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Ames, Oakes
manufacturer, congressman, was born Jan. 10, 1804, in Easton, Mass. He received a public-school education; was engaged in manufacturing and largely engaged in railroads; and was elected a member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1860 and 1861.
He was elected to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and fortysecond congresses as a republican. He died May 8, 1873, in North Easton, Mass.
Ames, Oliver
soldier, manufacturer, governor, was born Feb. 4, 1831, in North Easton, Mass. Entering early the great shovel manufactory, he acquired a mastery of the business, and contributed numerous inventions to the processes of the manufacture. In 1880-61 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts senate; and in 1882 lieutenant-governor of the state. In 1886 he was elected governor, and re-elected in 1887-88.
Ames, Will L
soldier, legislator, was born in Petersboro, N. H. He was educated at Phillips Exeter academy, N. H.; enlisted in the first New Hampshire cavalry in 1863, and served during the war under Generals Custer and Sheridan. He resided twelve years in Seattle, and served three years as city treasurer of that city. In 1897 he became a member of the Washington state legislature.
Amory, Estelle Mendell
educator, author, was born June 3, 1845, in Ellisburgh, N. Y. In 1868 she graduated. from Falley seminary, and has attained success in educational work. Her literary productions consist mainly of domestic articles, short stories for children, essays on living themes, and occasional poems.
Amory, Robert
physician, author, was born May 2, 1842, in Boston, Mass.
He was appointed in 1869 lecturer at Harvard college on the physiological action of drugs, and was afterward professor of physiology in the medical school at Bowdoin college, but resigned this chair in 1874. He is a member of several societies of medical science, and has published Bromides of Potassium and Ammonium, and Action of Nitrous Oxide, and has contributed to periodicals important papers.
Amory, Thomas Coffin
lawyer, author, was born Oct. 16, 1812, in Boston, Mass. He was the author of Life of James Sullivan, Governor of Massachusetts; Military Services of Major-General John Sullivan; and Life of Sir Isaac Coffin. He died Aug. 20, 1889, in Boston, Mass.
Amory, Thomas J. C
general, was. born about 1830 in Massachusetts. He was graduated at West Point in 1851, and served on garrison and frontier duty in the Utah expedition, and on recruiting service until 1861, when he became colonel of the seventeenth Massachusetts volunteers. He was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died Oct. 8, 1864, in Newbern, N. C.
Ancona, Sydenham E
congressman, was born Nov. 20, 1824, in Warwick, Pa. Removing to Berks county, he was for several years connected with the Reading railroad company; in 1860 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress; was re-elected to the thirty-eighth and thirtyninth congresses. He was one of the representatives designated by the house to attend the funeral of General Scott in
Anderson, Alfred Horace
railroad president, was born in 1858, in La Crosse, Wis. Since 1895 he has been president of the Peninsular railroad.
Anderson, Albert R
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 8, 1837, He was appointed state railroad commissioner in 1881; and was elected to the fiftieth congress as an independent republican.
Anderson, Alexander
engraver, author, was born April 21, 1775, in New York city. He was the first wood-engraver in the United States. He was the author of an illustrated General History of Quadrupeds. He died Jan. 17, 1870, in Jersey City, N. J.