Hermes L. Ames

Hermes Luther Ames (October 28, 1865 – August 23, 1920) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on October 28, 1865, on a farm in Carroll, Chautauqua County, New York, the son of Ezra Wales Ames (1841–1923) and Loretta M. (Woodward) Ames (1840–1912). He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also taught school in Falconer. On June 20, 1894, he married Minta E. Brunson (1870–1963), and they had two children.[1]

Ames entered politics as a Republican, and was elected President of the Village of Falconer in 1916. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Chautauqua Co., 1st D.) in 1918, 1919 and 1920.

In August 1920, while repairing a damaged silo on his farm near Falconer, he fell 14-feet down from the scaffolding. He broke his right foot which was amputated.[2] He died about two weeks later, on August 23, 1920, and was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Falconer.

Sources
  1. The Ames Farm
  2. ASSEMBLYMAN AMES BADLY HURT in The Post, of Ellicottville, New York, on August 11, 1920
gollark: If people want to for whatever insanely bizarre reason, I don't see why not.
gollark: If you force the price to be fixed low, you just get a shortage where the quantity actually sold is below the quantity demanded.
gollark: No, markets in the economicsy sense.
gollark: Limiting purchase numbers seems like a bad hack to prevent the market from working properly but at least make some people vaguely happy since they're paying the normal price.
gollark: … also, what if someone wants to buy an entire set of computer parts in order to, say, build a computer?

Hermes L. Ames at Find a Grave

New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Leon L. Fancher		 New York State Assembly
Chautauqua County, 1st District
1918–1920		 Succeeded by
Judson S. Wright
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