Background
Ames, Edgar was born on February 26, 1868 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Edgar and Lucy V. (Semple) Ames.
Ames, Edgar was born on February 26, 1868 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Edgar and Lucy V. (Semple) Ames.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1890.
Engaged in harbor improvements, Seattle, 1895-1915. President Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, since 1916, Seattle Contract Company Built 25 steel ships (223,000 tons dead-weight), for Government during World War.
Married Anne Shaw Sheldon, July 6, 1909.