Oliver Ames Jr.
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Oliver Ames Jr. was president of Union Pacific Railroad when the railroad met the Central Pacific Railroad in Utah for the completion of the First transcontinental railroad in North America.
Oliver Ames, Jr. 1807 1877 from RMOF
Bas relief by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Oliver Ames Jr.
Oliver Ames Jr.
Frederick Lothrop Ames
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Frederick Lothrop Ames was heir to a fortune in railroads and shovel manufacturing. He was Vice President of the Old Colony Railroad, a director of the Union Pacific railroad, and a co-founder of Gene
Oliver Ames Jr.
…temperance pledge. Ames married Sarah Lothrop on June 11, 1833. Sarah was daughter of Howard Lothrop of Easton, Massachusetts. They had two children: Frederick Lothrop Ames and Helen Angier. Like the rest of his family, Oliver Jr. was a devoted Unitarian, and attended Unitarian churches in Easton and North Easton. In 1875…
Frederick L. Ames 1835 1983
Angel of Help by John La Farge, commissioned by Ames to honor his late sister Helen
Ames died aboard the steamboat Pilgrim