AMES, Roger Post, physician. Born, New Orleans, April 6, 1870; son of Frederick Ames and Josephine Pegues. Edu-cation: local schools; Tulane University, M. D., 1890. Served in Spanish-American War. A member of Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba. Entered U. S. Public Health Services and stationed in Guatemala. Married, June 28, 1905, Jessie Daniel, Laredo, Tex., daughter of James Malcolm Daniel and Laura Leonard. Children: Frederick (b. 1907) and Mary (b. 1913), both physicians, and Lulu (b. 1915) business woman. Thirty-third Degree Mason. Awarded the Walter Reed Congressional Medal, 1959, which was given to the library of Tu-lane University. Died of malignant malaria in Guatemala, November 14, 1914; interred Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. M.D.A.† Source: Author's research.
AMES, Roger Post, physician. Born, New Orleans, April 6, 1870; son of Frederick Ames and Josephine Pegues. Edu-cation: local schools; Tulane University, M. D., 1890. Served in Spanish-American War. A member of Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba. Entered U. S. Public Health Services and stationed in Guatemala. Married, June 28, 1905, Jessie Daniel, Laredo, Tex., daughter of James Malcolm Daniel and Laura Leonard. Children: Frederick (b. 1907) and Mary (b. 1913), both physicians, and Lulu (b. 1915) business woman. Thirty-third Degree Mason. Awarded the Walter Reed Congressional Medal, 1959, which was given to the library of Tu-lane University. Died of malignant malaria in Guatemala, November 14, 1914; interred Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. M.D.A.† Source: Author's research.
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