William Ames was born in Vermont, the son of colonial settlers who had once lived in Massachusetts. William and his son Barnabas moved to northern New York, when the area was still a wilderness. They made the journey from Vermont to northern New York on foot, carrying their axes with them through the rough country. They reached St. Lawrence County, which, at the time, was "a howling wilderness, with but few evidences of civilization." They helped clear the land where a courthouse was later built. They erected a log house on land they bought located on what became the pike leading from Canton to Potsdam and then returned to Vermont to assist the remainder of the family in the move. He remained in St. Lawrence County until his death. William Ames was born in Vermont, the son of colonial settlers who had once lived in Massachusetts. William and his son Barnabas moved to northern New York, when the area was still a wilderness. They made the journey from Vermont to northern New York on foot, carrying their axes with them through the rough country. They reached St. Lawrence County, which, at the time, was "a howling wilderness, with but few evidences of civilization." They helped clear the land where a courthouse was later built. They erected a log house on land they bought located on what became the pike leading from Canton to Potsdam and then returned to Vermont to assist the remainder of the family in the move. He remained in St. Lawrence County until his death. (Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties Illinois. Chicago, 1891. 410.)
William Ames was born in Vermont, the son of colonial settlers who had once lived in Massachusetts. William and his son Barnabas moved to northern New York, when the area was still a wilderness. They made the journey from Vermont to northern New York on foot, carrying their axes with them through the rough country. They reached St. Lawrence County, which, at the time, was "a howling wilderness, with but few evidences of civilization." They helped clear the land where a courthouse was later built. They erected a log house on land they bought located on what became the pike leading from Canton to Potsdam and then returned to Vermont to assist the remainder of the family in the move. He remained in St. Lawrence County until his death. William Ames was born in Vermont, the son of colonial settlers who had once lived in Massachusetts. William and his son Barnabas moved to northern New York, when the area was still a wilderness. They made the journey from Vermont to northern New York on foot, carrying their axes with them through the rough country. They reached St. Lawrence County, which, at the time, was "a howling wilderness, with but few evidences of civilization." They helped clear the land where a courthouse was later built. They erected a log house on land they bought located on what became the pike leading from Canton to Potsdam and then returned to Vermont to assist the remainder of the family in the move. He remained in St. Lawrence County until his death. (Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties Illinois. Chicago, 1891. 410.)
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