DID YOU KNOW: Ames and Hadwen

DID YOU KNOW, March 14,1860 Oliver Ames, who will become Governor, married Anna C. Ray, adopted daughter of William Hadwen, on Martha's Vineyard.  Because it was very stormy, they could not leave the Island and stayed with Anna's uncle and aunt the first night..  

The original high school was named in honor of Mr. Ames, who had paid for its construction.  Mrs. Ames, after her husband's death, funded the physical education and band programs at and paid for the construction of the Ames Gymnasium (now the Frothingham Memorial Hall).