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Albert Warren Ladd
Pianoforte
Maker
18161864
Louden, Belknap Co, NH
Notes from Warren Ladd: He left home at the age of 17 to learn a trade with a
relative in the town of Raymond. At the age of 21 he commenced business
for himself in a neighboring town. But feeling the necessity of a more
thorough education, he soon after concluded to devote himself to the
completion of the same, at the Gilmanton Academy. In the Fall of 1838 he
came to Boston, and immediately set about obtaining a situation suited to his
taste and ambition. The pianoforte business being then comparatively new in
this country, he determined to engage in that, and accordingly soon obtained
employment in one of the oldest and most respectable establishments. He
soon rose to the direction of the most important trust, and was at one time
offered a partnership in the firm, which he declined. In 1848 he entered upon
his new enterprise. It was at this time that he effected negotiations with Chief
Justice Shaw for the erection of a massive and beautiful granite building, for a
manufactory and salesrooms of pianofortes. The building was completed in
1848. In a few years it became necessary to enlarge the premises in order to
extend his rapidly growing business. The following announcement appeared
in Dwight's Journal of Music, Aug 2, 1856: "A W Ladd, Esq., of Boston, Was
officially notified by the last mail from Europe that he had been admitted as a
brother member of the Grand Imperial Society of Pianoforte Makers of Paris,
as a distinctive mark of honor".
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Cotton Mill
Agent
18151900
Portsmouth, Rockingham
Co, NH
Notes from Warren Ladd: He was sent to Phillips Academy at Exeter in 1827,
and from there entered Dartmouth College, in the class of 1835. Preferring
an active business life to studying for a profession, he prepared for it by a
course of training in the counting-room of his late brother-in-law, Samuel E
Cowes, and the late Gov J Goodwin, and in 1838 formed a partnership with
his brother Charles H Ladd, and with him establish a manufactory of sperm
oil, mainly to supply the large cotton mills of the vicinity. On the opening of
railroads, some years later, this ceased to be profitable and was given up. In
the meantime he had taken an active part in getting up the Portsmouth Steam
Factory for the extensive manufacture of lawns, of which he was director. In
1842 he joined in an enterprise for the production of pig iron, which though
very successful at first, was in common with with all the iron industries for
the country, ruined by the tariff of 1846. He then accepted the position as
agent for several of the largest cotton mills in New England, for the purchase
of cotton for them at Galveston, TX, in which he spent the cooler months of
the year until 1857, when his brother relieved him until 1859. After the war
he resumed the work for ten years, and the house, in the hands of his
nephew, is still, forty years after its establishment, one of the largest cotton
buying houses in Texas.
Asa Douglas Ladd
"Oneida
Laker"
18721967
Constantia, Oswego Co,
NY
Oneida Lake environs have reared a lot of rugged outdoors person,
sometimes called an "Oneida Laker" in the area's vernacular. For these
people, the lake provided a major source of their lives' sustenance and
activity. Fish pirates such as Jack Rogers and Jake Kyser fit neatly into the
"Laker" category as did Asa Ladd, son of Douglass and Jane Ladd, pioneer
settlers of Ladd Point, near Lower South Bay. Born in a logging camp near
Brewerton in 1872, Asa Ladd lived by Oneida for all of his 94 years and
immersed himself, and his family, in every aspect of the lake's outdoor life.
Asa Ladd's son, Marv, has vivid memories of his father, recollections that he
shares with a fishing tale zeal that reveals much of the older man's character.
The following saga describes one of Asa's memorable ice-fishing adventures.
"In January of 1958, my father had ten tip-up's set off the west end of
Frenchman's Island. It was early in the month and the ice was but six inches
thick. Rain fell during the previous day and, during the night things froze up
and it snowed. One half an inch of snow covered the rain-weakened ice.
Whenever possible, dad skated to his fishing spot. That morning, after
pulling five walleyes from eight tip-ups, he skated to the next hole, which the
rain had enlarged to three feet in width. Down went my father, but he didn't
panic; using the line and the metal tip-up, he managed to pull himself onto
the ice and roll away from the dangerous hole. He skated home to Muskrat
Bay and, when asked what happened, answered 'Nothing exciting -- I'll skate
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back to fish again tomorrow.' He was then eighty-six years old."
In another outdoor tale, Marv narrated details of a carp netting venture that
he, his dad, and his brother, Ernest were involved with in the late 40's. "We
were issued a state license to use a carp seine in Oneida Lake, under
supervision of game warden Bob Landgraff of Cleveland. One year we took
over 88,000 pounds and shipped the fish to New York City, NY. We only
received three cents per pound and that barely covered transportation and
icing costs. We threatened to stop the netting, but the state, wanting
Oneida's carp population to be thinned out a bit, decided to pay us the same
price just to net the fish and load them on a truck. They used the carp to
fertilize corn fields in state game management areas. Bob's job was to
estimate the weight of our catches. One hot summer day the warden viewed
our haul and said he'd credit us with four tons of fish. We asked him to help
load carp on the trucks and he agreed. After finishing, Bob sat down,
exhausted, his back as sore as heck. He then upgraded his estimate to five
tons!
Asa Ladd was also an avid duck hunter: Waterfowl pursuit on the lake in the
first half of this century was extremely popular, with duck "blinds" dotting
the area's numerous points and islands during autumn. On January 23, 1949,
a Syracuse newspaper highlighted Ladd's lifetime of outdoor experiences,
with particular emphasis on his duck hunting experiences. The article
included these excerpts:
"'Never touched a bit of tobacco in my life,' Ladd says in explanation of his
present energy. 'That's why I don't get short-winded like these smoking
fellers do.' 'I don't drink either,' Ladd continues, 'even when the wind is
nippin' cold in the duck blind.' Of exciting experiences, Ladd says he has had
none. 'I was shot two to three times on hunting trips and I've fallen through
the ice heaven knows how many times, but those tales aren't worth setting
dawn,' the rugged outdoor man goes on. When he was shot through the foot
on a duck hunting trip he and his companion went on to bring in a wounded
duck in a chase by boat before he went for medical aid. 'On the way in I
stopped by my father's place to get warm,' Ladd recalled. 'I can remember
sitting by the fire and pushing sock lint out of the hole in my foot with a
knitting needle, but I wasn't really hurt.' On other occasions shots grazed
Ladd's chin and forehead, but again the incidents are barely worth
mentioning, according to the victim's own account. Ladd has fallen in the
lake during ice fishing seasons, and then continued fishing with his clothes
frozen on him. But the only time he ever caught cold, he says, was sitting in
the house by the fire when the room was too hot. Today, Ladd will reminisce
about some of these 'unexciting' experiences when his children, 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren gather around far a surprise party. He'll
share the spotlight with Mrs. Ladd, who found pansies in bloom in the back
yard a few days ago, proving the mildness of the winter."
Today we view Asa Ladd's life as being far from his "unexciting" label, but as
Asa that word was appropriate. His experiences were those of an old-time
"Oneida Laker", a person in harmony with water in all seasons, a person
seldom found by today's lake of high-speed powerboats and snowmobiles
and, above all, a person whose wealth exceeded our wildest dreams.
July-August 1957: "Asa Ladd, 83 years young, his son Marv Ladd and Chuck
Rogers, all of Brewerton, recently while netting carp in Oneida Lake ran in to
a big one. It was checked at the Brewerton Bait Shop where it tipped the
scales at 39 1/2 pounds. Even more amazing, the big fish contained 10 1/2
pounds of eggs. The boys took a lot of future carp out of the lake when they
caught that one."
Calvin Palmer Ladd
Manufacturer
18091889
Haverhill, Grafton Co, NH
Notes from Warren Ladd: of Dorchester. He was educated at the public
schools and the Haverhill Academy. He learned at Gookin and Herbert the
trade of woolen machine manufacture and the iron foundry business. He
carried on the business for himself for some time, but sold out and entered
the employ of E & F Fairbanks, scale manufacturers at St Johnsbury,
Caledonia Co, VT where he had charge of three of their shops. He remained
with them three years, made some improvement in the movement of levers,
obtained a patent for the same, and commenced the manufacture of scales
under his patent under the firm name of Ladd & Jameson, Irasburg, VT; sold
out his business at Irasburg and removed to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and
entered the employ of Hedge & Boomer as superintendent of their
establishment for the manufacture of tools, stove, machinery, etc.; continued
with them for nine years and then bought them out and carried on the
business for himself for ten years. He was often employed as an expert in
cases relating to machinery. While at Montreal he was appointed by the city
as one of three commissioners to the great Hyde Park Exhibition in London,
in 1851. He has the diploma and medal for services signed by Prince Albert.
On Feb 22, 1861 his foundry and machine shops were destroyed by fire, and
he sold out what property remained and returned to the US. He accepted a
position in the chief engineer's office at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and remained
there two years, then he superintended the Essex Felt Mill, NJ, for William
Bloodgood, and remained with him and at his brothers factory in Brooklyn six
years.
Carl Edwin Ladd
Agricultural
Educator
18831943
Mc Lean, Tompkins Co,
NY
Dictionary of American Biography; Sup #3, 1947: Agricultural educator; born
McLean, Tompkins Co. NY., at the farm of his parents, Arnold D. & Mary E.
[MINEAH] LADD. He was their second son and the youngest of three children.
Both parents were native of Tompkins Co.; his father was descended from
Daniel LADD, who came from England to Massachusetts in 1634. Carl
attended local schools and at fifteen entered the Cortland Normal School,
nearby, from which he graduated in 1907. After a year as school principal in
South Otselic, NY, he enrolled in the College of Agriculture at Cornell
University. He received a B.S. degree in 1912 but stayed on for graduate
study in the department of farm management, specializing in cost accounting
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under the direction of Prof. George F. WARREN, whose economic ideas he was
to share during the agricultural crisis of the early 1930's. He received the
Ph.D. in 1915. That year LADD became director of the New York State School
of Agriculture at Delhi, one of six regional schools recently established to
provide a two-year program in applied agriculture. In 1917 he assumed
overall direction of the six schools as specialist in agricultural education in
the State Education Department at Albany. Two years later, he became
director of the State School of Agriculture at Alfred, NY. LADD returned to
Cornell in 1920 as extension professor of farm management. He was made
director of extension work for the College of Agriculture and the College of
Home Economics at Cornell in 1924.
Carl LADD's career was built upon identification with the interests of New
York agriculture. He regarded the extension service as a vehicle for
transmitting the needs of the farmer to the college and as an agency for
formulating research programs to meet those needs. As director of extension
he worked closely with the state's Farm Bureau Federation, using its county
units as local bases of operation for the College of Agriculture; through this
structure extension specialist were made available to individual farmers for
consultation. Under LADD, Cornell also continued its policy of aiding farmer
cooperatives such as the Dairymen's League. In 1932 LADD became dean of
the colleges of agriculture and of home economics and director of the
agricultural experiment station at Cornell. A skilled administrator and
mediator, he set up meetings at the college between farmers and the
businessmen who supplied their needs. Recognizing the trend toward
specialization in agriculture, he altered the focus of extension work from
general farming to particular commodities. He also kept Cornell in the
forefront of agricultural research, concentrating on such problems as better
food packaging, dehydration, and the artificial breeding of livestock. He set
up a special interdepartmental research and extension project designed to
expand the market for potatoes, an important state product, and encouraged
the development of the frozen food industry in New York state. LADD's
influence in agricultural matters extended beyond the campus. He had
become widely known to the farming public at large through the columns of
the American Agriculturist, edited by his close friend Edward R. EASTMAN.
Sensitive to the techniques of public relations, he maintained contacts at
Albany and Washington and with the newspaper publisher Frank GANNETT.
