About Seth Ames
Lived 1805 – 1881 (aged 76). Seth Ames was a jurist.
Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.
Biography
He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825. He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court. In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health. He had several children by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.
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American judge
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Seth Ames was born on 18 April 1805.
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Seth Ames died on 15 August 1881.
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Seth Ames was a jurist.
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