Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[1] from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.
He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825.[1] He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court.[2] In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[1] He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health.[2]
Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76.[3][1] He had several children[1] by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.[1]
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Works cited
- Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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