LADD served as secretary of the State Agricultural Advisory Commission
under Gov. Franklin D. ROOSEVELT, and later as chairman; he became
chairman of the New York State Planning Council in 1936; and was the
director of the Federal Land Bank at Springfield, MA, a major source of credit
for Northeastern farmers. LADD's reaction to the agricultural program of the
New Deal was ambivalent. He supported the Agricultural Adjustment Act as a
temporary expedient and recognized the need for government assistance,
but objected to the degree of central planning envisaged by the Roosevelt
administration. As new federal agencies concerned with the farmer were
created, LADD sought with considerable success to have them administered
by the existing network of county agents that made up the extension service
of the various land-grant colleges. The matter was formalized at a conference
in 1938 between representatives of the colleges and the federal Department
of Agriculture at which a compromise [the Mount Weather Agreement] was
worked out by LADD. LADD was gregarious and outgoing. He had a romantic
view of America's rural past, yet it was his conviction that farms should be
managed like businesses and their performance measured by business
standards. He found relaxation on his own farm near Freeville, NY. On 09 Mar
1912, LADD married Camilla Marie COX of South Otselic, NY, by whom he
had one daughter, Elizabeth Marie. Following the death of his first wife in
1917, he married Lucy Frances CLARK of Brandford, VT, on 16 July 1918;
they had two sons, Carl Edson and Robert Daniel. In religion, LADD was a
Presbyterian. While still active as dean, he died of a coronary attack at
Freeville at the age of fifty-five and was buried at McLean, NY.
With Edward R. EASTMAN, LADD wrote a romanticized account of farm
boyhood, Growing Up in the Horse and Buggy Days (1943). Biographical
sources: Gould P. COLMAN, Education & Agriculture: A History of the NY State
College of Agriculture at Cornell Univ. (1963); Ruby Green SMITH, The
People's Colleges (1949); Nat. Cyc. Am. Biog., XXXIV, 148; Who Was Who in
America, vol II (1950); New York Times obituary, 24 July 1943. LADD's
administrative files as director of extension and dean are in the Cornell Univ.
Archives.] G.P. COLMAN
Charles Dudley Ladd
Soldier,
Frontiersman
1847-?
Franklin, Merrimack Co,
NH
University of Montana Library: Few men in the state have experienced a more
exciting and at the same time successful career than Mr Ladd. He is a
resident of Great Falls and was born in Franklin, Merrimack County, NH, on
August 13, 1847. His parents were Dudley and Amanda (Palmer) Ladd, both
natives
of
New
Hampshire.
Charles D Ladd was an only son. Up to the age of seventeen he was reared in
his native state, receiving his education in the public schools of Franklin and
at St Paul's school at Concord, where he was graduated. Following this event
he removed to Massachusetts, and in the Spring of 1856, determined to see
the great west, he and a companion conceived the plan of enlisting in the
army as a means of accomplishing this end. They joined the Thirteenth
United States Infantry, which was ordered to the frontier, and came with it up
the Missouri river from Leavenworth to the mouth of the Judith river, whence
they arrived in July. His regiment was stationed at Camp Cook and Fort Shaw,
where it assisted in building those frontier defenses against the Indians. The
soldiers were actively engaged in scouting parties which scoured the country,
scattering the various bands of hostile Indians, keeping them in motion and
too busy to plan attacks. The absolute necessity of the presence of soldiers
in those troublous times can only be appreciated by those who were then on
the ground. Ranchmen and their families were in continual danger from
marauding savages and many a poor fellow was discovered in the cold
embrace of death by these scouting parties, with their scalps torn from their
heads.
In 1869 Mr Ladd engaged in wood-cutting on the Missouri below the mouth
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of the Judith. Continuing in this occupation for one year, annoyed
considerably by Indians, but suffering no fatalities, he removed to Fort
Benton and began freighting and trading with the Indians, these combined
occupations being quite remunerative. Large herds of buffalo were roaming
at will in the valleys and on the benches. In 1872, he and his two companions
were attacked by Indians on Eagle Creek, and after acting on the defensive
from daylight until noon of the next day, the Indians withdrew, having
succeeded in capturing their horses and killing their oxen. In the Summer of
1873 a squad of Indians from Canada stole some of their horses and ran
them safely across the line. In a short time a party of eleven white men and
one half breed was organized at Fort Benton to rescue the property, and they
followed the Indian's trial for five days, overtaking them at Farwell's trading
post. From the post the pursuing party proceeded directly to the Indian camp
and began to talk with them. The Indians soon exhibited hostility and were
about to attack them when the party opened fire and killed between thirty
and forty of the savages. The Fort Benton party lost one member, Edward
Grace. After the Indians fled, the successful whites followed the trail for some
distance but were compelled to return. The horses were never recovered but
the punishment administered by Mr Ladd and his brave companions ended
the Indian raids into that country.
Dr Christine Ladd
Scientist and
Logician
18471930
Windsor, Hartford Co, CT
Notes from Warren Ladd: She graduated at Vassar College in 1869; taught
scientific subjects at various advanced schools for several years; made a
number of contributions to mathematical journals and was called to a
fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 1879, (being the only woman upon
whom this honor has ever been conferred); held this fellowship three years,
during which she made contributions to the American Journal of
Mathematics, and wrote a paper on the "Algebra of Logic", which was
published in "Studies in Logic by Members of the Johns Hopkins University";
has since contributed original memoirs and reviews to the American Journal
of Psychology, Mind (London), the Nation, and Science. In 1887 Vassar
College conferred upon her the degree of LL.D, a distinction not hitherto
granted to any other of its graduates.
From the Encyclopedia Britannica: "American scientist and logician known for
contributions to the theory of colour vision. She earned an A.B. at Vassar
College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1869 and then studied mathematics at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore. Although she held a fellowship, 1879-82, and
fulfilled all the requirements for the Ph.D., she was not awarded the degree
until 1926 because at the time of her graduate work the university did not
officially recognize women candidates. She taught logic and philosophy at
Johns Hopkins from 1904 to 1909 and lectured at Columbia University in
New York City from 1910 to 1930. She is probably best-known for her work
on colour vision. While studying in Germany in 1891-92, she developed the
Ladd-Franklin theory, which emphasized the evolutionary development of
increased differentiation in colour vision and assumed a photochemical
model for the visual system. Her theory, which criticized the views of
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Hermann von Helmholtz and Ewald Hering, was widely accepted for a number
of years. Earlier in her career, while investigating the problems of symbolic
logic, she reduced syllogistic reasoning to an "inconsistent triad" with the
introduction of the "antilogism," a form which made the testing of deductions
easier. Ladd-Franklin also published numerous papers on mathematics and
binocular vision. Her principal works are "The Algebra of Logic" (1883), "The
Nature of Color Sensation" (1925), and "Colour and Colour Theories" (1929)."
Written by An Phan, Class of 1999 (Agnes Scott College): Christine LaddFranklin was born on December 1, 1847, in Windsor, Connecticut. Her
ancestors were prominent in Connecticut and New Hampshire (Green, 121).
Christine's father was a merchant; her mother died when she was thirteen
years old. In her childhood, Christine dreamed of education. From the ages of
twelve to sixteen, she attended school in Portsmouth. Then she was a
student at Wesleyan Academy in Massachusetts for two years. Her studies
included two years of Greek, a subject in which she was the only female
student (Green, 122). She studied at Vassar College in 1866-1867. The lack
of funds, however, prevented her return to Vassar. Instead, she taught one
semester in Utica, New York, while studying trigonometry as well as the
piano, biology, and several foreign languages. She also published an English
translation of Schiller's "Des Madchens Klage" in the Hartford Courant
(Hurvich, 354). In 1868 she returned to Vassar to continue her studies in
languages, physics, and astronomy, but relatively little mathematics.
However, by the time she graduated and returned to teaching, she was
determined to learn more mathematics. The study of physics strongly
aroused her intellectual enthusiasm, but Christine turned to mathematics as
an area in which a woman could pursue independent study and develop her
scientific creativity. While teaching in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1871,
Ladd-Franklin began contributing to the Mathematical Questions section of
the London- based Educational Times (Green, 122). She continued her study
of mathematics at Harvard during the following year, under W. E. Byerly and
James Mills Pierce. By 1878 she had published several articles in the new
American journal, The Analyst, as well as at least twenty mathematical
questions or solutions to questions in the Educational Times (Green, 122). In
that year she applied for admission to the graduate program at Johns
Hopkins University even thought the university was not open to women.
Professor J. J. Sylvester, an Englishman who knew her contributions to the
Educational Times, urged that she be admitted on a special status and that
she be granted a fellowship. While at John Hopkins, Ladd published three
papers in the American Journal of Mathematics and wrote a dissertation in
the area of symbolic logic. However, as Johns Hopkins would not award
degrees to women, she left in 1882 without the Ph.D. On August 24, 1882,
she married Fabian Franklin, a member of the Johns Hopkins mathematics
faculty,. Even though she did not receive a degree, her dissertation was
published in Studies in Logic by Members of the Johns Hopkins University in
1883 (Green, 122). While Christine continued to work in symbolic logic, she
also began investigations in the field of physiological optics. She published
many papers in this field. Her first paper in 1887, "A method for the
experimental determination of the horopter," was a mathematical
investigation of binocular vision (Green, 123). In 1892 she discussed her
theory of color vision at the International Congress of Psychology in London.
She continued publishing on that subject during the next thirty-seven years.
Her collected works on color vision, Colour and Colour Theories, was
published when she was eighty-one years old. Christine was also an associate
editor for logic and psychology for the 1902 Dictionary of Philosophy and
Psychology, and she contributed many articles and letters to various
newspapers and magazines. Christine Ladd-Franklin worked hard during her
life in mathematics and science, but she was also remarkable in other ways.
She spent much time, and some of her own money, helping women obtain a
graduate education. She was awarded an LL.D. in 1887 by Vassar College, the
only honorary degree that college has ever bestowed, and was finally granted
a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University at the age of seventy- eight, fortyfour years after the completion of her dissertation. On March 5, 1930,
Christine Ladd-Franklin died of pneumonia at the age of eighty-two.
Daniel Ladd
Emigrant
16131693
Deal, Kent Co, England
The Ladd's can be traced to Norway, A.D. 861. (See Chase's History of
Haverhill). They married into the royal families of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark. One of them married Estreth, Daughter of the King of Sweyn of
Denmark, and came with his brother-in-law, The Danish king, Chanute, to
England, and there settled in Kent County. (See "Pelton Genealogy",
"Wentworth Genealogy", "The Ladd Family", "Thomas Butler and His
Descendants". "Huntoon Genealogy", and "Keary's History of Norway and the
Norwegians".
From the NEHGS Register, Volume 38, Page 345: "There is a tradition that
Daniel Ladd came from Dartmouth, Devon, England, but it is more likely that
he came from the County of Kent or Sussex, as there were Ladd's in those
counties as early as 1424, as we find in Berry's History of the County of Kent,
Page 342".
Notes from LDS file: b: 1614, Dartmouth, Devonshire, England; d:
7/27/1693, Haverhill, Essex Co, MA; Buried: Pentucket, Haverhill, Essex Co,
MA; Married: 1639/1640, Salisbury, Essex Co, MA; Father: Nathaniel Ladd;
Mother: Margaret Denwood.
Notes from file: DANIEL LADD, b: Abt. 1615, Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England; d.
July 27, 1693, Haverhill, Essex Co., MA.
Notes from Donald L Ladd: Daniel took the oath of Supremacy and Allegiance
on 24 March 1633/34, while the ships, the Mary & John of London under
Captain Robert Sayres, among them, lay in wait on the River Thames for
departure to America. As 24 March 1633 was the last day of the year, at that
time on the calendar. Arriving Boston May or early June 1634. His brother
Joseph [later of Portsmouth, RI] remained behind to care for the chattel that
belonged to Daniel and him. He is purported to have followed in about a
weeks time aboard the Hercules.
