William Ames (politician)

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.[1]

He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, 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.[2]

His wife attended a reception at the Slater memorial homestead donated to Brown University for a women's dormitory by Mrs. Horatio N. Slater.[3]

Civil War

Some of his wartime letters are extant.[4]

Political career

He served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1898.[5] He was a Republican.[2]

A House Resolution honored him after his death.[6]

Legacy

He is buried at Swan Point Cemetery.[7]

The Rhode Island Historical Society has a portrait of him.[8] A pair of gauntlets (gloves) purported to be his from the Civil War were auctioned.[9]

See also

References

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