Oakes Ames
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Oakes Ames was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by many historians
Ames, 1860–1873
Oakes Ames
Oliver Ames Sr.
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Oliver Ames Sr. was the family patriarch of the Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts. He established the family shovel business, which over generations grew to become one of the largest family fortune
Oakes Ames
…alleged the improper sale of stock of the railroad's construction company. Ames was born in Easton, Massachusetts, the son of Susanna (Angier) Ames and Oliver Ames Sr., a blacksmith who had built a business of making shovels, the Ames Shovel Shop, and became nicknamed "King of Spades". In his youth, he obtained a…
Oliver Ames, Sr. 1779 1863