Immigrant
Notes from John Ladd: Daniel Ladd was born 1613 at his family farm near
Deal in Kent County, on the South East coast of England. This is about 7
miles from Dover. Very little is known about his family except his father was
a farmer and also operated a fishing boat out of Deal. Daniel had several
brothers, all older. Joseph was one year older. In the summer of 1632 his
father was lost at sea and his oldest brother became the head of the family.
This created an unbearable situation for Daniel and Joseph who had a poor
relationship with that brother. The older brother agreed to pay their way to
America and gave each 10 pounds to finance the trip. Due to the law, he was
responsible for their support and welfare and this removed that responsibility
forever. Passage was arranged on the "John and Mary" of London and sailed
for New England. The ship made many voyages between 1620 and 1640. On
this trip it sailed with the "Clementine and Job", the "True Love", the
"Elizabeth Bonaventure", the "Sea Flower", the "Planter", the "Elizabeth and
Dorcus", the "Hercules", and the "Neptune". Never having been more than a
few miles from the farm, and knowing that staying in England would mean a
lifetime of working for their older brother, this was a chance to see new
country and become land owners. From the farm they took as much as they
were allowed in farm tools, seeds, and feed for their two horses. They also
took a large supply of Clothing and weapons as well as staple foods. The
ships lay offshore of Massachusetts Bay and docked in Boston. Daniel and
Joseph went with friends to Ipswich, MA on the coast about 30 miles from
New Hampshire. On January 5, 1637 Daniel was granted 6 acres of land on
which he built a dwelling-house. In 1639/40 Daniel married a woman named
Ann Moore. They sold their land in Ipswich MA to Henry Kingsbury for 10
pounds on March 31, 1648 and moved to Salisbury MA. Joseph remained in
Salisbury the rest of his life and had a large family. On October 29, 1639
Daniel was granted 8 acres in Salisbury and developed the land as they did in
Ipswich. After building a cabin Daniel acquired more land, a practice he
followed the rest of his life. His first daughter, Elizabeth, was born January
11, 1640, in Salisbury. She married Nathaniel Smith on May 14, 1663. His
first son, Daniel Jr. was born July 24, 1642. He lived his entire life in the
vicinity of his parents and became prominent in early politics. He married
Lydia Singletery, November 4, 1668. Daniels next child was a daughter
named Lydia, born April 8, 1645 and was married to Joseph Gage. In the early
spring of 1644, he joined a group of men, under the leadership of Rev John
Ward, consisted of Daniel Ladd, William White, Samuel Gile, James Davis,
Henry Palmer, John Robinson, Christopher Hussey, John Williams, Richard
Littlehale, Abraham Tyler, and Job Clement, and moved westward looking for
unclaimed land. They formed a town site 50 miles west where the Spicket
River emptied into the Merrimac River and named it Haverhill, Essex Co, MA.
Each received 10 acres within the town and 100 acres of surrounding area.
He moved to Haverhill in 1645 after selling his property in Salisbury. He
stayed there the rest of his life. On February 14, 1646, his daughter Mary was
born. As Haverhill settled rapidly, he became a dealer in land and added to
his land holdings. The rest of his children were born in Haverhill and are as
follows: Samuel, born November 1, 1649, married Martha Corliss; Nathaniel
born March 10, 1651 and married Elizabeth Gillman; Ezekial born September
16, 1654, and married Mary Folsom; Sarah born November 11, 1657 and
married Onesiphorus Marsh. He worked as a farmer and in addition to his
land dealings, he served many years as Selectman for the village. In 1659, in
partnership with Theophilis Shatwell, he constructed a sawmill on the Spicket
River within the town limits. They paid the village 5 pounds a year for the
privilege. It was common practice to divide the land between the children
before their death because of English Common Law which required a man's
estate to go to the eldest son. Daniel gave a farm to each of his sons when
they were grown and to each of his daughters when they married. Daniel and
his wife died in Haverhill, he on July 27, 1693 at age 90 and she on February
9, 1694.
Notes from Larry Ladd - Daniel LADD was born in 1613 at his family farm
near Deal in Kent County on the Southeast coast of England. This was about
7 miles from Dover. Very little is known about his family except [that] his
father was not only a farmer but also operated a fishing boat out of Deal. Any
historian of Kent will tell you that "fishing boat out of Deal" also probably =
"smuggler," with one of the key items in the 17th century being Frenchprocessed smoking tobacco. The decadent French court accepted the evil
weed long before James I of England. I can't verify the validity of the above
account, but the relatives of a young man working on a fishing boat in Deal
certainly might consider voyaging to Virginia to grow tobacco, perhaps even
before Daniel left for New England.
Found at: http://waynesworld.org/My-Ancestors/PAGE-RUSSELL.htm "In 1675
occurred King Phillip's War, when the inhabitants of Haverhill, though not
attacked, were greatly alarmed, and endeavored to protect themselves
against the ravages of the hostile Savages. Troopers and militia were
furnished with firearms and ammunition by the General Court, and towns
were ordered to provide fortifications and garrisons. Daniel Ladd, Peter Ayer
and Thomas Whittier were appointed to designate what houses should be
garrisoned. Armed scouts were kept on the watch for the enemy day and
night during the whole time. As late as 1684 thirty-five troopers were kept
constantly on the scout, on the borders of Haverhill, Amesbury and Salisbury,
and a foot-company was kept ready for service in each of these towns.
Joseph's large, strong house, with its numerous port-holes, so conveniently
near the border line of Salisbury and Haverhill, would furnish ample
accommodations, not only as a "house of refuge" for the half a dozen
families of the neighborhood, but for the troopers constantly on the scout in
the out-lying district."
Daniel Ladd
Merchant
18171872
Augusta, Kennebec Co,
ME
Notes from "The Hamlin Family": He went to Florida, 1833, and accepted a
position as clerk in the store of his uncle, John Hamlen, at Magnolia, but
afterwards took charge of his uncle's store at Port Leon, on the St Marks river;
which town was washed away by the hurricane of 1846. In the following year
he settled at Newport, FL, where he became a prominent business man and
leading merchant. A plank road was built from Newport to Thomasville, GA,
of which he was the principal man. Newport rapidly became the center of
business, where he erected a large saw mill, foundry, two hotels, and
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turpentine works; he owned a steamer which controlled the principal
business on the St Marks river. The merchants and planters of middle Florida
and southern Georgia purchased their supplies at that period from Newport,
and Daniel Ladd controlled the trade. He was a member of the Secession
Convention of Florida, 1861, and by his speeches and influence opposed
secession and supported the cause of the union. On account of his vast
landed interests and many business establishments he remained in the south
during the war, and was tendered a high rank in the Confederate army, which
he declined on the grounds that he was a northern man, and that his kindred
were numerous in New England. His losses by the war aggregated half a
million dollars. His mills, foundry, warehouses, etc, at Newport were burned
by order of Col Scott, commanding the Union troops, after the surrender of
Lee. After the war he continued business at St Marks until his death.
The "Floridian" published the following tribute to his memory: "It is with
sincere sorrow that we record the death of this good and true man. For
several days he had been suffering a complication of diseases, his system
seeming generally to give way, and on the morning of the 22nd last, at his
home in Newport, he quietly breathed his last. Few names were more
intimately associated with the mercantile interests of middle Florida, and a
large portion of southern Georgia, before the war than his, and in everything
connected with the welfare and prosperity of the people of Wakulla County, in
this state, it was the foremost. For many long years his carried with it the
idea of everything that was public spirited, self sacrificing and generous.
Indeed, we doubt whether a more generous heart, one more susceptible to all
the kindlier emotions of our better nature, ever beat within the breast of
man. He was beyond question, one of the very gest men we ever knew, his
deeds of charity towards the poor, the distressed and unfortunate being
numberless. Notwithstanding the loss of nearly everything by the late war
and his own hard struggle to keep himself in business even on a small scale,
he seemed to forget his own adverse fortune, and was never satisfied unless
helping somebody else along- always ready to share the last crumb of bread
with any who asked. In Daniel Ladd we have on of the brightest examples of
pure and disinterested friendship and genuine love for his fellow-man that we
will ever have presented to us in this too often cold and selfish world-- We
close this brief notice with sad hearts, trusting that at no distant day, another
pen will do fuller justice to the memory of one whose departure from among
us has occasioned such general and heartfelt sorrow. 'Peace to his Ashes'"
Notes from Warren Ladd: When but 16 years old he went to Florida and
entered his father's counting-room as clerk, and soon after took charge of the
business. After his father's death in 1835 he continued his father's Florida
business, and soon became a leading merchant of Middle Florida. He was
extensively engaged in the lumbering business, and was the owner of several
steam saw-mills and a large iron foundry and machine shop. He was the
owner of two steamers, which he employed on the St Marks river, and was a
member of the Florida Convention when the State seceded from the Union.
The war of the rebellion nearly ruined his business, and when peace came he
found himself in much reduced circumstances, but with his usual energy,
pluck, and New England push, he worked hard to recover his property and
restore his lost fortune, but his health failed.
Daniel Corliss Ladd
"Marked
Man"
16761751
Haverhill, Essex Co, MA
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Notes from John Ladd: On February 22, 1698, Samuel Ladd and Jonathon
Haynes, with their eldest sons, Daniel and Joseph, left to bring in hay from a
meadow about 3 miles west of town. Both Daniel and Joseph were 20 years
old. When returning they were surrounded by Indians and taken prisoner with
no chance to defend themselves. Samuel and Jonathon were killed and the
two boys taken to an Indian village at Pencock and held captive. Soon after
arrival, Daniel was able to escape but was recaptured before he could reach
safety. He was bound hand and foot and laid on his back with one foot tied to
a tree and kept that way for 14 days. His face was gashed with a knife and
black powder placed in the wounds until his face was tattooed black. Those
marks never left and was referred to as the "Marked Man". After several years,
he did escape and returned to Haverhill where he lived until his death in
1751. On Daniels return to his home he became heir to his father's estate
and head of the family. He married and fathered many children.
Notes from Warren Ladd: At the time his father was killed by the Indians, he
was captured by them. Chase, in his History of Haverhill, gives an account of
his capture, from which we make the following synopsis: "Samuel Ladd was
killed by the Indians at Haverhill, Feb 22, 1698, and his son Daniel taken
prisoner and carried to Penacook, NH. Soon after reaching Penacook young
Ladd made an attempt to escape. He left the wigwam when all were asleep,
and had gone but a short distance when it occurred to him that a hatchet
might be needed. He returned, and entered the wigwam where a squaw was
sick. She noticed him, gave warning, awakened the other Indians, and he was
recaptured where his hands were bound and he was laid upon his back, with
one foot fastened to a tree. In this condition he was kept fourteen days. As
soon as he was bound his face was gashed, powder was inserted into the
wounds, and remained there until it became so indented in his flesh that it
was impossible to remove it. The dark spots never left his face, and he was
often referred to by his descendants as the 'marked man'. Some years after
his capture he escaped and returned to Haverhill."
