John Ormsbee
Ames
Male
United States of America
1872-01-09
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
1936-03-30
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
John Ormsbee Ames was born in Providence, R. I., January 9, 1872. He was educated in the University and Berkeley grammar schools, Providence, going thence to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. He began business life at the age of eighteen, beginning with the Fletcher Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of braid, webbing, wicks, and corset lacings, a corporation of which his father was treasurer. In 1895 John O. Ames was elected secretary of the corporation, in 1902 agent, and in 1912 succeeded his father as treasurer. The same year the Fletcher Manufacturing Company was absorbed by the International Braid Company, and on March 26, of that year, Mr. Ames was elected treasurer of the International Braid Company, and in 1916 was elected vice-president, his present position. He is also a member of the firm, Goddard Brothers; agents for the Lonsdale Company, Rope Company and Blackstone Manufacturing Company; director of the Firemen's Insurance Company, International Braid Company, Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island, Providence Gas Company, Providence National Bank, Providence and Danielson Railway Company; president of the directors in the Rhode Island Company, Rhode Island Power Transmission Company; vice-president of the Sea View Railroad Company; trustee of the Providence Institution for Savings; secretary of the Lonsdale Company. Mr. Ames is a leading churchman, and a member of the general board of the Rhode Island Episcopal Convention. His fraternity is Delta Psi, his politics, Republican, his clubs the Hope of Providence, Merchant's, and the Tennis and Racquet of New York City.
Mr. Ames married, November 27, 1900, Madeleine Livermore Abbott, of Providence, the family residence being at No. 121 Power street, Providence.
With the absorption of the Fletcher Manufacturing Company by the International Braid Company, in 1912, one of the oldest and most substantial manufacturing establishments in Rhode Island gave up its corporate existence. The business was established in 1793 by Thomas Fletcher, who gave it his name. The business of the plant, which was located in Providence, was the manufacture of braids and webbing in great variety, and numerous small articles used by merchants and manufacturers. In 1865 the business was incorporated, and for forty-seven years existed under the corporate name, the Fletcher Manufacturing Company.& The Ames interest in the company became a large one, and in 1901, William Ames was treasurer, and his son, John O. Ames, secretary. The Fletcher interest was also long continued, a descendant of Thomas Fletcher, William B. Fletcher, being president in 1901. The Ames interest reappears in the official roster of the International Braid Company, John O. Ames being the present vice-president of that company, and a member of the board of directors. Mr. Ames has acquired large business interests since that day in 1890 when he began his business career as a clerk in the office of the Fletcher Manufacturing Company, is a member of the firm, Goddard Brothers of Providence, and holds high official association with many corporations. He is a son of General William and Harriette Fletcher (Ormsbee) Ames, a record of whom precedes this in the work.
1904 - 1911
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Preliminary Round
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Robert B. McClave
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
J.G. Nelson
6-1
6-2
5-7
5-7
6-4
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Russell Newton Dana
10-8
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Richard Holkins (lefty) Palmer 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-4
4-6
2-6
8-6
6-2
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
George Colket Caner
6-2
13-11
6-0
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Ewing Taylor
3-6
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 3
William Briggs Cragin Jr. 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
7-5
6-3
8-6
Preliminary Round
Frederick Campbell Colston 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
7-5
3-6
1-6
7-5
6-3
Preliminary Round
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Philip Syng Physick Randolph Jr.
6-0
6-3
6-0
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
L.F. Parrish
6-1
7-5
6-0
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Craig Biddle
2-6
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
J.Allen Ross
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
E.V. Page
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Nathaniel Niles 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
7-5
6-2
8-6
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Allen S. Bowie
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Arthur Powell Hawes
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Henry J. Torrance Jr. 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-3
6-0
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Clarence Hobart 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
4-6
7-5
6-0
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
John Bertram Read
6-0
8-6
6-1
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Arthur S. Sweetser
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 3
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
James Duane Pell
2-6
3-1
ret.
Round 4
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-3
8-6
6-0
Round 1
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
Clarence Saunders Brigham
6-2
6-8
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-8
6-0
6-3
6-1
Round 2
John Ormsbee Ames 1 *
L.T. Wallace
4-6
3-6
9-7
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-3
6-3
7-5