Document G.264 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorial 74538335 - Stephen D Ludlow, Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana
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- 1855
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What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header with plot, gravesite note, bio, family panel (one parent, two spouses, seven siblings and eight children, with memorial ids) and two images: a typed quotation from a 1911 county history and a newspaper death notice (paper and date not shown). No stone photograph; the parser returned no Ancestry record links.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen D Ludlow | deceased | Stephen D Ludlow 1778–1855 | birth: 5 May 1778, Morris County, New Jersey death: 22 Mar 1855, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana burial: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana |
| John Ludlow | parent | John Ludlow | |
| Jane Porter Ludlow | spouse | Jane Porter 1792–1831 | |
| LeeAnn Beall Ludlow | spouse | LeeAnn Beall 1808–1879 | |
| Agnes Ludlow Hurin | sibling | Agnes Ludlow 1775–1831 | |
| Lydia Ludlow Ross | sibling | Lydia Ludlow 1780–1826 | |
| William Dunn Ludlow | sibling | William Dunn Ludlow ?–1862 | |
| Elizabeth Ludlow Patton | sibling | Elizabeth Ludlow 1787–1872 | |
| Mary Ludlow Pendery | sibling | Mary (Ludlow) Pendery 1791–1854 | |
| Martha Ludlow | sibling | Martha Ludlow 1793–1806 | |
| John S. Ludlow | sibling | John Ludlow 1795–1875 | |
| Catherine Cooper Ludlow | child | Catherine (Cooper) Ludlow 1813–1816 | |
| Mary Ann Ludlow | child | Mary (Ann) Ludlow 1816–1834 | |
| Catherine E Ludlow | child | ||
| Israel Ludlow | child | ||
| Brower Ludlow | child | Brower Ludlow 1839–1909 | |
| Ruth Bell Ludlow Buell | child | Ruth (Bell) Ludlow 1842–1920 | |
| Edward Stephen Ludlow | child | Edward Stephen Ludlow 1846–1922 | |
| Omer T Ludlow | child | Omer T Ludlow 1847–1921 |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "Stephen D Ludlow"
- Birth: "5 May 1778 - Morris County, New Jersey, USA"
- Death: "22 Mar 1855 (aged 76) - Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA"
- Burial: "Greendale Cemetery", "Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA"
- Plot: "C-94-12"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
reinterred from Lawrenceburg Public Cemetery 21 Nov 1867 (birth & death dates & location, spouse link provided by #47738583) (parents links provided by #48504693)
Family panel: - parent: "John Ludlow", 1752-1823, memorial 14075219 - spouse: "Jane Porter Ludlow", 1792-1831, m. 1812, memorial 74538235 - spouse: "LeeAnn Beall Ludlow", 1808-1879, m. 1834, memorial 68514009 - sibling: "Agnes Ludlow Hurin", 1775-1831, memorial 52557185 - sibling: "Lydia Ludlow Ross", 1780-1826, memorial 66693682 - sibling: "William Dunn Ludlow", 1785-1862, memorial 61451916 - sibling: "Elizabeth Ludlow Patton", 1787-1872, memorial 84871981 - sibling: "Mary Ludlow Pendery", 1791-1854, memorial 77898782 - sibling: "Martha Ludlow", 1793-1806, memorial 78986821 - sibling: "John S. Ludlow", 1795-1875, memorial 78986814 - child: "Catherine Cooper Ludlow", 1813-1816, memorial 74538070 - child: "Mary Ann Ludlow", 1816-1834, memorial 74538297 - child: "Catherine E Ludlow", 1818-1832, memorial 74538124 - child: "Israel Ludlow", 1830-1830, memorial 74538183 - child: "Brower Ludlow", 1839-1909, memorial 68513865 - child: "Ruth Bell Ludlow Buell", 1842-1920, memorial 100051111 - child: "Edward Stephen Ludlow", 1846-1922, memorial 68513901 - child: "Omer T Ludlow", 1847-1921, memorial 68514111
Gravesite note on the memorial: "burial permit #40 - reinterred 21 Nov 1867"
Image (typed quotation, as posted):
"...John Ludlow, came to the Northwestern Territory in 1810, locating in what was afterwards Hamilton county, and served as the first sheriff of that county. Stephen Ludow was born May 5, 1790, in Morris county, New Jersey, and was subsequently a pioneer settler of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for many years. In 1820 he was one of the commissioners appointed by the legislature to select four sections of land granted by the United States as a site for the [state] capital. The commission met in June, 1820, and chose the present site at Indianapolis. At the age of seventy years, Mr. Ludlow accepted the position of assistant United States surveyor, and was active in the work for several years. He married Ann Porter, a daughter of John Porter."-- From "A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People" written by Alvah L. Sawyer and published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1911.
Image (newspaper death notice):
DIED, At his late residence in the vicinity of Lawrenceburgh, on Thursday, March 22nd, Mr. STEPHEN LUDLOW--in the 78th year of his age. His disease was a lingering Chronic affection of several months. He leaves a widow and large family of children to moun his loss. Mr. Ludlow was one of the Pioneers of the West, having settled in Cincinnati in A. D. 1790, and soon after engaged with his uncle, Col. Israel Ludlow, in surveying the public land belonging to the Government.--For some short time after the death of his uncle in 1804, he was connected with a mill establishment on Mill Creek; a few miles north of Cincinnati, at a place then called Ludlow's station; but soon left it to others, and engaged in Mercantile business at Dayton, Ohio. He did not continue long at the last named place, as the country was too new and population too sparce to make his business very profitable. In the year 1808 he established himself as a merchant in Lawrenceburgh, and by strict attention to business, acquired a considerable property, but in a few years, lead by his ruling passion for business, engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits, in which he continued through life, and by prudent management and persevering industry, accumulated of the world's goods an abundant supply for his bereaved widow and fatherless children. One of the prominent traits of his character was to attend strictly to his own business, and not to m[e]ddle with other men's matters.