Edwin Fremont Ladd
U. S. Senator,
Chemist
18591925
Starks, Somerset Co, ME
U. S. Senator from North Dakota; born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine,
December 13, 1859; attended the public schools and Somerset Academy,
Athens, Maine, and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1884;
chemist of the New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y., 1884-1890;
dean of the school of chemistry and pharmacy and professor of chemistry at
the North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, N.Dak.; chief chemist of the
North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station 1890-1916; editor of the North
Dakota Farmer at Lisbon 1899-1904; administrator of the State pure-food
laws, for which he actively crusaded 1902-1921; president of the North
Dakota Agricultural College 1916-1921; elected as a Republican to the United
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States Senate in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., June 22, 1925; chairman, Committee
on Public Roads and Surveys (Sixty-eighth Congress); interment in Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Col Eliphalet Ladd
Portsmouth
Aqueduct
17441806
Exeter, Rockingham Co,
NH
Notes from Warren Ladd: At the early age of twenty-three, in 1767, he was
captain and part owner of a brig in trade to the West Indies. Later he was a
merchant and ship-builder at Exeter, NH, where he rapidly accumulated
property. During the Revolutionary War he was interested in several
privateers and letters of marquee, and having a reputation for great force of
character and sound judgment, was often consulted by the Committee of
Safety, and by leading members of the legislature. He was aid on the staff of
Gov John Taylor Gilman during his whole fourteen years of consecutive
service as Governor of NH, Whence came his title of "Colonel", by which he
was always afterwards known. He removed to Portsmouth, Rockingham Co,
NH in May 1792 and interested himself mainly in the welfare of that then
growing and prosperous town. He was a strong Federalist in politics, and
represented the town for several years in the State Legislature. He enjoyed a
high credit in England, by the aid of which his business and commerce were
largely extended and very profitable; but he suffered severely form the
French spoliations prior to 1800, and also by the great fire by which the town
was desolated in Dec 1802. But at the time of his death, at the age of 61, he
was one of the wealthiest of the many wealthy merchants of Portsmouth.
Notes from the Moffatt-Ladd House Book: Richard C. Storey says: "His
greatest contribution to life in Portsmouth was the Portsmouth Aqueduct
Company. This carried water 2 1/2 miles through logs from the "warm
springs" [that did not freeze in winter] to the city....To demonstrate his skill
as an engineer Col Ladd erected a vertical pipe in front of his house and
made a mark to which he expected the water to rise. When the water was
brought in, it rose to exactly the mark he had made."
MR. LADD'S AMAZING AQUEDUCT - By Charles W. Brewster [Editors Note: C.
W. Brewster was a Portsmouth columnist in the mid-1800's. This article
includes his opinions and may not reflect current research or current values.]
Eliphalet Ladd - Early life - Family - The Hercules - The Archelaus - Buildings Portsmouth Aqueduct - The challenge - His death and character. SPRING has
returned. The face of nature, - in the promise of the swelling bud, in early
creeping grass, in the growing warmth of the sunshine, and in the return of
the feathered songsters,--now extends invitations for all to come forth, and
enjoy those charms which were not lost with Eden. All these the rambler can
richly enjoy,--but it is his more peculiar province to walk in the scenes of the
past, and thus endeavor to give interest to the existing localities which meet
every eye. To say that our present walk is to the Portsmouth Journal office
block, in Ladd street, would convey the idea of a very limited ramble, and
perhaps of an unsightly termination. But as it takes the circuit of nearly a
century to reach the point, some scenes of interest may arise. On the
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morning of the 25th of January, 1761, the old hotel of James Stoodly, on
Daniel street, was burnt on the spot north of the Post Office, where a like
structure was afterward reared, and long known as the mansion of Elijah Hall.
At the same fire a barber's shop was consumed, and Wiseman Clagett's
residence (the Hart house,) in the immediate vicinity, was torn in pieces, his
property much damaged and many things stolen. The sight of such a fire was
then a rare occurrence - its brilliancy was seen in neighboring towns, and its
light shed far out upon the ocean.
Eliphalet Ladd: The Early Years, Between Portsmouth and the Shoals its light
shone upon one adventurous boat, in which, before the dawn of day, a young
man of seventeen years was bearing to those isles some articles for traffic
with the islanders. At the time when a general scarcity prevailed from the
failure of crops, and the energies of the young men were aroused to do what
they could for a living, this juvenile merchant, then an inhabitant of Exeter,
began in this small way his career in the arts of trade. As he looked back
upon the illumination from his small craft, little did he then think that his
own prosperity and that of the terrified town, were destined in after years to
rise together; or that the time would arrive when the largest merchant ship of
the last century that the Piscataqua floated, would be passing over the same
ocean track, from his own ship yard. But young men have only to expect
great things, live accordingly, and they will receive them. In a day or two the
adventurer returns with his load of fish, and passes through to Exeter. The
events of the next thirty years of his life mostly transpired in that town. In
1772 he married a lady of Berwick whom he met at her brother's house in
Portsmouth, Miss Abigail Hill, who was a true helpmeet. To her good
management, he used in his latter days to attribute at least three-fourths of
his wealth. Ten children were added to their household--William, Henry,
Alexander and Eliphalet. Four of his daughters were married. Rev. William F.
Rowland, of Exeter, Capt. Samuel Chauncy, John P. Lord, and John Langdon,
Jr. of Portsmouth, were their husbands. Two of the children died in youth.
When about sixteen, he went with some civil engineers on a professional
expedition to Crown Point. At that time Vermont as well as the western part
of our own State was a wilderness. The company mistook their way, and were
several days in the woods without provisions. At length they were driven to
the necessity of eating horse meat and raw pumpkins. The meat relished
well, and the pumpkins were as palatable as ripe melons usually are. In after
life when the children at his bountiful table were disposed to find fault with
any provision, he would remark that if they could but once have an appetite
for horse meat or raw pumpkins, no complaint would be heard. In business
matters, the thirty years spent at Exeter exhibited all the various changes
which are attendant upon men of enterprise, whose motto is, "nothing risk,
nothing gain." Three times he regarded himself a man of wealth, and as many
times he was reduced to his last dollar, before his removal to Portsmouth in
1792, and to the occupancy of the Tompson mansion near the Academy,
which so long bore his name. In the time of the Revolution, Col. Ladd built a
twenty gun ship, called the Hercules. The enemy, well posted up in all the
movements of the rebels, had a knowledge of the building, and in a Halifax
paper was inserted an advertisement, giving notice that a ship of twenty
guns, then on the stocks on the Piscataqua, would be sold at auction in
Halifax on a day designated. Two British frigates were put on the watch, and
the Hercules was captured and sold at Halifax on the very day advertised! He
accomplished, what was a marvel in his day, the building of a monster
merchant ship of nearly five hundred tons. The Archelaus, the Leviathan of
sixty years ago, was built at Exeter, and was three years in being completed.
She afterwards became the property of Mr. Scott of Boston, and was lost, we
have been told, on Cape Cod. Among the articles received in payment for the
ship was a cord of coat buttons, which Col. Ladd, being in the hardware and
variety line, no doubt turned to good account. But a stock of one hundred
and twenty-eight cubic feet of buttons could not be at once disposed of.
Some remained on hand until in the war of 1812 there arose a great demand
for bright ball buttons for military use. They were scarce, could not be
imported, and an advance of several thousand dollars was at once made on
the stock which remained on hand in his sons' store. Among his real estate
enterprises was the removal of the large house which now stands on Bridge
street, facing Hanover street, from Exeter--also the barn, next south, recently
taken down by George Tompson, to give place to his new one. Col. Ladd
opened the street which bears his name, and built the block of buildings in
which our office is located. At the fire of 1802 the whole block was burned.
He immediately rebuilt it, and the eastern tenement which we have occupied
for a third of a century, was fitted for a store for his own occupancy. The
trap-hatch for taking in his goods is still under our press. He also built the
three stores on Market street, from the corner of Ladd street to that now
occupied by J. Woodman Moses. Into one of these stores he removed and
continued his business until his death. In the erection of that symmetrical
structure now used as the Piscataqua Exchange Banking house, he was the
principal architect.
The Portsmouth Aqueduct. But what should, more than any of the above
matters, keep him in remembrance, is the active part he took in supplying
Portsmouth with one of the greatest luxuries we have,--a luxury which few
places in the world so liberally enjoy, and of which none can boast a superior
quality--pure water. In 1797 a company was formed and incorporated under
the name of the "Portsmouth Aqueduct Company." Eliphalet Ladd, Samuel Hill
and Thomas Chadbourne were managers, who in person broke the ground at
its commencement. They purchased the invaluable springs at the Oak Hill
farm, about two and a half miles from Market Square, and in two years the
water was brought into town, through logs, and into immediate use in two
hundred families. The stock of the company was divided into one hundred
shares, and such sums only were assessed as were necessary to commence
the work, and the balance of expense paid from the income. The whole direct
assessments ever made have amounted to only eighty-two dollars on a share.
There were some eight or ten years when the income was devoted to meeting
expenses, but for many years it has been so good property that the shares
have been sold as high as three hundred dollars. Col. Ladd made a personal
survey of the track of the aqueduct from the fountain into town; and so
confident was he of his accuracy as an engineer, in leveling, that he erected
an upright pipe in front of his mansion, cut it off at a particular height, and
said, "thus high the water will rise." When it was let into the logs, it rose
exactly to the point he designated, not varying an inch. But it is the real
benefit of the public generally, more than the pecuniary benefit to the
aqueduct proprietors, that we take into view, when we bring into
remembrance those who have bestowed upon Portsmouth blessings which
are now many leagues in length, and flow in upon a thousand households
every hour. The springs (which from their flowing in winter bore the name of
the "warm springs" more than a century before an aqueduct was extended
from them,) are inexhaustible--they have never diminished in the least in the
greatest drought. An analysis of the water shows it of unsurpassed purity.
Who can duly estimate the blessing!
Almost a Duel. Of the sons of Col. Ladd, were William Ladd, the great apostle
of peace, and two of our most distinguished and successful merchants, Henry
and Alexander Ladd -- gentlemen of education and enterprise, whose impress
has been felt upon our public institutions. In the strong party times near the
close of the last century, it was almost impossible for any man who took an
active part in public affairs to avoid coming in collision with political
opponents. Col. Ladd was not disposed to mince matters in such discussions,
and drew upon himself the ire of a distinguished ship master, a leader of the
opposition, who felt himself so much aggrieved that nothing short of pistols
were looked to, to heal the breach. The challenge was borne to Col. Ladd by
Gen. Clement Storer. It was presented in due form, in the presence of his son
William, whose disposition at that time partook more of the belligerent than
of that peace spirit which in his latter days made him conspicuous on both
sides of the Atlantic. The challenge was read--the place of meeting
designated was the island, that has since become the Navy Yard. Looking up
to the second, Col. Ladd said, "Tell Tom -- he is a dirty fellow." "What! do you
mean to insult me by such a message," said the dignified General. "And you
are another," was the only response. The General withdrew somewhat
irritated. After he had retired, young William Ladd, feeling somewhat stirred
by the occasion, said, "Father, I'll fight him." Set down, Bill, set down; why,
hang the fellow, it is as much as a man's life is worth to go over the river on
such a day as this." The meeting did not take place. Col. Ladd died on the
24th of February, 1806, in the sixty-second year of his age. The record of his
death is accompanied with a sketch of his character: "Having always led a life
of assiduous industry, his example excited the emulation of others, and the
industrious were certain of receiving his approbation and encouragement. In
sentiment too independent to be biased by flattery, he neither condescended
to it himself, nor permitted it in others. Though cautious in the formation of
his opinions he was not obstinately tenacious of them, and he adhered to
them no longer than they were believed correct. He possessed a degree of
fortitude rarely attainable, which enabled him to bear the frowns of adversity
without being depressed, and the smiles of prosperity without being elated.
