Document G.314 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim

Find a Grave memorial 13860255 - Stephen Decatur Ludlow, Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana

repository: Find a Grave
date: 1884

What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header, bio (an obituary and two funeral notices, unattributed, with a contributor's bracketed note), family panel (spouse and four children, with memorial ids) and three images: his marker, the LUDLOW / ADAMS-KEENEY monument and an engraved portrait of him. This parse returned no Ancestry record links; the links from the earlier parse are kept in suggested_records.

People named

As written	Role	Identified as	What this document says
Stephen Decatur Ludlow	deceased	Stephen Decatur Ludlow 1809–1884	birth: 8 Feb 1809, Ohio death: 18 Jul 1884, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Teresa Amelia Blankenship Ludlow	spouse
Julius R. Ludlow	child
Eva L. Ludlow Bryan	child	Eva L. (Ludlow) Bryan ?–1929
Emmeline Eliza Kersey Ludlow	child
Nellie E Ludlow Adams	child	Nellie E. (Ludlow) Adams 1861–1936

Transcription and notes

Name: "Stephen Decatur Ludlow"
Birth: "8 Feb 1809 - Ohio, USA"
Death: "18 Jul 1884 (aged 75) - Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA"
Burial: "Forest Hill Cemetery", "Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA"

Bio, as given on the memorial:

Stephen D[ecatur]. Ludlow, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died at half past 11 o'clock this morning. He was taken with cholera morbus night before last, from the effects of which he never rallied. Mr. Ludlow was a native of Ohio, but moved to this county from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, some 45 years ago, and located on a farm near Marion. He was engaged in the mercantile business at Marion for a number of years, in partnership with Mr. Leander Kennedy, but remained on his farm until a couple of years ago, when he removed to this city. A wife and a large family of children survive him. Mr. Ludlow was 75 years old on the 8th of last February. One of Mr. Ludlow's daughters is the wife of Mr. E. K. Adams, the well known young lawyer of this city. The funeral will take place some time on Sunday next, due to notice of which will be given. The funeral services of the late Stephen D. Ludlow will take place from his late residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m., under the direction of the Masonic fraternity. Rev. S. Tincher will officiate. [Mr. Ludow's first wife was Emaline Eliza Kersey, dc 1854 in Shelby Co IN] The funeral of the late Stephen D. Ludlow took place yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity, of which order the deceased was a member for very many years. Rev. S. Tincher conducted the services at the residence of Mr. E. K. Adams, after which the remains were taken to the cemetery [Forest Hill] and interred in presence of a large concourse of sincere mourners. This community loses an excellent citizen by the death of Mr. Ludlow, and with most heartful agreement all may say, "Peace to his ashes."

Family panel: - spouse: "Teresa Amelia Blankenship Ludlow", 1833-1916, m. 1854, memorial 13860256 - child: "Julius R. Ludlow", 1844-1902, memorial 45935090 - child: "Eva L. Ludlow Bryan", 1851-1929, memorial 45895307 - child: "Emmeline Eliza Kersey Ludlow", 1854-1900, memorial 13860257 - child: "Nellie E Ludlow Adams", 1861-1936, memorial 13860258

Photograph (marker):

STEPHEN D. LUDLOW 1809 -- 1884

Photograph (monument): LUDLOW / ADAMS--KEENEY

Image: an engraved portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame.