Orson Ames

Birth Date

1816

Death Date

1889

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Marion County, Kentucky, editor. New York native. Married to Martha Ann Bell Ames in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 30, 1835. Father of Virginia Ames, Samuel R. Ames, Eliza F. Ames, Edward Remington Ames, Leonard E. Ames, Maria L. Ames, and Clarrissa E. Ames. Married to Elizabeth Lewis Ames in Jefferson County on December 26, 1854. Father of James O. Ames, and T. Ellena Ames. Grocer in Marion County in 1850. Editor in Marion County in 1860. Postmaster at Lebanon, Kentucky, from June 8, 1861, to April 16, 1869.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 398B-399A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 547.
Find A Grave, "Orson Ames (1816-1889)," Memorial #1112934674, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112934674 (accessed April 20, 2020).
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 149.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 87.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, 1858-1875, Marion County.

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