Whether success or defeat attended his undertakings, he remained calm and
equable, acknowledging in all that befell him the hand of God, and reposing
unlimited confidence in the justice of providence. As he was a lover of his
country, he extended a liberal hand for the encouragement of all works of
public utility; and as he was a professor of the Christian religion, he strove to
extend its influence, by discountenancing and repressing vice and irreligion,
and by animating others to the practice of piety and virtue." As here we sit,
perhaps in the very spot where Col. Ladd once sat devising plans which gave
business to those around him,--and from the small pump by our side flows at
command that clear stream from a pure fountain several miles distant,
brought by him to our chamber recesses--how can we do better than to invite
the thousands in Portsmouth when they read this sketch to fill one goblet of
that sparkling fluid, and drink with the rambler, "The Remembrance of Col.
Eliphalet Ladd."
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Seaman
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Boston, Crosby, Nichols & Company, 1859; page 92 - (About the British
impressments
of
Americans
during
the
War
of
1812)
"After war was declared against England by the United States, the American
sailors thus impressed begged to be excused from serving against their own
country, and claimed to be treated as prisoners of war; but such applications
were answered with irons and the lash. Authenticated cases of the kind were
at
the
time
established.
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Perhaps all British officers did not carry their contempt of the rights of
Americans so far as this; but many did. The impressments of American
seamen were continual, notorious, and brutal in manner. Many instances of
the kind were certified by authentic proof. Among others, we read of the
impressment and conveyance on board of the British man-of-war Brunswick,
during the administration of John Adams, of Eliphalet Ladd, John Eddes, and
others. One of the press-gang, with a drawn sword, cut Ladd on the forehead,
and
made
a
wound
of
three
inches.
Eddes, for claiming to be an American citizen, was whipped with a rope's end
until his back was bruised from his shoulders to his hips. Neither to Eddes
nor to Ladd was any surgical aid allowed, and the sufferings subsequently
experienced from their wounds was most intense. William Savage, impressed
at the same time with Ladd and Eddes, was severely beaten by the
boatswain's mate, who doubled a rope of about three inches and a half thick,
and plied it to his neck, back, face, head, and stomach, until the mate was
exhausted, when he gave the rope to one of the marines, who applied
upwards of a hundred blows. Savage
was awfully mangled,
externally and internally, the infliction being followed with raising of blood.
His cruel treatment was for his persistence in claiming to be an American
citizen."
Dr Everett Carll Ladd
Political
Scientist
19371999
Ladd, a professor of political science at UConn since 1964, recently retired as
director of the Institute for Social Inquiry and executive director of the Roper
Center. One of the University's most prolific writers, Ladd wrote and edited
more than 20 books, including a textbook, The American Polity, now in its
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sixth edition. Many of his articles appeared in the nation's leading
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newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the
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was
widely
quoted
in
the
media. Silas Ladd
Alonzo Small
Everett C. Ladd, Jr., former professor and executive director of the Roper
Ladd
Center, died December 8. "This is a loss not only to me personally and to the Albert Edgar
University of Connecticut but to the body politic. Everett's contributions to
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the public dialogue on issues of national policy, through the many books and Everett Carll
dozens of commentary pieces he wrote, were often intriguing and always
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informative," President Philip E. Austin said Wednesday. "His ability to analyze
poll results, in all their intricacies, was beyond reproach. I will miss his
friendship, and the community will be lessened by the loss of his scholarship
and
wit."
Robert Smith, vice provost for research and dean of the graduate school,
added, "In the social sciences and, especially, political science, Everett Ladd is
looked upon as somewhat of a legend. The Roper Center is truly one of our
centers of excellence and the University has Everett Ladd to thank for his role
in
guiding
its
development
for
more
than
two
decades."
Under Ladd's leadership, the Roper Center, founded in 1946 by Elmo Roper,
has become the premier archive of polling data in the world, with data from
more than 14,000 major national and international surveys, and the first-ever
online information retrieval system for public opinion data from the United
States and abroad. He also expanded the Roper Center's mission with an
ongoing publications program, including the bimonthly journal, Public
Perspective, the biennial election analyses America at the Polls, and a series
of
issue-specific
monographs.
Burns Roper, son of the founder of the Roper Center and long-time chair of
its board, said "the remarkable growth of the center and the recognition it
has achieved during the last 20 years is due almost entirely to Everett and the
staff
he
assembled."
Along with his positions at UConn and the Roper Center, Ladd served as
adjunct scholar of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
in
Washington,
D.C.
An internationally recognized authority on American public opinion and the
role of survey research in democracy, he has been a Fellow of the Ford,
Guggenheim, and Rockefeller Foundations, the Center for International
Studies at Harvard, the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, Calif.
From 1987 through 1995, he was a columnist for The Christian Science
Monitor. He also served for a decade as senior editor of Public Opinion
magazine, and then for six years as "Opinion Pulse" editor for The American
Enterprise magazine. Collaborator and co-author, Karlyn Bowman, said Ladd
"was that rare person who could combine scholarly excellence with
perceptive insights into the realities of the public policy world. He willingly
shared that knowledge with decision makers, students and fellow
researchers."
Ladd's recent work went beyond his traditional interests in American political
thought, electoral politics and public opinion, with publications such as The
Ladd Report: The Surprising News of an Explosion of Voluntary Groups,
Activities, and Charitable Donations that is Transforming Our Towns and
Cities.
Dr Fred Eugene Ladd
Physician,
Dentist,
Lawyer
18631940
Dexter, Penobscot, Me
Dr. Fred Eugene Ladd, for many years a resident of this city, who held the
distinction of being a dentist, physician and a lawyer, also a graduate of the
South Bend College of Optics died Thursday in Antrim, NH after being in
failing
health
a
long
time.
He
was
67
years
of
age.
On account of ill health he had been making his home with a dear friend
Arthur Frame in Antrim for about three years. Although his health had been
failing, his passing comes as a shock to his dear ones and many friends.
He was a talented musician and played several brass instruments as well as
the violin. Music was his pleasure and his hobby. For a time he conducted the
Y.M.C.A. orchestra. He also played the cornet in bands including the former
Harlow's
band,
Burke's
band
and
the
North
Easton
band.
Dr Ladd passed the Massachusetts medical board and was admitted to the
practice of medicine in 1899 while he was in the third year of a four year
course of study. He passed the Massachusetts dental board in 1901 and
though busy with his medical and dental practice, he began the study of law,
and diligently continued at it, notwithstanding the limited time permitted him
for the study. He studied under direction of ex-city solicitor W. G. Rowe now
Judge Rowe and tried cases in the Superior and lower courts in Plymouth
county
under
power
of
attorney.
Dr Ladd was a graduate of the South Bend College of Optics, receiving his
diploma in 1906. He took a special course of study during his four years at
Tufts Medical School of which he was a graduate. He studied two years under
the late Dr. Charles H. Foster, a former leading dentist of Brockton. He was
also a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston finishing
in
1902.
Dr Ladd was born in Dexter Maine in 1871, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W.
Ladd. The family moved to Brockton in 1879. In successfully passing the
examination for the Massachusetts bar and being admitted to the practice of
law in 1913, Dr. Ladd received many congratulations. At the age of 41 he had
accomplished the unusual feat of passing three professional boards in
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Massachusetts, medical, dental, and legal. His success was especially unusual
in view of the fact that he lacked early advantages, being compelled at the
age 13, five years after his parents moved to Brockton to go to work in a
local shoe factory, because of a serious injury to his father in a dynamite
explosion.
When Dr. Ladd entered the shoe factory at Eaton and Terry at 13 he at once
entered Brockton evening schools and continued as a pupil in them for five
years. His leading studies were chemistry, natural philosophy and physics.
On Nov. 23, 1900 he took as his bride the former Alice Elliot who survives
him. He leaves also two daughters Helen L. Ladd of Fall River and Pauline
Ladd Lambert of the staff in the business office of the Brockton Daily
Enterprise. A brother George Ladd of Everett and a grandson Donald Lambert.
He practiced dentistry and medicine in Brockton until 1926, when he went to
Everett and continued his practice there until some years ago when he was
obliged to retire on account of ill health.
Frederick Arthur Ladd
Sea Captain
1858-?
Westport, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Yarmouth County Museum Archives, Nova Scotia: Frederick Arthur Ladd was
born in Westport, Nova Scotia on 11 December 1858, the son of Bryon P.
Ladd and Mary Elizabeth Davis. He married Grace Forrest Brown, the daughter
of Charles E. Brown and Azuba Rose, on 20 May 1886. Immediately following
their marriage, the couple departed on a trading voyage to Shanghai on
board the barque Morning Light, of which Frederick was captain. The couple
had two children, Forrest and Kathryn, who were both raised at sea. In 1890
Frederick took command of the barque Belmont and the family continued to
travel around the world. Grace was a prolific letter writer, many of which are
in the collections of the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives, which detail
her life at sea. Frederick's logs, Ladd family photographs, ship portraits and
artifacts collected from the family's travels are also in the YCMA's collections.
George Ladd
Medal o
Honor
?-1869
Camillus, Onondaga Co,
NY
Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 22d New York Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Waynesboro, Va., 2 March 1865. Entered Service At: Camillus,
Onondaga County, N.Y. Birth: Camillus, N.Y. Date of Issue: 26 March 1865.
Earned The Medal of Honor During the Civil War For heroism March 02, 1865
at Waynesboro, VA - During the battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, on March 2,
1865, fourteen soldiers were awarded Medals of Honor. Twelve of the
fourteen awards were for the capture of flags of the Confederate Army, and
two others were for recovery of a captured standard of the Union force.
Private George Ladd earned the Medal of Honor for his capture of a flag of
the Confederate Army along with the color bearer and his horse and
equipment.
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Ladd
Frederick
Parker Ladd
Byron Parker
Ladd
"LEAVING Winchester, Va., on February 27, 1865, General Sheridan began his
march to Petersburg, Va., with the intention of destroying the Central
Railroad and James River Canal. General Early with a large Confederate force
stood ready to oppose and frustrate, if possible, the expedition, and upon
learning of the approach of the Federals went into position at Waynesboro,
Va. The two armies clashed March 2d. The rain had been pouring in torrents
for two days and the roads were bad beyond description ; nevertheless the
Union men seemed tireless, although neither they nor their horses could be
recognized for the mud which covered them. General Early had at his
disposal two brigades of infantry and some cavalry under General Rosser, the
infantry occupying breastworks. General Custer was ordered to attack the
enemy and, not wanting the Confederates to get up their courage during the
delay that a careful reconnaissance necessitated, made his dispositions for
attack at once, sending three regiments around the left flank of the enemy,
which was somewhat exposed by being advanced from, instead of resting
upon, the bank of the river in his immediate rear. "Our general committed an
unpardonable error in posting so small a force with a swollen river in its rear
and with its flanks wholly exposed," says a Confederate report of General
Early's position. General Custer with two brigades, partly mounted and partly
dismounted, at a given signal boldly attacked and impetuously carried the
enemy's works, while the Eighth New York and the Twenty-second New York
Cavalry formed in columns of fours, dashed over the breastworks and
continued the charge through the little town of Waynesboro, the Twentysecond supporting the Eighth New York. The Eighth crossed the South Fork
of the Shenandoah River-General Early's rear-where they formed with drawn
sabres and held the east bank of the stream. The enemy being now pressed
by Custer found their retreat cut off, and, completely disorganized, confused,
bewildered, threw down their arms. Amidst cheers and hurrahs the victorious
Federals
surrounded
their
brave
opponents.
The substantial result of this magnificent victory was the capture of the
Confederate General Wharton and some 1,800 officers and men, fourteen
pieces of artillery, seventeen battle-flags and a train of nearly two hundred
wagons and ambulances, including General Early's headquarters wagon,
containing all his official papers and records, 1,500 stands of small arms and
800
team
horses
and
mules.
