JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, HOLY GRAIL & THE TURIN SHROUD

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Birth	14 Aug 1796, SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Death	30 Jun 1880, DE SOTO, CRAWFORD COUNTY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

Spouse	Margaret Hautengshu
Marr	11 Feb 1816, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

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Birth	1794, SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Death	1847, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

Spouse	Hannah
Marr	1820, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

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Birth	5 Sep 1800, WEST BETHLEHEM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Death	13 Oct 1875

Spouse	Frances McAfee
Marr	1818, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

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Birth	19 Oct 1804, WEST BETHLEHEM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Death	15 Oct 1877

Spouse

Margaret

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Birth	17 Apr 1807, SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Spouse	Mary Thompson
Marr	1828, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

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Birth	24 Dec 1802, SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Death	10 Mar 1876

Spouse	Susan Pierce
Birth	5 Sep 1804, HEBRON TWP, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, UNITED STATES
Death	5 Jan 1893, IOWA, UNITED STATES
Father	William Pierce
Mother	Abigail Brewster
Marr	18 Aug 1825, MORGAN, OHIO, UNITED STATES

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Birth	1798

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Birth	1810, WEST BETHLEHEM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Death	1860, LAWRENCE, INDIANA, UNITED STATES

Spouse	Frederick Beyers
Marr	21 Aug 1831, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

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Birth	24 May 1647, BRAINTREE, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	1 MAR 1725/26, WEST BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

Spouse	Sarah Willis
Birth	1 MAR 1650/51, WEST BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	BET. 1711 - 1712
Father	John Willis (1610-)
Mother	Elizabeth Hoskins (1616-)
Marr	1 MAR 1671/72, BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

Children:	Thomas I (1681-1736)
	Nathaniel I (1677-1770)
	William I (1673-1712)
	John II (1672-1756)
	Elizabeth (1680-1739)
	Sarah (1685-1737)
	David (1688-1726)
	Hannah Anna (1691-1767)

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Birth	21 FEB 1681/82, WEST BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	3 FEB 1736/37, WEST BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Burial	NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT

Spouse

Mary Hayward

Children:	Thomas II (1706-1774)
	Soloman (1708-)
	Joseph (1711-1790)
	Ebenezer (1715-1779)
	Mary (1717-)
	Susannah
	Nathan (1722-)
	Sarah (1724-)
	Bettie (1727-)
	Susanna (1720-)

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Birth	6 FEB 1706/07
Death	1774

Spouse	Keziah Howard
Marr	1731

Children:	John (1738-1805)
	Sylvlanus I (1744-1778)
	Keziah (1732-)
	Thomas III (1736-)
	Mehitable (1740-)
	Susanna (1734-)

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Birth	1738
Death	1805

Children:

Oliver Ames (1779-1863)

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Birth	11 Apr 1779, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	11 Sep 1863

Spouse	Susanna Angier
Birth	8 Mar 1783, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	27 Mar 1847, NORTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Father	Oaks Angier (1745-1786)
Mother	Susanna Howard
Marr	7 Apr 1803, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

Children:	Oakes Ames (1804-1873)
	Oliver Ames

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Birth	10 Jan 1804, EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
Death	8 May 1873, EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
AMES, OAKES -- (b. Jan. 10, 1804, Easton, Massachusetts, United States -- d. May 8, 1873, Easton), leading figure in the CREDIT MOBILIER scandal following the United States Civil War. Ames left school at age 16 to enter his father's shovel company, Oliver Ames & Sons. Assuming progressively more responsible positions in the firm, he eventually took over management of the company (along with his brother Oliver Jr. (1807-1877) upon his father's retirement in 1844. The gold rushes in California and Australia, along with agricultural development of the Mississippi Valley, created enormous demand for Ames's shovels. By the outbreak of the Civil War, the business was worth $4,000,000. Drawn to the Republican Party by his ardent beliefs in free soil and free enterprise, Ames ran for a Massachusetts Congressional seat in 1862. He won---and then won reelection four (4) times. He was, however, an inconspicuous member of the House. In 1865, along with brother Oliver Jr. and railroad executive T.C. Durant, Ames helped created the CREDIT MOBILIER OF AMERICA---a company formed to build the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. The Credit Mobilier allowed a small number of individuals to reap vast fortunes from the construction of the line. By eary 1868, Congress seemed certain to investigate charges of improper use of government grants to the railroad. But Ames, through shrewd sale of CREDIT MOBILIER stock at bargain prices to appropriate members of Congress, induced his colleagues to abandon the investigation. A quarrel between Ames and a CREDIT MOBILIER investor led, in 1872, to the publication of documents detailing Ames's misuse of company stock to derail the Congressional investigation ensued, concluding with a vote of 182--36 in favour of censuring Ames. He returned to Easton, Massachusetts in 1873, a disgraced and broken figure.

Spouse	Elvelyn Gilmore
Marr	1830, NORTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

Children:	Oakes Angier Ames (1829-1899)
	Oliver (1831-1895)
	Frank Morton (1833-1898)
	Susan Eveline (1842-1908)

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Birth	1829
Death	1899

Children:	Marie Hobart (1856-1918)
	Hobart (1865-)
	Winthrop (1870-)
	Katherine Hobart (1874-)

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