Ames Brothers - A. W. & Orval D.

AMES, EVANS, WALKER

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 8/3/2004 at 19:02:31

Ames Brothers, Winterset; dealers in fine clothing, furnishing goods, hats and caps; established themselves in business in this city in 1872; O.D. Ames was born in Clinton county, N.Y., in 1842; came to this State in 1857, and spent five years in Colorado; he came to this county in 1872; he married Miss Anna L. Evans in 1873; she was born in Ohio. A. W. Ames was born in Essex county, N.Y., in 1846; came to this county in 1872; he married Miss S. A. Walker in 1873; she was born in Indiana.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879"