• Ira Ayer and family
• Jane Frances James
• Photo Album
• Alice's Songs
• Grandma's Stories
• More to come

Ira Ayer and family

Reminiscences from The Life of a Pioneer by Ira Ayer I

Written about 1885

• Background by William Scholtz (1997) -- 6Kbytes
• Forward by Alice Ayer Williams and Clementine Ayer Morse (1960s) -- 3Kbytes
• Preface -- 44Kbytes
• Chapter I -- Introduction -- 92Kbytes
• Chapter II - Life In Haverhill -- 228Kbytes
• Chapter III --Life in the New Country - Twelve Years in the Log House -- 194Kbytes
• Chapter IV- Marriage, and Subsequent Events -- 16Kbytes
• The Voice of Wisdom to a Traveller -- 76Kbytes

                                                 James AYER
                                Ira AYER I     | (1766-1839)
                 Ira AYER Jr. | (1802-1889)    | Sarah BRADLEY
... Alice AYER | (1836-1903)  | Julia WADSWORTH  (1774-1844)
    (1873-1966)| Jenny JAMES    (1808-1861)
                 (1845-1907)

Jane Frances James

During the Civil War she helped the wounded and dying in hospitals. She often wrote letters to the families of the soldiers that died. She is mentioned in the biography of her son-in-law Ira Ayer, II because after writing a letter to the family of a soldier from Ira's regiment Ira came to thank her. This is when Ira and Jennie met. According to Alice Ayer Williams and Clementine Ayer Morse she is one of the few woman mentioned in "Deeds of the Civil War" (I have yet to find this book). She had a cousin named Bessie Spencer who Alice and Clem remember came to visit while they were in their teens.

Jane crossed the Atlantic 24 four times and Jennie was born on one of those trips. During a particularly rough trip she wrote Stansas, a poem documenting the account. This was probably about 1850 plus or minus 20 years.

Stansas by Jane Frances James -- 46Kbyte

                                                  Henry SCHOLTZ
                                 Andrew SCHOLTZ  |(1902-1997)     George WILLIAMS
                 William SCHOLTZ|                |Angela WILLIAMS|(1872-1948)
Margaret SCHOLTZ|               |Claudia BEMPORAD                |Alice AYER ...
                |Diane UNANGST                                    (1873-1966)
 

                 Ira AYER Jr.
... Alice AYER | (1836-1903)   William JAMES
    (1873-1966)| Jenny JAMES  |( -dec)
                 (1845-1907)  |Jane Frances
                               ( -dec)

Photo Album

The following pages contain Genealogical Photo Albums:

• Scholtz
• Williams

Grandma's Stories

  Check out Grandma's stories. If you do not have RealAudio you can download it for free.  Look for the list of products and download RealPlayer (RealPlayer Plus is not free)

• MacMahan

Alice's Song

Alice Ayer Williams used to sing us songs from the 18th and 19th centuries. Fred Scholtz has collected some of these songs on his page.

                                                  Henry SCHOLTZ
                                 Andrew SCHOLTZ  |(1902-1997)     George WILLIAMS
                 William SCHOLTZ|                |Angela WILLIAMS|(1872-1948)
Margaret SCHOLTZ|               |Claudia BEMPORAD                |Alice AYER
                |Diane UNANGST                                    (1873-1966)

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Copyright 1997- Bill Scholtz.
Last revised: January 30, 2008.