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Not to be confused with William A Ames, William H. Ames, or William L. Ames who served in the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota state houses respectively[1]

William Ames(May 15, 1842-March 1914) was a Union army officer during the American Civil War, a businessman, and a politician in Rhode Island. He married the widowed Ann Ives Carrington Dwight. He served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.[2]

He was born is Providence, one of Judge Samuel Ames's sons and attended Brown University. He married Harriette Fletcher Ormsbee and then Anne Ives Carrington, widow of Gamaliel Lyman Dwight.[3]

His wife attended a reception at the Slater memorial homestead donated to Brown University for a women's dormitory by Mrs. Horatio N. Slater.[4]

Civil War

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Some of his wartime letters are extant.[5]

Political career

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He served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1898.[6] He was a Republican.[3]

A House Resolution honored him after his death.[7]

Legacy

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He is buried at Swan Point Cemetery.[8]

The Rhode Island Historical Society has a portrait of him.[9] A pair of gauntlets (gloves) purported to be his from the Civil War were auctioned.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Ames". politicalgraveyard.com.
  2. ^ "Biographical Sketch of Margarethe Lyman Dwight | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com.
  3. ^ a b "American Biography: A New Cyclopedia". Published under the direction of the American Historical Society. April 12, 1922 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Brown Alumni Monthly". Brown University. April 12, 1900 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ https://catalog.sos.ri.gov/repositories/2/archival_objects/4487
  6. ^ Island, Rhode (April 12, 1898). "At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Begun and Holden at Providence, Within and for the Said State" – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Representatives, Rhode Island General Assembly House of (April 12, 1914). "Journal ..." – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Notable People". Swan Point Cemetery.
  9. ^ "General William Ames (1842-1914)". The Rhode Island Historical Society.
  10. ^ "EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF GAUNTLETS – BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM AMES — Horse Soldier". www.horsesoldier.com.
  11. ^ https://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss259.htm
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