Daniel Carter Ames (1838 - aft. 1840)

Born 1 Sep 1838 in Randolph, Clay, Missouri, United States

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Died after Jul 1840 after age 1 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Daniel Ames was born on September 1, 1838 in Randolf County, Missouri, USA. Daniel is the son of Ira Ames and Charity Carter.

Journal of Ira V. Ames

One day I obtained a permit to go out and get a load of corn to feed my family and horses. We lived mostly on huled corn then in those days. Some days after the surrender some mob officers formed all the men in a line and we were marched to the South East Corner of the Public Square and there, between two rows of troops we were forced to sign a Document deeding all our property to the State to "Defray the Expenses of the Mormon War". I lost by this mob all my crop and everything I possessed, except my two horses and had to build a wagon to move to Illinois. One day after, the Mob had entirely left us, I met Orson Hyde who had apostatized, and I bore a strong plain and faithful testimony to him of the truth of this work and of his position. I told him I knew this work was true and he knew that he had preached powerfully under the influence of the Holy Ghost which he had received through the administration of the Priesthood. He knew this and now if he continued in his apostasy he would lose that spirit entirely. It was now decided that we were all to leave the State. I went to work at Shoemaking and by this means obtained a wagon, and sustained my family, while living in Randolf County, Missouri. On the 1st day of September 1838, my third son Daniel was born, being our fifth child. Sometime in March I left Far West with one wagon and a span of horses for Illinois. My wife had been ill for sometime previous and was now so weak that I had to lift her in and out of the wagon. We were 18 days on the road to Quincy. I made no halt there but was lead to go to the little town of Clayton about 25 miles east of Quincy. The same night of my arrival there, a man named Mr. Cooms came to me and I bargained with him to work for him at Tanning at $1.00 per day. He had just built a new tan yard. On the twenty second day of June 1839 my wife Charity died. Her illness was occasioned by the hardships the severe trials of mind and the scenes she had passed through in the mobbing at Far West. She was a most excellent wife and mother. She was all a man could ask of a wife. My affection for her was powerful and death will loose much of its sting in the joyful anticipation of seeing her again.

Sources

• Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy). https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-KSJW
• Millennium File. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10287106:7249