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Ed Collins, Steve Barnhart, and Farwell Brown, on July 10, 1987, aided by Lawrence Hammerly of the Wittemberg Congregational Church north of Newton, discovered the broken tombstones of Rev. John White, who helped found the first church in Ames in 1865, and his daughter. Later, Hammerly discovered the unbroken stone of White's wife, Jane. After the tombstones had been repaired and reset, this group visited the site: Left to right: Lawrence Hammerly; and from Ames, George Simpson, Joan Jacobs, John Kerr (pastor of the Ames church from 1988-1989), Ed Collins, and Farwell Brown. (For the story of Rev. John White see pp. 34-35 in Farwell T Brown's AMES: THE EARLY YEARS).