Biography of Francis W. Ames of Mayville, North Dakota

Francis W. Ames, is a well known citizen of Mayville, North Dakota, who has been prominently identified with his county and state since his coming to North Dakota, in October, 1880. He is a native of Wiscasset, Maine, where he was born, December 16, 1851. His father, Charles H. Ames, was a carriage maker. Having passed the days of his boyhood at home, at school, in the work shop and in the field. The young man entered Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1876. He then studied law in the office of H. …

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