It was a battle where the Eighth New York Cavalry, under the gallant
leadership of Major Hartwell B. Compson, earned undying fame. The major
himself performed wonderful feats of bravery and set an example which
electrified his men and inspired them to deeds of splendid heroism. At the
head of his troops who were selected to make the attack, he charged down
the highway into Waynesboro. The enemy had five pieces of artillery in the
roadway and had thrown up earthworks on each side of the road ; behind
these breastworks infantry was posted. He was at the head of his command
with a color-bearer on one side and a bugler on the other, when they struck
the Confederate forces and a hand-to-hand fight took place. Just then General
Early and his staff moved down their front to direct the movement of the
Confederate
forces.
Coming upon Early's headquarters battle-flag he ordered the bearer to
surrender. A fierce fight at close quarters ensued and finally a heavy blow
with the sabre knocked his opponent from his horse and the flag was
captured.
Breaking through the Confederates, he moved his forces down towards South
River and kept up the charge until he reached the bank. Seeing that the
enemy were closing in on his rear and that his support did not come up, he
crossed the river and found earthworks thrown up on the opposite side from
which the enemy could have prevented their crossing had they occupied
them. He at once dismounted his men and placed them in the Confederate
earthworks. Then when Custer pressed down upon the rebels they were
forced to cross the river, where they were ordered to surrender. The result
was that when the battle was over Colonel Compson's command alone had
taken 800 prisoners five pieces of artillery, 1,500 stands of small arms and
eight
battle-flags.
Being needed no longer at the ford, Compson, who had noticed the enemy
moving their wagon-trains over the mountains by way of Rock Fish Gap,
followed with his regiment, overhauled it and captured everything in sight. It
was in this action where Second Lieutenant Robert Niven, of Company H, of
the same regiment, had a hot encounter with a body of rebels. "I was ordered
to pick out five men from my company," says the lieutenant, " to go ahead as
an advance guard and we pressed along the narrow, hilly road, densely lined
with woods. By this time the atmosphere was quite foggy. I had gotten far in
advance of my comrades when suddenly I found myself right in the midst of a
wagon-train composed of about ten wagons and a dozen Confederates,
commanded by a lieutenant. With a great show of bravery I ordered them to
surrender and promised that every one who attempted to escape would be
shot on the spot. But they saw that a one-man order to twelve scattered men
was practically worthless, when the bushes around there offered such a good
opportunity to get away. Consequently, when the regiment came up I had
captured not only three or four prisoners, but also two rebel flags, ten army
wagons with mules attached, the lieutenant's horse, and all of General Early's
official
papers."
Second Lieutenant Andrew Kuder, First Sergeant Charles A. Goheen and
Sergeant Daniel Kelly of Company G, and also Corporal Henry H. Bickford and
Sergeant James Congdon as well as Private John Miller of this same regiment,
the Eighth New York Cavalry, were fortunate enough to capture rebel colors
in
this
grand
melee.
Rebel flags were also captured in this battle by Privates Peter O'Brien and
Warren Carman, of the First New York Cavalry (Lincoln), and Harry Harvey,
George Ladd and Michael Crowley of the Twenty-second New York Cavalry. All
of above mentioned were awarded the Medal of Honor."
George Edgar Ladd
Geologist,
College
President
18631940
Haverhill, Essex Co, MA
Quoted with some modifications from "The Descent of George Edgar Ladd,"
p. 39-41: George Edgar Ladd graduated from Harvard with an AB in 1887 and
an AM in 1889 having specialized in geology. He initially served as an
assistant geologist in the State Geological Survey in Austin, Texas, then went
to Jefferson City, Missouri, to participate similarly in the State Geological
Survey of Missouri. He served as assistant in geology at Harvard, 1892-4,
receiving his Ph. D. in the latter year, during which time he superintended the
assembly and display of the Massachusetts mineral and stone exhibit at the
Chicago World Fair, 1893. In February 1896 he became chemist for the
Georgia Geological Survey at Atlanta, its assistant geologist in April 1896,
and in September 1897 he became director and professor of mines and
metallurgy (later mining) of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy at
Rolla [Now the University of Missouri at Rolla]. Here began a decade of
glorious accomplishment, violent controversy, and enormous frustrations, a
decade of adulation from friends and of detraction and unrelenting
opposition from entrenched enemies. He has left his own account of the
matter, including "Against great and unscrupulous opposition I changed a
moribund, thirty-year-old country academy of only local importance, into one
of the finest technical institutions in America." By 1907 he had enough of
politics and controversy, and resigned to engage in mining. This not proving
successful, he became in 1908 the first president of what was then the
Oklahoma School of Mines [now Eastern Oklahoma State College] at
Wilburton, which he "built from the ground up." Here, too, he encountered
political interference and graft "on a huge scale" and in 1913 was forced by
"intolerable conditions.. .to jump 'out of the frying pan into the fire"'. He
accepted the presidency of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts [now New Mexico State University] near Las Cruces. "There,
more of the same, but worse. Four years of it. Whew!" In 1917 he became an
economic geologist for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in Washington, D. C.,
serving until his retirement in 1937, and lecturing simultaneously on
engineering geology at the University of Maryland from 1921. Quite aside
from his career in administration, his professional achievements were
substantial. He made a specialty of clays and did important work also on
building stone and on quarrying (7); he became the world authority on
landslides, subsidence's, rock-falls and fill-failures as related to engineering.
He has been called the Father of Soil Dynamics as a result of his 1898 paper
on geological phenomena resulting from the surface tension of water.
George Solon Ladd
Telephone &
Telegraph
Pioneer
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Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Maj John
Ladd Ladd
George
Washington
Ladd
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Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Notes from Warren Ladd: of San Francisco, CA. He was educated at the high
Ladd
school at Marshall, MI; was engaged in telegraphing in 1856; was prominent Elias Ladd
in originating and conducting the first overland telegraph between the Dr John Ladd
1841-
Marshall, MI
Atlantic and the Pacific; became general superintendent and manager of all Samuel Ladd
the telegraphs on the Pacific coast in 1865, and retired in 1873, after which
Horace
he established and successfully developed many other important enterprises, Comstock
including large land reclamations, electrical manufactures, district
Ladd
telegraphs, and finally the extensive telephone company of the Pacific coast,
of which he was President. He opened at San Francisco, Feb 14, 1878, the
first regular commercial telephone exchange ever started upon the plan
which has since been universally adopted elsewhere.
George Trumbull Ladd
Educator,
Clergyman,
Author
18421905
Plainsville, Lake Co, OH
Notes from Warren Ladd: of New Haven, CT. He lived in Hudson OH from the
fall of 1842 to 1850, then removed to Painesville, OH where he lived until
1860, and then was in Western Reserve College from 1860 to 1864; was in
business in Painesville, OH, 1864 to 1866; was in Andover Theological
Seminary 1866 to 1869; preached in Edinburgh, OH, 1869 to 1871; was
pastor of the Spring Street Congregational Church at Milwaukee, Milwaukee
Co, WI, 1871 to 1879 and to Yale University as Professor of Philosophy, in
1881. He was the author of several books. The degree of DD was conferred
upon him by Western Reserve College in 1880, and the degree of MA by Yale
College in 1881.
Submitted By: Misty Flannigan: He is a congregational clergyman of
prominence; and professor of philosophy at Yale university since 1881. He is
the author of Principles of Church Polity; The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture;
Philosophy of Mind; A Primer of Psychology; Psychology, Descriptive and
Explanatory; Outlines of Psychological Psychology; Elements of Psychological
Psychology; Introduction to Philosophy; and What is the Bible? He has
translated Lotze's Philosophical Outlines, from the German.
From the Encyclopedia Brittanica: "...philosopher and psychologist whose
textbooks were influential in establishing experimental psychology in the
United States. Though he call for a scientific psychology, he nonetheless
viewed the role of psychology as ancillary to philosophy. Educated for the
ministry, Ladd was pastor of a Congregational church in Milwaukee, Wisc., for
eight years before becoming a professor of philosophy at Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine (1879-2881). During those years, he began investigating
the relationship between the nervous system and mental phenomena and
introduced the first study of experimental psychology in the United States.
From 1881 to 1905 he was a professor at Yale University, establishing the
first American Laboratory in experimental psychology. His main interest,
however, was in writing Elements of Physiological Psychology (1887), the first
such handbook in English. Because of its emphasis on neurophysiology, it
long remained a standard work. His large scale Psychology, Descriptive and
Explanatory (1894) is important as a theoretical system of functioning
psychology, considering the human being as an organism with a mind
purposefully solving problems and adapting the self to its environment."
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Jonathan
Ladd
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Jesse Ladd
Silas
Trumball
Ladd
George Washington
Ladd
Druggist,
Congressman
18181892
Augusta, Kennebec Co,
ME
Notes from "The Hamlin Family": He was educated Kent's Hill Seminary;
druggist; Augusta, until 1838; afterwards, Bangor, ME, where he conducted
the same business fifteen years; later a successful dealer in corn and flour;
he was forty years in business in Bangor; member Whig state committee
several years; supported Bell and Everett, 1860; and Gen McClellan for
President,1864; Greenbacker; and defeated for congress as Democrat, 1868;
elected to congress on "Fusion Ticket", 1878, and re-elected 1880.
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Capt Daniel
Ladd
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Joseph Ladd
Notes from Warren Ladd: His father, imbued with the New England idea of the
value of education, furnished him all the facilities at his command by private
instruction, in connection with that of the public schools. He was sent to the
seminary at Kent's Hill, Me, and was after-wards fitted for college by Rev J H
Ingraham, a distinguished scholar and divine. Business affairs obliged young
Ladd to suspend the pursuit of his studies, and he engaged himself as an
apothecary's clerk in his native town. The six years passed in this
establishment, at the capital of the State, afforded him excellent
opportunities, not only for mental growth, in a general way, but for making
the acquaintance of prominent men, and becoming familiar with the public
topics. His capacity for business was early developed, and at the age of 18 he
was entrusted with the entire management of an extensive drug and
apothecary establishment. Two years later he removed to the city of Bangor,
prosecuting the same business there for fifteen years with marked success.
Hon Luther Severance, his uncle, the able editor of the Kennebunk journal for
a quarter of a century, rendered valuable assistance to him in his business
life. Mr. Ladd was one of the pioneers of railroad building in Maine, to which
he gave much attention.
U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1879-1883; born in Augusta,
Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common
schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor,
Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery
business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a
Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March
4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post
Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Rev Henry Martyn Ladd
Missionary
1849-
Broosa, Turkey
Notes from Warren Ladd: His father was an honored missionary of the
American Board. His early life was spent largely in the cities of Smyrna and
Constantinople. In the former place he resided fifteen years, with a break for
two years and a half when he was about seven years of age, which time was
spent in visiting this country. At age 17, in 1867, his family returned to this
country. He spent one year in Middlebury VT, in preparation for college, and
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John Ladd
Josiah Ladd
Rev Daniel
Ladd
in the fall of 1868 entered Middlebury College, of which his uncle H D Kitchel
was president. He led his class through the whole course of four years, and
graduated with the Highest honors as valedictorian in 1872. In the fall of the
same year he entered the Theological Department of the Yale University, from
which he graduated in 1875. In 1875 he received a call to the First
Congregational Church of Walton, NY. In July of the same year he delivered
the Master's oration at Middlebury College and received the degree of Master
of Arts. In 1880 he was elected to the position of foreign superintendent of
the American missionary Association and moved to Danbury, CT in Feb 1881.
