Rev. John Fremont Ames and His Bride Sophia Augusta Wall Ames
This fabric was from the dress Sophia was wearing in the photo. It has been protected in the back of the frame in a envelope for all these years.
DeRuyter Gleaner
June 27, 1886
The Wedding of John F. Ames and Miss Sophie A. Wall, both of DeRuyter,
and Mr. Fred O. Hendee of Sloan, Iowa, and Miss Zella E. Wall of
DeRuyter.
Brodrick-Case. - In DeRuyter, June 27, 1886, by Elder T. Fisher, Mr.
Frank Brodrick and Miss May A. Case, both of Pompey, N. Y.
The attractive residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Wall, at the head of
the beautiful DeRuyter reservoir, was the scene of an unusal and very
interesting event on Tuesday last. At 11 A. M. that day, in the
presence of an assembled multitude of relatives and friends, two young
couples took upon themselves the holy bonds of matrimony and started
out to pursue together the rosy-hued journey of life.
The contracting parties to this pleasant occurrence were Rev. John F.
Ames, a recent graduate of Madison University, who took unto himself
Miss Sophie A. Wall, the accomplished elder daughter of the housefold,
and Mr. Fred O. Hendee, son of Alpheus Hendee, Esq., of Lincklaen, who
led to the hymeneal altar the beloved second daughter, Miss Zella E.
Wall. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. C. Smith of New Woodstock,
with the beautiful service of the M. E. Church, followed by an
impressive prayer. Mrs. M. Lou Ames played the wedding march. The
brides were dressed alike, in light brown silk, wearing white illusion
and natural white flowers. The happy grooms appeared the
personification of manliness, while the beautiful young brides looked
as sweet and lovely as brides are always supposed to.
After extending congratulations and viewing the presents, a list of
which is given below, a substantial collation was served. 110 persons
were present, among whom were Mrs. Susan Coon, grandmother of the
brides, aged nearly 89 years, and Mrs. Celma Briggs, grandmother of Mr.
Ames, past 87. At 1 o'clock the happy couples, followed by showers of
rice and slippers, started for the depot, where they took the train for
Niagara Falls. Mr. Hendee and bride go to Sloan, Iowa, where he is
engaged in a prosperous mercantile business in partnership with his
brother-in-law, Mr. George Wall; while Mr. Ames returns to Genoa, N.
Y., where he has accepted the pastorate, under very flattering
circumstances, of the Baptist Society. The best wishes of the
community go with them all; while every mother, whose children have
gone out into the world, will feel a throb of smpathy for Mrs. Wall, in
parting with two beloved daughters in a single day.
Sophie's Presents.
$100 in gold, Wm. F. Wall.
China Tea Set, Mrs. Wm. F. Wall.
1/2 doz. China Fruit Plates and 1/2 doz. Butter Plates, Mr. and Mrs. H.
P. Hakes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barker.
Silver Butter Dish. F. L. Ames and lady.
Pair Bold Band Salts and Pepper, D. L. Bilss.
1 Amberlin Salts, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Clark.
Placque, Miss Mabel Clark.
Feather Weath, framed, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Estes.
One Cut Glass Pitcher, Mate Rigby.
Two Silver Dessert Spoons, Cornelia Coon.
Package of Maple Sugar and $5 in cash, Mr. and Mrs F. W. Ames.
Half doz. Nut Picks and Cracker, W. E,. Ames and lady.
Silver Butter Dish, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Allen.
Dozen Napkins, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Truman.
Tidy, Adah Wall.
Table Cloth, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Ames and Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Ames.
Pair Towels, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Stillman.
Pair Towels. Mr. and Mrs. David Rigby.
Half Dozen Nut Picks and Crocker, Mr. and Mrs., A. C. Smith.
Marbletop Table, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Hendee.
Table Brush and Tray, Mrs. Susan Coon.
One Salter, Mrs. Celma Briggs.
Meat Fork, C. L. DeLamater.
Pickle Fork, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Coon.
Goethe's Faust, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Ames.
Tidy, Mrs. Nomroe Wall.
Hand Painted Placque and Bottle Perfumery, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rainy.
Fan, Mrs. H. M. Crandall.
Pin Cushion, hand painted, Carrie Gage.
Majolica Fruit Dish, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coon.
Pitcher of Perfumery, H. B. Ames and wife.
