Mary Throop Ames
Mary Throop Ames (maiden name: Dorr) was born on October 16, 1811, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Sullivan and Lydia Dorr. Her father was a prominent manufacturer, and her brother Thomas Dorr was a politician and reformer who led Dorr’s Rebellion. She married Samuel Ames around 1838, and they had at least five children: Sullivan, born around 1841; William, born around 1842; Edward, born around 1846; Samuel, born around 1849; and Mary, born around 1852. They lived in Providence, and her husband worked as a lawyer. In 1856, her husband became chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He died on December 20, 1865, and she died of heart disease in Providence on February 14, 1869.
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| (4804) | Ames, Mary Throop ~ Dorr, Mary Throop | 1811-10-16 | 1869-02-14 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13488) [writer] ~ Mary T. Ames to Eliza Metcalf, 16 July 186X
People - Records: 1
- (4839) Ames, William is the [child of] (4804) Ames, Mary Throop
Places - Records: 1
- (832) [birth, death] ~ Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Death Index, 1630-1930, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008, available from Ancestry.com