He started his tour of inspection to the West Coast of Africa. He later received
a commission to explore the upper waters of the Nile and across the great
Atmoor Desert to Khartoum, and then into the heart of Africa. His alma mater
conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1882, then only in his 32 year. In
the Spring of 1883 he accepted the call to the Euclid Avenue Congregational
Church in Cleveland, OH
ADDRESS ON CHURCH WORK. BY REV. DR. H. M. LADD. Mr. President, anyone
who is at all conversant with the history of this Association knows that it has
been intimately allied with all that is most heroic and inspiring in the annals
of our country for over thirty years. But, sir, the war was over some time ago,
and the enthusiasm, the romance and the poetry that gathered about the
emancipated slave at the close of the war are rapidly fading into "innocuous
desuetude." Worse than that, the abolitionist, the anti-slavery man, the man
who contended for human rights in the political arena before the war, who
served as conductor on the underground railway in defiance of iniquitous
law, and who afterward shouldered his musket and volunteered for the war
out of principle and from loyalty to a great idea, is, alas, either dead or dying.
The younger generation do not feel the responsibility of this work as did their
fathers who risked life and fortune that the slave might be free. They
wrought well in those days, and the results are before us today. They are
indeed grand. But the glamour of devotion to a great cause is gone. It has
dawned upon the later generation that it is a very prosaic and commonplace
sort of work, this trying to make a man out of the black. It has been found a
rather slow and tedious process, and it must be confessed that, like other
degraded sinners, though more sinned against than sinning he is not
altogether lovely. But, sir, it is our privilege not to live in the past alone,
heroic as it was, but in the grander present, and to look forward to even a
more glorious future. This Association is allied today to a great forward
movement, and the Christian young blood in all our churches must be made
to thrill again with the magnetic impulses of a new devotion. It is about
settled, I think, that the colored man is here to stay; he is a little whiter in
spots than he used to be, but he is here to stay. You cannot export him, you
cannot blot him out, and you cannot keep him down. "We's a-risin'," is as true
of him as of the morning sun. Your faithful work for him in the past is
beginning to show itself and bear fruit. It is the nature of this fruit that is the
hopeful sign of these latter times. This new phase of the work, this
spontaneous adoption of our New England and New Testament polity, should
thrill the heart of every loyal Congregationalist who has the new ardor of our
denominational life in his veins. We believe in our mission as a church- for I
think we may now dare to say church, rather than churches-and we believe in
our mission among all races of every color and clime, and now at last our
brother in black believes in it too. It is still the appeal of justice that comes to
us, it is still the appeal of liberty, but it is liberty in a new form, the liberty
our Pilgrim Fathers sought when landing upon the bleak New England shore,
"they sought a faith's pure shrine.' That was indeed a great day for the slave
when with the bold stroke of his pen Abraham Lincoln broke the shackles
from four millions of human beings and set them free. That was physical
liberty. It was, however, a greater day for the race, greater as history will yet
estimate it, when that band of timid teachers from the North opened their
first school for colored children, and the light of Christian learning and
intelligence streamed into that darkened South land. That was mental liberty,
intellectual liberty. But this, which has now dawned, is, when rightly
understood, the greatest day of all, greatest as God estimates greatness, for
now at last has the Negro demanded for himself an intelligent ministry, a
pure faith, a true church. This is religious liberty; it is ecclesiastical
emancipation; it is the appeal of spiritual freedom born of the truth. This,
when rightly viewed and fully understood, is the inspiring hour in the history
and evolution of this people. That little "Eureka Congregational Church will
be a historic church to our children's children. This new movement should
appeal to every lover of religious liberty, to every wide-awake, earnest,
faithful son of the Pilgrims, to every man who loves his country and his God.
From the cotton fields of the black belt, from the mountains of Tennessee
and Kentucky, there comes one voice, one appeal. Once more it is the cry of
liberty, but now it is the cry of that kind of liberty which alone makes free~
The cry is heard and it is answered. The answer comes from Andover Hill,
and the "Andover Band" says, "We are ready." The answer is echoed from
Chicago and Oberlin and Yale, and devoted men everywhere are saying, "We,
too, are ready." What, then, is wanting? Consecrated money is wanting-dollars
that have hearts melted into them, dollars that have patriotism stamped upon
them, dollars that have Christianity burning in them- these are wanting!
Dollars enough there are-selfish, greedy dollars; pleasure-loving dollars;
worldly, Christ less dollars; but thoroughly converted and consecrated dollars
are too rare. Shall we of this younger generation deliberately close the
opening doors of the kingdom of heaven? No! We are still worthy sons of our
fathers, and this new cry of liberty is our opportunity.
Henry R Ladd
Churn Patent
1822-
Warren, Trumbull Co, OH
Daniel Ladd
Patent Claims: June 6, 1863 - 38,587 - Churn - H. R. LADD, Orwell, Ohio: I Samuel Ladd
claim the shaft, D, sleeve, G, arms, J, and bars, K, when used in combination Daniel Corliss
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with the beaters, L. and M, these several parts being constructed, arranged
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Ladd
and operated as and for the purpose set forth.
Jonathan
Ladd
Isaac Ladd
Herbert Warren Ladd
Newspaper
Publisher,
Governor of
Rhode Island
18431913
New Bedford, Bristol Co,
MA
Notes from Warren Ladd: of Providence, RI. He was sent when quite young to
an excellent private school, taught by Miss Elizabeth Wood; then to the
Parker Street public grammar school; entered the High school Jun 9, 1856,
and graduated May 18, 1860. Soon after he entered the wholesale dry goods
house of Tucker & Taber, where he remained until July, 1861, when he
entered the employ of Fessenden & Baker, editors and proprietors of the New
Bedford Mercury, soon after he took charge of it. Oct 22, 1862, the steamers
Merrimac and Mississippi sailed from Boston for North Carolina with two
regiments, the 3rd and 44th, and joined Foster's command. Soon after their
arrival these regiments were in an engagement with the rebel forces, and
young Ladd's account of the same was sent home and published in the
Boston Journal, and copied in New York papers, before the New York Herald's
correspondent got his account in. The first Sunday paper ever published in
New England, outside Boston, was an extra Mercury which young Ladd got
out to announce the battle of Fredericksburg. Having decided to return to the
dry goods business, on Jan 7, 1864 accepted a position with White, Brown &
Co, Boston. He later followed interests in the oil regions of West Virginia and
southeastern Ohio for two and one half years. In the spring of 1871 he
returned to the dry goods business in Providence, RI. He was elected
Governor of Rhode Island, May 28, 1889 and 1891.
Rev Horatio Oliver Ladd
Minister,
Educator,
University
President
18391896
Hallowell, Lincoln Co, ME
Notes from Warren Ladd: of New York City, NY. His youth was spent in the
towns of Farmington, Auburn, and Brunswick, where he attended academies
and high schools and entered Bowdoin College in 1855 graduating the class
of 1859. He studied divinity at Bangor and at Yale Theological Schools, and
was graduated at the latter seminary in 1863. After teaching one year in New
York he supplied the Crombie Church at Salem, and was ordained at
Cromwell, CT, where he was pastor till he was called to a position as pastor
and teacher in Olivet College, MI. He was later pastor at Romeo MI from 1869
to 1873. He was principal of the New Hampshire State Normal School form
that time till 1876. He went to Santa Fe NM where he established the
University of New Mexico, the Ramona Indian School, and secured in great
part the location and establishment by Congress of the Government Indian
School in Santa Fe. He remained ten years as president of the University. He
was appointed supervisor of the census for New Mexico by President Harrison
and confirmed by the Senate. He resigned his office and located in New York
City, NY.
Submitted By: Misty Flannigan: He has held various positions as an educator
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Samuel Ladd
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Ladd
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Ladd
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Ladd
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Ladd
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Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Dudley Ladd
Dudley Ladd
Samuel
Greenleaf
and clergyman; was pastor and professor in the Olivet college, Mich.;
principal of the State Normal school of New Hampshire; president of the First
Incorporated university of New Mexico; and rector of Grace church, Jamaica,
.N. Y. As an educator he was prominent in founding Indian schools in the
southwest, supported by the United States government. He is the author of
three books on American History; The War With Mexico; The Story of New
Mexico; and The Founding of the Episcopal Church in Dutchess County, N. Y.
He has been an editorial writer on The Churchman, and has contributed
extensively to current literature.
James Otis Ladd
Soldier
1843-?
North Adams, Berkshire
Co, MA
Notes from Warren Ladd: of Charleston, SC. He enlisted, Oct 18, 1861, from
Windsor, and Oct 29 entered Capt M J Smith's camp of instructions at
Middlefield. He left Middlefield Dec 4 1861, passed medical examination at
Worcester Dec 5 and joined the 15th Mass Regiment at Poolesville, MD, Dec 8
1861, and was assigned to Co I. He participate in every skirmish and battle in
which that regiment was engaged throughout the entire memorable
Peninsula campaign, and at the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain,
and Antietam. He was wounded at Antietam, Sept 17, 1862, by a minni ball,
and on Sept 19 suffered amputation of the right arm near the shoulder. He
was discharged from the service Jan 13, 1863, at Antietam Hospital, MD. He
reentered the service from South Adams, with appointment as 2d Lt from the
War Department, April 28, 1863; refused to enter the Invalid Corps, and was
assigned to the 1st N C C Troops, afterwards designated the 35th U S C
Troops, organized at Newbern, NC, and mustered int service June 30, 1863.
He engaged with the besieging forces at Charleston Harbor, SC in 1863,
having charge of alternating details of troops in the erection of parallel
fortifications facing the enemy's batteries on Morris Island, and in the
construction fo the famous "Swamp Angel" battery under the fire of the
enemy, for the bombardment of the city of Charleston. He was promote to
1st Lt Jan 12, 1864. In Feb 1864, his regiment joined the Federal forces at
Jacksonville FL and he participated in the battle of Olustee FL, Feb 20, 1864,
after a desperate and bloody engagement, the steamer being captured and
hastily burned by the enemy, with the dead and many wounded on board. He
was confined in rebel prisons at Macon and Savannah, GA and Charleston and
Columbia SC, being under fire of Federal forces from the "Swamp Angel"
battery from Sept 13 to Oct 5, in the jail yard at Charleston. He mad his
escape from rebel prison at Columbia, SC Nov 4 1864 and was recaptured on
Nov 9 having been run down by hounds. He was exchanged form the rebel
steamer "Fly by Night" off Charleston harbor Dec 10, 1864, and taken to
Annapolis, MD. After a leave of absence, he was assigned to special duty by
the War Dept at Annapolis, mustering paroled prisoners of war for
commutations of rations. He rejoined his regiment at Branchville, SC in June
1865, and was detailed as acting assistant quartermaster and assistant
commissary of subsistence until mustered from the service June 1 1866. He
was promoted to captain March 1, 1866. After his muster form the service he
was employed in the Bureau of Civil Affairs at Headquarters Dept of the South
at Charleston, SC and thereafter assigned as chief clerk in the Adjutant
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General's office at those headquarters. He was subsequently assigned to
Freedmens's Bureau in South Carolina. In 1868 he entered the State Treasury
office in South Carolina as book-keeper, became chief clerk, and served in
that capacity until Jan 1 1871 when he resigned to assume the duties of
superintendent and treasurer of the Chronicle Publishing Co, and business
manager of the Washington DC Daily Chronicle, which position he resigned in
August, 1872. He 1874 he had charge of the assets of the Bank of the State
of South Carolina, at Charleston.
