LAURESTON AMES

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts 1620-1890 1890: New York: H. W. Blake & Co pg 342-343:

"Laureston E. Ames, born in 1839 at Nantucket, is also a son of Cephas I. and grandson of Isaac Ames. His mother was Rhoda H., daughter of Samuel Nickerson. He was at sea from 1851 to 1869. He came to Buzzards Bay in 1873, where he has been engaged with the Old Colony Railroad Company since that time. He was married in 1860 to Ann Herring. Their children are Elmer E., Cephas E., and Geneva E. One daughter died."

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Deyo, Simon L. History Of Barnstable County Massachusetts 1620 - 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co., 1890. The first eight chapters can be read online at the Barnstable County genweb site. The book is occasionally available used at abebooks.com. Also, this book is available as a reprint from Higginson books. Although it is expensive, it is over 1000 pages long. They also offer separate reprints of the town histories that make up part of the book. Finally, the entire book can be read online, as part of Family & Local Histories Online Subscription at genealogy.com.