D. T. Ames

Hands

Business Penmanship

Ornamental Penmanship

Engrosser’s Script

Flourishing

Lettering

All-round Penman

Demographics

Full Name

Daniel Titus Ames

Nickname

Born

December 19, 1835 in Vershire, Vermont

Died

August 26, 1909 in Paolo Alto, California

Age

88

Resting Place

Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California

Biography

D. T. Ames was born in Vershire, Vermont, about 25 miles north of the Vermont/New Hampshire border, near the town of Hanover, New Hampshire.

Ames first took lessons from an itinerant penman named Professor Lyman, around the age of fifteen. He was studying at Chelsea Academy at the time. The following year, he took lessons from O. W. Smith and began assisting him in teaching penmanship.