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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268119530/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/675/84.63.jpg" width=70 height=78 border=0 alt="John Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Adams (1735-1826)</b> — also known as <b>"His Rotundity"</b>; <b>"The Duke of Braintree"</b>; <b>"American Cato"</b>; <b>"Old Sink and Swim"</b>; <b>"The Colossus of Independence"</b>; <b>"Father of the American Navy"</b> — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/10-30.html">October 30, 1735</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1774-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1781-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1785-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1789-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1820. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-04.html">July 4, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 247 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms07299">Hancock Cemetery</a>, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms02213">United First Parish Church</a>, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-25.html">October 25, 1764</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#432.12.41">Abigail Quincy Smith</a> (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#336.33.33">William Stephens Smith</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Catherine Johnson</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#643.28.78">Denwood Lynn Chapin</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman Kidder Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#369.31.54">Daniel T. Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#477.85.86">Charles Grenfill Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#203.86.66">Lyman Metcalfe Bass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#257.28.91">Emerson Richard Boyles</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#067.03.43">George Bailey Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#501.57.58">Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#643.75.14">Caleb Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#713.64.48">George Otis Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#067.79.86">Austin Wells Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#484.12.67">Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#452.02.17">Joseph Washburn Yates</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#906.07.86">Erskine Mason Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#019.52.27">John Alden Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#596.46.56">Giles Russell Taggart</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Adams counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AM.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AM.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AD.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/AD.html">Wash.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/AD.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Adams</i> (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; torpedoed and lost in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Coral Sea</a>, 1942) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Other politicians named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#363.62.06">John Adams Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#960.45.88">John A. Cameron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John A. Dix</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#719.15.50">John Adams Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#106.38.64">John A. Taintor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#066.36.02">John A. Gilmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#187.98.39">John A. Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyden-hyzer.html#427.78.01">John Adams Hyman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#214.36.17">John A. Damon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#568.42.90">John A. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#124.78.05">John A. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#426.55.39">John Adams Hurson</a> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-john">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/222/000044090">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4131">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about John Adams:</i> John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805045767/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805045767&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams: A Life</a> — Joseph J. Ellis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393311333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393311333&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams</a> — David McCullough, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743223136/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743223136&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams</a> — Gore Vidal, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300101716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300101716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson</a> — John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195167716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195167716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800</a> — James Grant, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374113149/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374113149&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams : Party of One</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Oakes Ames (1804-1873)</b> — of North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/01-10.html">January 10, 1804</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1863-73. He and his brother <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames</a>, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in construction of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> transcontinental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad line</a>, completed in 1869; he was as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">censured</a> by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>. Died in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-08.html">May 8, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-buried.html# ">Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument</a>, Sherman, Wyo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; married to Eveline Gilmore; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#686.30.96">Oliver Ames (1831-1895)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-names.html">Ames, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-names.html">Ames, Nebraska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000175">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400830">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24234645">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Oliver Ames Jr. (1807-1877)</b> — Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/11-05.html">November 5, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Shovel manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1852, 1857; president, Union Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; he and his brother <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> were prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-09.html">March 9, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-buried.html# ">Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument</a>, Sherman, Wyo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a>; married to Sarah Lothrop; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#686.30.96">Oliver Ames (1831-1895)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38525478">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alfred Elisha Ames (1814-1874)</b> — also known as <b>Alfred E. Ames</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Colchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/12-13.html">December 13, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 24th District, 1849-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 6th District, 1853; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html#2">Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention</a> 11th District, 1857. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-23.html">September 23, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William 'Billy' Ames and Phebe (Baker) Ames; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/">1836</a> to Martha Asenath Pratt; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#686.30.96">Oliver Ames</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70192046">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10893">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Oliver Ames (1831-1895)</b> — of North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-04.html">February 4, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Shovel manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>; elected 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1883-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1887-90. Died in North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-22.html">October 22, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and Eveline (Gilmore) Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/03-14.html">March 14, 1860</a>, to Anna Coffin Ray; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/oliver-ames/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15300593">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Alonzo Ames (1842-1911)</b> — also known as <b>Albert A. Ames</b>; <b>"Doc"</b> — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; California. Born in Garden Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-18.html">January 18, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 5, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02; resigned 1902; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MN.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1902 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint his secretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-16.html">November 16, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 302 days</a>). His body was reportedly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">donated to science</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a> and Martha Asenath (Pratt) Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-21.html">April 21, 1862</a>, to Sarah S. Strout; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81351176">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10892">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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