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Frederick Lothrop Ames (June 8, 1835 – September 13, 1893) was heir to a fortune in railroads and shovel manufacturing. He was Vice President of the Old Colony Railroad , a director of the Union Pacific railroad, and a co-founder of General Electric .
Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. (July 23, 1876 – June 19, 1921) was a Massachusetts financier and socialite. He was the great-grandson of Oliver Ames, who established the Ames Shovel Company, grandson of Oliver Ames Jr., and son of Frederick Lothrop Ames.
May 1, 2020 · Stone House Hill House, which sounds like a name concocted by someone with a mouth full of walnuts, was built in 1905 by a Massachusetts millionaire named Frederick Lothrop Ames, a year after marrying a New York society belle named Edith Callender Cryder.
He and his first cousin, Frederick Lothrop Ames, were close friends growing up. As an adult, Oliver distinguished himself in the family business but even more so in the world of politics, serving as Governor of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1890.
Dec 6, 2021 · The country estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames (1835-1893), “Langwater” sits in North Easton amongst a collection of some of America’s greatest architectural treasures, all thanks to the Ames Family.
AMES, Frederick Lothrop, capitalist, was born in Easton, Mass., June 8, 1835, the only son of Oliver and Sarah (Lothrop) Ames, his mother being a sister of George Van Ness Lothrop, United States minister to Russia.
Frederick Lothrop Ames was heir to a fortune in railroads and shovel manufacturing. He was Vice President of the Old Colony Railroad and director of the Union Pacific railroad. At the time of his death, Ames was reported to be the wealthiest person in Massachusetts.
