River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
OBITUARY..

Died, at his residence in Ellsworth,
| Wis, Judge Henry p. Ames, Sunday
evening, March %, 1885, of cancer in the
| face. The disease made its first appear
ance in 1877 since which time it has slow
| " but surely done its fatal work, battling
the skill of the wisest physicians The
deceased sought aid at Buffalo and Rome,
n. Y, New York City, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Hot Springs and Aurora. Jan
uary 1881 he had surgical operation
performed at Red Wing, Minnesota, and
again in 1884 he received treatment at
Cincinnati, Ohio, since which time he
has been under the medical care of DIR.
Hancock, of Ellsworth, but all to no avail,
the power of death was superior and ex-
hausted nature had to yield the conflict.
Mr. Ames was born in Canton town
ship, Oxford county, Maine, October IA,
1881. AS a young man he spent seven
years in Wilmington, Delaware, teaching
school. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin
and settled in Salem, Pierce county. In
1858 he was elected sheriff of the county,
and moved to Prescott, which was then
the county seat, where he resided during
his term of office. In 1860 he was elect
ed county treasurer In 1877 he was
elected county judge, and reelected in
1881, holding the office at the time of his
death As public officer he was faith
full and trusted by his fellows.
Mr.. Ames was one of the first to agitate
the question of removing the county seat
to its present location at the center of the
county. and he exerted wide influence
to that end. During his life he was act
i've in every good word and work; he felt
the full measure of his duty and exerted
constant, unassuming yet powerful in
fluence for the advancement of his fell
lows. As citizen he was generous, pub
lie spirited, faithful to every trust. There
was no public enterprise in which he did
not bear willing part; no project to pro-
mote the general welfare to which he did
not lend a helping hand.
In 1857 he was married to Mrs. Angus
ia Bets, who with their only son Henry
A., and Eugene, son OF the widow by her
former marriage are left to mourn their
loss, for he was faithful husband ana
kind and loving father.
The 3rd of February, 1885, was the last
time Mr.. Ames was ON our streets, since
which time he has been confined to his
house. In his last days he could commu-
nicate his thoughts only by writing. He
was conscious unto the last and thought
only of the welfare of those who had de-
pended on him in his life, making the
most careful provisions for their comfort.
For a time he seemed to shrink from
being seen, but at the last he seemed to
desire the presence of his friends He
spent most of the time on Saturday after
noon previous to his death writing mes
sages to those whom he had loved in the
DAYS that have gone. To one he said,
"This is the happiest day of my life.
His last words were: "God bless all my
friends and neighbors, love to them all"
And thus in the prime of his life,i the
midst of his usefulness, beloved by the
young, and trusted by the old, a dutiful
husband, a loving father, faithful Off
Ger, good citizen, true man, he has de-
parted to the life beyond. "Peace to his
ashes" and joy to his spirit in the pres
ence of his God. JAS. II. MCMANUs.