Meredith Fisk AMES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Charles Fisk and Emily Hull
• Census: 1850, Living with mother in Greene, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with mother and step-father in Brigham, Cache Co., Utah

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Name:
Son of Charles Fisk and Emily Hull, but raised by Ira Ames and Catherine Slauson Brown Ames and took their name.

Catherine was married o Ezekiel Brown when she took Meredith. Her husband died inErie City Pennsylvania.

Catherine Slauson Brown came to Utah with Meredith and married Ira Ames as his 5th wife. She left Ira and moved to Cornish. Meredith, decided to stay with Ira.

Posted on Find A Grave Created by: Linda Ames

Family/Spouse: Margaret Jane O'BANNION. Margaret was born on 24 Sep 1849 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa ; died on 4 Apr 1930 in Hyrum, Cache Co., Utah; was buried in Hryum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Ithamer Ames and Hannah Clark
• Census: 1850, Living in Distr. 21, Pottawatamie Co., Iowa
• Census: 1860, Living in Brigham, Cache Co., Utah

Ira married Catherine SLAUSON on 11 Sep 1857. Catherine (daughter of Lieut. Peter SLAWSON and Lucy HINCKLEY) was born on 26 May 1806 in Remsen, Onieda Co., New York; died on 21 Nov 1895 in Trenton, Cache Co., Utah; was buried in Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Brigham, Cache Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living in Wellsville, Cache Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living in Burrville, Sevier Co., Utah

Notes:

Source: Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive:

Catherine Slawson was born in 1806 in New York. She married in Pennsylvania, Ezekiel Brown in 1825. They had 7 children. Her husband died in 1848 and she and two of her daughters crossed the plains to Utah in 1856. She later married Ira Ames. Catherine was a quiet, refined person, with a good education. She had beautiful handwriting, was a good seamstress, and made lovely bedspreads, rugs and fine linens. Catherine passed away November 21, 1895, in Trenton, Cache Valley, Utah at the age of eighty-nine years.

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Quoting: Daughters of Utah Pioneers: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude pg 60 and 61. "Catherine Slawson was born in New York, 1806. She married Ezekiel Brown inErie, Pennsylvania, 1825. They were the parents of seven children. he died November 10, 1848. At the time of Ezekiel's death, they had been investigating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Catherine was baptized in 1850, and five years later she left Pennsylvania with six children and two grandchildren to gather with the Saints in the Salt lake Valley. They arrived August 18, 1856, with the P.C. Merrill Company. On September 11, 1857, Catherine and Ira Ames were married in the Edowment House. She was his fifth wife. They had no children but raised an adopted son, Meridith Fisk, who sometimes used the name "Ames." Catherine was a quiet, refined person, with a good education. She had beautiful handwriting, was a good seamstress, and made lovely bedspreads, rugs and fine linens. Catherine passed away November 21, 1895, in Trenton, Cache Valley, Utah at the age of eighty-nine years." Catherine's parents were Peter Slawson and Lucy Hinckley. She was the 3rd of 6 children.