47a.

DLC #4399 - Ames, William Z., b. 2/11/1834-4, Jackson Co., MO. Spouse Isabella Maynor. Arrived Oregon 6/1852, settled claim 3/1/1854. Affidavits signed by John T. Ames, Lowell Ames, Jr., Joseph S. Ames, Alonzo Ames. T13S R1E Sec 32, 160.38a. NOTE: April 10, 2002, corrected to Isabella Turnbull Maynard Ames by Darlene Pieri

DLC #5072 - Ames, Lowell, Jr., b. 1826, Cuyahoga Co., OH. Spouse Mrs. Mary E. Knable. Arrived Oregon 7/1852, settled claim 2/1/1853. Affidavits signed by John T. Ames, Alonzo Ames, Wm. Z. Ames. T13S R1E Sec 31, 159.88a. Died before patent was issued but no death date given.

DLC #5091 - Ames, Alonzo, b. 1820, Cuyahoga Co., OH. Never married. Arrived Oregon 6/1852, settled claim 3/7/1853. Affidavits signed by John T. Ames, Wm. Z. Ames, Newton Russell, J. H. Settle. T13S R1E Secs 32, 33, 159.69a.

*Ames, Lowell, d. 8 Mar 1863, age 63y 11m 27d
*Ames, Anna, d. 11 Mar 1868, age 69y, ssa [Wife of Lowell, Sr.]
*Ames, Polly, d. 19 Nov 1885, age 55y 4m 1d, ssa [Dau. of Lowell & Anna]
*Ames, William Z., d. 30 Nov 1888, age 55y 9m 18d, ssa [Son of Lowell & Anna]

*Ames, Andrew J., b. 4 Mar 1837, d. 3 Dec 1902 [Son of Lowell & Anna]

Ames, Charolet, b. 1918, d. 1843
Ames, Kenneth, b. 1907, d. 1851, ssa

Ames, Donald Zenos, b. 27 Oct 1939, d. 14 May 1995

Ames, Eldon Lloyd, Oregon, BT1, US Navy, b. 24 Dec 1938, d. 9 Aug 1969

Ames, Helen L., b. 1906, d. 1995

*Ames, Isabelle, b. 1838, d. 1916 [Wife of William Z. Ames]

*Ames, J. T., b. 13 Feb 1829, d. 21 Apr 1898 [John T., son of Lowell & Anna]

Ames, Margaret Fay, b. 21 May 1926, d. 21 May 1935
Ames, Baby, b. 27 Aug 1945, d. 30 Aug 1945, ssa

*Ames, Joseph S., b. 1840, d. 1912 [Son of Lowell & Anna]

Ames, Lloyd Z., b. 1902, d. 1973

Ames, Loren C., "Rabbit", b. 12 Mar 1910, d. 6 Jan 1986
Ames, Nora M., b. 13 July 1918, d. 8 Oct 1987, ssa [Wife of Loren C.]

Ames, Virgil Vern, b. 1914, d. 1966

Ames, Zenos C., b. 1875, d. 1935 [Zenos Curley, son of William Z. & Isabella Ames]

Atkinson, Gertrude L., b. 1916, d. 1962

Beal, Mary C., b. 1884, d. 1962

Beeler, Pearlie, b. 1890, d. 1893

*Bither, Carrie A., b. 1848, d. 1893 [nee Rolph, marr. Peter Bither]

Brewer, Charles, b. 1866, d. 1938
Brewer, Sarah, b. 1864, d. 1948, ssa

Brown, Dorothy M., b. 7 Oct 1930, d. 8 Oct 1982

Davis, Della L., b. 1883, d. 1967 [nee Putnam]

*Davis, Freeda L., d. 28 July 1902, age 1y 3m 4d

Davis, Henry M., b. 1868, d. 1948 [Husband of Della J. (Putman) Davis]

Davis, James L., PFC, US Army, b. 1907, d. 1975

Davis, Maria, b. 17 June 1834, d. 28 Jan 1903

*Dunk, Eva, b. 1903, d. 1922

Erickson, Mary Jane, b. 1918, d. 1978

Feigum, Ole, b. 4 Oct 1879, d. 15 May 1944
Feigum, Florence M., b. 1880, d. 1936, ssa

Garcia, Baby Bonney, no dates

Groves, Alice M., b. 1861, d. 1946

Hanchett, Keith, b. 19 July 1911, d. 7 Dec 1911

Keeney, Chesley J., b. 1908, d. 1978 [Son of Jack & Zilla]
Keeney, Lenore J., b. 1911, d. 1996, ssa

Keeney, George W., b. 3 June 1863, d. 20 Aug 1944

Keeney, Jack H., b. 1865, d. 1951
Keeney, Zilla M., b. 1878, d. 1958, ssa [nee Ames]

Keeney, Jerry B., b. 3 June 1863, d. 4 Nov 1946

Keeney, Katie, b. 1868, d. 1938 [Wife of Jerry B. Keeney]

*Knable, Amos K., b. 25 July 1866, d. 20 Feb 1890

*Knable, C. A., no dates
Ames, Mary E., no dates, ssa

*Kuykendall, Henry, b. 22 Feb 1820, d. 20 Nov 1892
*Kuykendall, Sarah Jane, b. 24 May 1819, d. 24 Apr 1894, ssa
Kuykendall, Elizabeth, b. 30 Dec 1856, d. 7 June 1898, ssa

