Ames, Ellis, 1809-1886

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Ames was a lawyer practicing in Canton, Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1694-1891. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57376726

Lawyer, local historian, and state legislator, Ellis Ames was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, October 17, 1809. He graduated from Brown University in 1830 and having read law with William Baylies, of West Bridgewater, MA, was admitted to the Plymouth county bar in December, 1833. After representing West Bridgewater in the Legislatures 1833-1836, he moved to Canton, Massachusetts in 1837, where he devoted the remainder of his life to the practice of law.

From the description of Records of my doings as Justice of the Peace, 1839-1841. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 78322087

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Death 1886

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