Curiosities of the Bible, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wells.
Napkin Ring, F. M. Hungate.
Half doz. Fruit Knives, Fannie Draper.
Large Steel engraving, framed, W. W. Ames and wife.
Patent Rocker, Mamie DeLamater, Kittie E. Brown, Amber Babbit, Cora
Wilcox, Minnie Fuller, Lilla York.
One Hand Painted Toilet Jug, Mr. and Mrs. Myron W. Coon.
Ten Dollar Gold Piece, from her brother, George.
$1 in Cash, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rigby.
Glass Cake Dish, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Coon.
Zells's Presents.
Half doz. Fruit Plates and Butter Dishes, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hakes, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barker.
Album, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Poole.
Bottle Perfumery Mr. and Mrs J. A. Rainy.
Dessert Spoon, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Estes.
Cut Blass Sugar Bowl, Mate Rigby.
Black Walnut chamber Set, from her brother George.
Father and mother's Picture in India Ink, from John and Sophie.
Two Dessert Spoons, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Colwell.
Pair Baby boots, from an Unknown Friend.
Dozen Napkins, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Truman.
One Towel, Florence Hendee.
Dozen Napkins, Mrs. DeClercq.
Pair Towels, Fannie P. Draper
One Towel, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wells.
Table Clloth, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Cardner.
Dressing Case, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Stillman.
One Salter, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Clark.
Placque, Mabel Clark.
Glass Water Set, E. Everett and S. Marcia Poole.
Glass Water Pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Coon.
Hand Painted Placque, Carrie Gage.
Meat fork, c. L. Delamater.
Cut Blass Chesses Plate, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rigby.
Fan, Mrs. H. M. Crandall.
Book of Poems, Miss c. Belle Northrup.
book of Poems, Hattie Colwell.
Carving Knife and fork, D. L. Bliss.
Pickle fork, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Coon.
Bible, elegantly bound, Adah Wall.
Shakespeare's Poems, Irving S. Colwell.
Half Doz. Fruit Knives, Eva Bliss.
Half Doz. Nut Picks and Cracker, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith.
Table Brush and Tray, Mrs. Susan coon.
2 Dessert Spoons, Cornelia Coon.
Dressing Case, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Northrup.
One Hand Painted Toilet Jugs, Mr. and Mrs. Myron W. Coon.
Tidy, Mrs. Monroe Wall.
Package of Maple Sugar from an Unknown friend.
$1 in Cash, Geo. R. Stillman.
Echoes.
It was undoubtedly the largest private wedding party ever assemble in
DeRuyter.
M. W. Coon were there. We mention it, because he was so irrepressibly
quiet that his presence might have escaped notice: A social gathering
isn't complete without "Myron."
A physician was present. His services were not called into
requisition, but a smile crossed his features when he saw the
"irrespressibly quiet" guest capture the second dish of ice cream.
Prof. F. H. Ames of Stillwater was the only one of "the Elder's" 7
brothers unable to be present. "The Professor's" absence was much
regretted; he sent a neat letter of congratulations however.
F. M. Hungate took a keen interest in the ceremony. By personal
request he secured of Mr. Wall a generous slice of the brides' cake,
and slept with it beneath his pillow Tuesday night. He doesn't tell
what he dreamed about, but there's a tender light behind his specs
which leads to the inference that "everything is lovely - in his mind.
Rev. John Ames performs wedding for his close friend and brother Fred Ames.
Ames - Cross. 9/15/1886
The wedding bells rang out joyously in Lincklaen yesterday. At 3 P.
M., in the presence of some sixty-five invited guests, Mr. Fred L. Ames
of DeRuyter, and Miss Cora A. Cross, were united in marriage at the
residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Cross. The
beautiful and impressive ceremony was performed by Rev. John F. Ames of
Genoa, a brother of the groom.
At the apponted hour, Mrs. Q. Mathewson, assisted by Ira E. Smith with
the cornet, played the wedding march fromn the organ, beneath the large
trees in front of the house. The happy couple entered the parlor, and
standing under the beautiful arch of evergreens and flowers which
crowned the broad doorway, were made husband and wife. Will E. Ames,
brother of the groom, and Willis Cross, brother of the bride, acted as
groomsmen, and Misses Ettie Newitt and Lithia Truman were brides
attendants.
Jean Millet
Eugène Delacroix 
