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 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.[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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