Lalonde, Richard G., b. 1943, d. 1965

Leichty, Ira, b. 1900, d. 1969
Leichty, Neva L., b. 1900, d. 1972, ssa

Lester, Velma B., d. 1992

Littell, William L., "Bill," b. 1929, d. 1994, age 65y

*Malone, Ada M., b. 1878, d. 1929 [nee DeBoyce, wife of J. Frank Malone]

*Matthews, Lemuel, b. 11 Nov 1835, d. 25 Jan 1910 [Husband of Lucinda Lee Matthews]

*Maynard, Nimbus L., b. 5 Aug 1891, age 4y 9m 10d
*Maynard, Robert C., d. 31 Aug 1891, age 6y 11m 17d, ssa

McClun, Joseph, b. 1818, d. 1905

Miller, Baby, d. May 1954

Miller, Clarence, b. 1894, d. 1967

Miller, Eva G., b. 1900, d. 1969 [nee Ames, wife of Clarence Miller]

*Morris, John F., b. 1855, d. 1918
*Morris, Stanley F., b. 1862, d. 1920, ssa
Morris, Fannie C., b. 1868, d. 1940, ssa [nee Rowell, wife of John F. Morris]

Morton, Vernon, Oregon, AOM3 US Navy WWII, b. 9 May 1923, d. 19 May 1960

Paddock, James G., b. 1881, d. 1968
Paddock, Susan L., b. 1890, d. 1976, ssa [nee Putnam]

*Putnam, James L., b. 1847, d. 1913

*Putnam, Mary E., b. 1852, d. 1933 [Wife of James L. Putnam]

*Putnam, Wilbur, d. 17 July 1912

*Putnam, Wilbur H., b. 1880, d. 1918

Rolfe, Fred L., b. 1867, d. 1962
Rolfe, Hattie Alvina, b. 1872, d. 1951, ssa [nee Putnam]

Rollins, Zenona B. "Ames," b. Jan 1925, d. May 1998

*Rowell, George, b. 14 Apr 1842, d. 24 Apr 1918
*Rowell, Martha T., b. 2 June 1847, d. 19 June 1909, ssa [nee Massey]

*Rowell, Lee, b. 28 Feb 1893, d. 14 Dec 1916

Rozell, Ada Ames Morris, b. 1872, d. 1951 [Wife of Hezekiah, dau. of William & Isabella Ames, wife of B. F. Morris]

Rozell, Harold L., b. 28 Apr 1904, d. 29 June 1987
Rozell, Vivian B., b. 30 July 1913, d. 1 May 1991, ssa

*Rozelle, Glen F., b. 1897, d. 1918 [DAR-Co. F., 3rd Regt. 162 ORE Inf.]

*Rozelle, Hezekiah, b. 1877, d. 1931 [Son of Joseph and Jane Belle]

Russell, John T., b. 1877, d. 1961
Russell, Winifred, b. 1881, d. 1971, ssa

*Russell, P. J., b. 1837, d. 1910

Tabler, Lillian V. Rozelle, b. 5 Sept 1907, d. 11 July 1957

Thompson, Sharon, b. 1941, d. 1941

Van Horn, Doris M., b. 9 May 1928, d. 5 Mar 1986
Van Horn, William B., b. 4 May 1920, ssa

Van Horn, Jackie Faye, b. 15 Aug, d. 19 Aug 1941

Wallburg, Raymond Ronald, b. 1936, d. 1936
NOTE: Added 4-10-02: Ronald Romaine Walburg corrected by Darlene Pieri

Watkins, Margaret Burge, b. 1831, d. 1907, Pioneer of 1852 [Wife of David]

Watkins, Earle, b. 1900, d. 1934

Watkins, Harry, b. 1862, d. 1938

*Watkins, Infant, son of H. E. and M., no dates

Watkins, Mable, b. 1870, d. 1951

Wilkins, Jay A., b. 1 Sep 1888, d. 16 Feb 1937, Co 13th HQ

*Wilkins, Joab C., b. 1853, d. 1920
*Wilkins, Matilda A., his wife, b. 1855, d. 1950

Welton, Charles D., b. 1936, d. 1936

Welton, Ronald H., b. 6 Feb 1938, d. 18 Nov 1992

Welton, Warren C., b. 1907, d. 1962

Welton, Zelma M., b. 1904, d. 1984

Tombstones recorded on 1988 survey, not found in 1999:
Ames, Lowell Jr., 1826 - 16 Apr 1899, Son of Lowell & Anna Ames
Ames, Eden, Nov 1867 - 28 June 1930, Son of Lowell & Anna Ames
*Matthews, Lucinda Lee, 11 Nov 1844 - 10 Mar 1926, wife of Lemuel Matthews
*Simons, Baby, d. 24 Sept 1927
Simons, Earl, d. 27 Sept 1934, age 34y 19d
Simons, Infant Son of H. E. & M. Watkins
*Williams, Greta, 12 Oct 192_
*Watkins, Delbert Earle, 8 Aug 1900 - 27 Sept 1934
Watkins, Sarah, 1850 - 1941
Malone, Frank, 1870 - 1949, Husband of Ada Maybell DeBoyce
Keeney, Nan Cathy Cole, 1868 - 1938
Dempsey, Baby, d. 19 Apr 1937
Garcia, Harriet, d. 1 Dec 1938, age 22y 8m 3d

Tombstones recorded on DAR survey, not found in 1999:
*Rolfe, George E., died 13 Sept 1931, age 54y 11m 23d

Updated November 25, 2007

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