Amies, Olive Pond
educator, lecturer, was born in Jordan, N. Y. She has attained eminence as a successful teacher; has given model lessons at conventions and institutes; and for many years was in constant demand in the county teachers' institutes in the states of New York and Maine. She founded the training school for teachers in Lewiston, Maine; has held state positions in the Woman's Christian Temperance union and the Woman's Suffrage association; and delivers lectures on different themes connected with these organizations. In 1871 she was married to the Rev. J. H. Amies, an eminent clergyman of the universalist church.