Ira AMES
SOURCES: 1. Main Archive Record NOTES: Ira was a close friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
NOTES: Charity was a close friend of Emma Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. She died of exposure, due to traveling.
NOTES: Clarissa married Thomas Monjar at the age of 16. She left him after the death of their child and returned to Ohio.
He married Charity Carter 4 Dec 1826 at Benson, Rutland, Vermont . Charity Carter was born at Benson, Rutland, Vermont 25 Feb 1807 daughter of Jabez Carter and Rebecca Doud .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Clarissa Carter Ames
born 16 Dec 1827.
Rebecca Ames
born 11 Aug 1830.
Clark Ames
born 15 Jul 1832.
Ira Jim Ames
born 3 Oct 1836.
Daniel Carter Ames
born 1 Sep 1838.
Ira Ames died 15 Jan 1869 at Wellsville, Cache, Utah .
Charity Carter died 22 Jun 1839 at Clayton, Adams, Illinois .