Isbon N. Ames (1845-1901) was born in Covington, Kentucky, and died in New York, New York. He was a lawyer. He moved to Syracuse, New York, sometime before 1868 and married Adelaide L. Ames (b. Luddington). The Ameses both studied Christian Science with Ellen E. Cross, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, in August 1886. They subsequently expressed interest in studying with Eddy herself, and although Ames's wife took the Primary course with Eddy in 1888, there is no record of his having done so. Ames provided legal consultation for the forming of the Syracuse Academy of Christian Science.

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