Background
Ames, John Griffith was born on December 11, 1834 in East Dorset, Vermont, United States. Son of Benjamin and Lydia (Griffith) Ames.
Ames, John Griffith was born on December 11, 1834 in East Dorset, Vermont, United States. Son of Benjamin and Lydia (Griffith) Ames.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1858. Graduate Theological Seminary, Ohio, 1863.
Honorary Columbus Delano, of Mount Vernon, O., October 4, 1864. Deacon, 1863, priest. 1864, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rector Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, New Jersey 1864-1866, Christ Church, Springfield.
O., 1867-1870; head of House of Evangelists, New York, 1870-1873. Superintendent documents, Department of the Interior, 1874-1908.
Librarian and minor canon Washington Cathedral, since 1909. Author: Report on Mission Indians of California, 1873.
Comprehensive Index to Publications of the United States Government, 1889-1893 and 1881-1893.
Compiled Official Register of the United States, 1875-1893. Home: Mount Saint Alban, Washington.
Married Elizabeth, daughter