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Ira Douglas Ames

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Ira Douglas Ames

Birth
Kirkman, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Death
20 Oct 1965 (aged 76)
Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Garfield, Benton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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The following is a short biographical sketch of Ira D. Ames which was published in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, p. 16:

1011 Fair, Cassville, Mo.; BIRTH: Kirkman, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1889; WIFE: Edna Reeves; CHILDREN: Four; BAPTIZED BY: A. R. Kepple, 1910; BEGAN PREACHING: North Mo. and Iowa, 1913; TRAINING: Bible classes under A. M. Morris and Floyd M. Edwards, Iowa School for Blind; CHURCHES SERVED: Mission work and monthly preaching; PAPERS: Christian Worker, Gospel Light; PERMANENT CONTACT: Mrs. Donna Long, Cassville, Mo.; OTHER FACTS OF INTERESTS Blind since 14 years of age. Learned the Bible by reading New York point with my fingers. Parents: Baptists. Converted in meeting where Claude F. Witty preached in Iowa. Has complete Bible in record form. Has won several digressive churches back to the old paths.
The following is a short biographical sketch of Ira D. Ames which was published in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, p. 16:

1011 Fair, Cassville, Mo.; BIRTH: Kirkman, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1889; WIFE: Edna Reeves; CHILDREN: Four; BAPTIZED BY: A. R. Kepple, 1910; BEGAN PREACHING: North Mo. and Iowa, 1913; TRAINING: Bible classes under A. M. Morris and Floyd M. Edwards, Iowa School for Blind; CHURCHES SERVED: Mission work and monthly preaching; PAPERS: Christian Worker, Gospel Light; PERMANENT CONTACT: Mrs. Donna Long, Cassville, Mo.; OTHER FACTS OF INTERESTS Blind since 14 years of age. Learned the Bible by reading New York point with my fingers. Parents: Baptists. Converted in meeting where Claude F. Witty preached in Iowa. Has complete Bible in record form. Has won several digressive churches back to the old paths.


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