In 1906, Oakes Ames, a Harvard botanist (son of Massachusetts governor Oliver Ames and grandson of U.S. Representative Oakes Ames), and his wife Blanche Ames Ames (daughter of Mississippi governor Adelbert Ames, but not related to Oakes Ames), an artist and feminist, purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton.
The city of Ames, Iowa is named for Oakes, as is likely the community of Ames, Nebraska.
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The city of Ames was chartered in 1864 for the railroad and was named by CR&M President John Blair for Massachusetts Congressman Oakes Ames.
He was the Retired Curator of the Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, Harvard University when he was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957.