Background
Ames was born in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Ames was born in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
In 1934, at the age of 90, he was the Prohibition Party"s candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He came to Williamsport in July, 1869, which was then the lumber capital of Pennsylvania, and resided there until his death, August 3, 1936. Mr. Ames was married, December 21, 1886, to Lizzie West., daughter of Jacob Wise, of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
They had two children, Thomas West. Ames of 338 High Street, Williamsport and Mary, wife of Doctor Herbert P. Haskin, 324 High Street, Williamsport.
Herbert T. Ames attended Mansfield Normal School, now Mansfield University. He was listed as the College"s oldest living alumnus in his August 1936 obituary.