[2] He was credited with managing to resolve the most notable worker strike in the town's history that lasted for almost two months in 1889.

He served as President of the North Easton Savings Bank and Vice-President of the Easton National Bank, was a Director of the Lincoln National Bank of Boston and the Kingsley Iron Machine Company, trustee of the State Lunatic Asylum in Taunton, MA (Taunton State Hospital), Director of the American Loan and Trust Company and of the United Electric Securities Company, and co-owned a sugar plantation in Louisiana.

On March 2, 1852, Oakes Angier witnessed the great fire that destroyed all buildings and subsequently became ill due to smoke inhalation while trying in vain to stop the destruction.

On December 28, 1852, Evelina Ames received word from her son that he had arrived in Cuba after departing from Charleston, S.C. six days prior.

At the time, the Ames family was considering moving the shovel making operation to another location entirely and so there was a silver lining to this devastating event.

[14][15] It is suggested that the fire made such a lasting impression on Oakes Angier that he was the first family member to build his home, Queset House, out of stone.

When the Queset House was finished, Oakes brought his new bride, Catherine (Hobart) Ames to live there and raise a family.

To his three grandsons, Oakes Angier, Oliver and Frederick Lothrop Ames, he bequeathed one-third of the Company interest divided equally, thus making them partners.

His other grandson, Frank Morton Ames, became prosperous in his own right as President of the Kingsley Iron and Machine Company of Canton, Massachusetts.

[17] In the midst of the Civil War, the three grandsons of Oliver Ames worked together to maintain and expand the already thriving family business.

Prior to the purchase of the new church, the growing number of Swedish immigrants who worked in the Company had to practice their religion in various private homes.

[22] William Chaffin wrote in History of the Town of Easton that Oakes Angier had a temperament well suited for work as manager to the Company workers, and that he was also very knowledgeable to the process of making shovels.

On February 22, 1889, twenty-three handlers walked off the job, returning the following day after forming a committee to speak with General Manager Oakes Angier Ames regarding the rules.

His son, famous theatrical producer Winthrop Ames, also lived in the house with his wife Lucy after inheriting it from his father.

The house's front portion design was drawn from a plan by noted architect Andrew Jackson Downing (who died in 1852).

The landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted planned its grounds and also, in consultation with Ames, created The Rockery nearby.

She had lived a quiet life but was remembered at the time of her death as being heavily involved in local charitable work.