The Coopers of Long Hill

Document J.180 · transcription: verbatim

Obituary: Stephen Ludlow (d. 22 Mar 1855), Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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Newspaper clipping (Lawrenceburg, IN area), Mar 1855. Maintainer-supplied scan 2026-06-26 ((image held in the family archive)). = catalog [p.883].

Data from the document (full text):

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 mourn 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… 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… engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits, in which he continued through life… One of the prominent traits of his character was to attend strictly to his own business, and not to meddle with other men's matters.

Note (not on the document): biographical obituary for Stephen Ludlow [p.883]. Independently corroborates: settled Cincinnati 1790; surveyed public lands with his uncle Col. Israel Ludlow (= Cornelius Ludlow [p.52]'s son, the Cincinnati co-founder, d. 1804 — confirming Stephen as John Ludlow [p.53]'s son, i.e. Israel's nephew); Ludlow's Station mill on Mill Creek; brief Dayton OH mercantile stint; merchant at Lawrenceburgh from 1808, later a wealthy farmer ("considerable property" — cf. $52,000 real estate in 1850 [D.415]). "78th year" ≈ FaG's b. May 1778 / d. Mar 1855 (aged 76).

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