Dr Joseph Brown Ladd
Physician,
Poet, "Ghost"
17641786
Newport, Newport Co, RI
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"A Haunting Tale" By: Susan Hill Smith, October, 25, 1998: The brown book, Joseph Ladd
published in 1832, has tender pages and a broken cover tied together with a William Ladd
red ribbon by the staff at the Charleston Library Society. Once the ribbon is
undone, the volume falls open to a poem by Joseph Brown Ladd, a promising
doctor forced to leave his beloved Amanda in Rhode Island until he could
establish himself in Charleston after the Revolutionary War. The ghost of a
popular Charleston doctor may be searching for his lost love. Legend has it
that the spirit of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd haunts 59 Church St., also known as
the Thomas Rose House for the man who built it in 1735. A marker outside
the house refers to the ghost story, although it mixes up the doctor's middle
and last names. Details of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd's short, tragic life are found
at the beginning of The Literary Remains of Joseph Brown Ladd, M.D., which
his sister published years after his death. While Cathy Forrester says she's
quite the skeptic when it comes to the supernatural, she does admit to
possibly catching a glimpse of an apparition on the staircase one evening.
The poem, "Absence," is one of several pieces addressed to Amanda, and
while it rings with sadness, the author promises he will return to her one day.
"And blest in meeting, both shall live,'' the last line reads. In real life, Ladd
never saw Amanda again. He died in November 1786 at the age of 22, killed
after a duel with a friend who resented Ladd's growing popularity in
Charleston. As the story goes, Ladd spent his final days in a bedroom at 59
Church St., delirious with pain, calling for Amanda. Two centuries later, some
say Ladd's spirit still climbs the staircase of the house where he died. The
legend of the lovesick poet has persisted for years as one of the Lowcountry's
favorite ghost stories. The golden yellow house with green shutters at 59
Church St. certainly doesn't look haunted, though a marker that explains the
history of the 263-year-old home alludes to the ghost story. Cathy Forrester
opens the door to the piazza on a breezy Saturday morning and leads the
way to a back room that used to be part of a carriage house. She explains
that her grandparents bought the house in 1941, and after they both died,
she moved in with her family in 1988. Forrester says she's a ghost skeptic.
Yet, after being pressed several times, she admits that she may have caught a
glimpse of an apparition not long after her family moved in, when her teenage children were much younger. Her husband was out of town that night,
and she was trying to put the children to bed on the third floor. She walked
back and forth from her son's room to her daughter's room several times,
trying to settle them. "I sort of, out of the corner of my eye, thought I saw a
figure on the landing ...," she says. "My image was of a man, and not dressed
in contemporary clothes. But it was just a split-second thing, and I didn't feel
scared or threatened or anything like that." There have been other incidents
through the years, including several described to Forrester by her
grandmother, Juliette Staats. Visitors staying in the second-floor guest room
where the doctor likely died would occasionally arrive at breakfast and ask
who was walking up and down the stairs during the night. One family friend
told Mrs. Staats that he woke up suddenly, grabbed a sheet of paper and
jotted down the letters "JBL." When he asked if the letters meant anything to
her, she recognized them as Ladd's initials. Mrs. Staats enjoyed telling such
stories and admitted hearing noises herself during the years she and her
husband used the guest bedroom as their own. But she also remained
something of a skeptic. "If I believed in ghosts," she told the "Today" show in
1986, "I would believe he was a very good friend of the house and sort of
protects the house and everyone that's in it." Most Charlestonians are more
familiar with Ladd's story as told by Margaret Rhett Martin in her classic 1963
book, "Charleston Ghosts." Ladd met a man named Ralph Isaacs the moment
he stepped off the stagecoach in Charleston, according to Martin's story.
Isaacs saved the doctor from some unsavory characters, and the two became
fast friends. Ladd was good-looking, charming and intelligent. He rented a
room at 59 Church St., much to the delight of the two old sisters who lived
there, Fannie and Dellie Rose. When he was not home writing love poetry to
Amanda, he was in high demand on the Charleston social scene. Isaacs
wanted to spend more time with Ladd and grew resentful of the doctor's
standing. The two friends argued one night over the performance of an
actress in a play, and the disagreement escalated to the point that they
traded insults in the Gazette of Charleston. Isaacs called Ladd "as blasted a
scoundrel as ever disgraced humanity," according to Martin's account.
Fearing his reputation might be damaged, Ladd took the advice of friends
and challenged Isaacs to a duel. Yet, when the two confronted each other,
Ladd could not follow through. He took his gun and fired in the air. Isaacs,
consumed by envy, shot Ladd in both legs below the knees, intending to
cripple him. Ladd's friends rushed him to 59 Church St., where the Rose
sisters nursed him and watched him grow weaker until he finally died. Martin
tells us that the sisters wrote to Amanda urging her to come to Charleston,
but her guardian refused to let her come. "He had her watched by day and
locked in her room at night," the story says.
Luther Crawford Ladd
First Victim
of the Civil
War
18431861
Alexandria, Grafton Co,
MA
The year was 1861, and around the nation's capital anti-Union hostilities were
escalating. In response to President-elect Abraham Lincoln's call for troops, a
young farm boy from New Hampshire packed his things and headed south.
Just days later, en route to the capital and yet to be mustered into the Union
Army, 17-year-old Luther Ladd was shot and killed in the streets of Baltimore.
It's a morsel of history largely forgotten, but that day, April 19, 1861, the
Alexandria, NH native attained heroic status as the first casualty of the Civil
War. "I don't think most people have heard of him," said Ben Shattuck, a
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member of the Alexandria Historical Society. "There's been some interest in
him . . . every now and then his name comes up, but that's about it."
According to Shattuck, though, a small war still rages over Ladd's place of
birth. "The Bristol people say he was born in Bristol, and the Alexandria
people say he was born in Alexandria," Shattuck said. There is nothing to
mark the birth-place in either town, and because Ladd's father reportedly
owned farms in both towns, it's difficult to ascertain which one can rightfully
claim him, he said. That little piece of controversy, in fact, may be helping to
preserve Ladd's memory. The Alexandria Historical Society is currently
conducting research to pin Ladd to Alexandria, albeit with little success so
far.
Ladd signed up with the Lowell City Guards and, just a week after hostilities
commenced at Fort Sumter, boarded a train for Washington to help protect
the capital from anti-Union plots. Stopping off in Baltimore, the troops had to
ride horse-drawn wagons across the city between railroad lines. "An angry
crowd of secessionists tried to keep the regiment from reaching Washington,
blocking several of the transports, breaking windows and, finally, forcing the
soldiers to get out and march through the streets," the Official Records of the
War of the Rebellion states. "What had now become a mob surrounded and
jeered the regiment, then started throwing bricks and stones." As chaos took
over, Ladd continued marching, until "he fell bleeding on the pavement, and
the last words his comrades heard him utter were 'all hail the stars and
stripes,' " . John Hanson writes in Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment
of
Massachusetts
Volunteers.
According to Richard Musgrove, a bullet hit Ladd's thigh, severing an artery.
A drunk by the name of Wrench has historically been blamed for the
shooting, Guy Lefebvre said. Whitney was killed at about the same time, and
several other soldiers were injured. Ladd's name might still ring with
familiarity around New Hampshire had he been allowed to rest in his original
grave. After a huge funeral in Lowell, Ladd's remains were returned to his
hometown. But in 1865, Lowell officials erected the Ladd and Whitney
Monument and convinced his family to send the body for burial there.
Time factors and technicalities have also served to steal Ladd's fame. Some
historians argue that the war had not officially begun when Ladd was killed.
Others disqualify him on the basis that he had not yet been mustered into
the Union. For that reason, his name does not appear in the National
Archives. Still others bestow the honor on a soldier who was reportedly
wounded before Ladd but who died several days later. But Lefebvre, who has
studied the Civil War for about 12 years, is convinced that Ladd and Whitney
were its first casualties - and has more than a dozen documents to back him
up. Harpers Weekly, the nation's largest newspaper at the time, named them
as the first, he said, as did the authoritative Battles and Leaders of the Civil
War. The government, too, used their names on posters and other
recruitment paraphernalia.
Nathaniel Ladd
Gove's
Rebellion
16511691
Haverhill, Essex Co, MA
Notes from Warren Ladd: When a young man he removed to Exeter, NH. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, NH, who in 1679
"was appointed by the Crown on of the Council for the government of the
Province of New Hampshire under Pres. John Cutts and Gov. Cranfield, and
was later a delegate to the Assembly and Speaker of the House. Nathaniel
Ladd thus became, by his marriage, a member of the leading family of that
part of NH. He was implicated in Gove's rebellion against Gov Caufield, was
arrested, and on Dec 6, 1683, "was examined before Barefoot, a judge of the
special court for the trial of Gove and his associates, for treason, and entered
into recognizance, with William and Charles Hilton as his sureties, in L100 for
his good behavior and for his appearance at court when called for to answer
to the charge of treason". We find no evidence that his case was ever called
for trial. In the summer of 1690 an expedition was fitted out in MA with a
contingent from NH, to protect the most western settlements, in which
Nathaniel Ladd was one of the volunteers form Exeter, NH. On the 22 of Sept
the party landed at Maquoit, near Cape Elizabeth, and soon fell into ambush,
and in the fight which ensued were compelled to retreat to their vessels.
These being aground, the Indians made a bold effort to take them, but after a
hard fight they were repulsed, with a loss to the English of eight killed and
twenty-four wounded. Of the last was Nathaniel Ladd, who died of his
wounds at Exeter, NH Aug 11, 1691.
"The History of Exeter", written by Charles Bell, published in 1888: "Edward
Gove of Hampton, who had been a member of the dissolved assembly,
distracted by indignation and heated by strong drink, attempted to raise the
standard of revolt. He succeeded, however, in enlisting only eight or ten
young fellows in his own town and Exeter, who joined him probably in a spirit
of adventure, fortified, perhaps, with the idea that they were thus
championing the cause of the people. Gove, with his little following, armed
with sword and pistol, appeared on horseback in the streets of Exeter, and
rode to the sound of the trumpet, into Hampton where they were soon
arrested and committed to prison for trial. The hare-brained project never
could have endangered the government for a moment, but Cranfield chose to
regard it in the most serious light, and without delay issued a commission for
a court to try the culprits. Through his attorney general he caused an
indictment to be presented to the grand jury against them, for treason, the
highest crime known to law. For this offense the prisoners, nine in number,
were tried, with indecent haste, little more than a week after the acts
complained of were committed; and, apparently, undefended, were found
guilty; Gove of the entire offense of treason and the others of lesser offences.
Gove was sent to England and imprisoned in the Tower of London for about 3
years, and then was pardoned and returned home. The Exeter men concerned
in this escapade were Robert, John and Joseph Wadleigh, sons of Robert
Wadleigh, who was a member of the dissolved assembly, Thomas Rollins and
John Sleeper and perhaps Mark Baker. They were all permitted by the
governor to be set at liberty on giving security to keep the peace, except one
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of the Wadleigh's, who was detained in prison for more than one year
afterwards by the governor, apparently out of ill will for his father. Edward
Smith and John Young, both of Exeter, had also been complained of as
associated with Gove, but were not indicted. Nathaniel Ladd, likewise of
Exeter, acted as the trumpeter to Gove's train, but when the others were
captured, made his escape. It is probable that he remained "perda" until after
the trial. He put his mettle to a better use a few years later when he fought
Maquoit against the hostile Indians, though he received his death wound
there." The battle mentioned above was a part of the King Phillip's War.
Nathaniel participated in a battle that took place July 1691: An excerpt from
the "History of Exeter" regarding Nathaniel's participation in the King Phillip's
War.. "In the latter part of the succeeding month of July (1691), an expedition
was sent to the eastward against the Indian enemy, under the command of
Captain March and others, and landed at a place called Maquoit, near Casco,
on the coast of Maine. They were attacked by great numbers of the enemy,
and Nathaniel Ladd, an inhabitant of Exeter, who was in the expedition,
received a mortal wound, of which he died on the eleventh of August,
following."
Richard (Dick) Corrin
Ladd
Humanitarian
19392003
Kalispell, Flathead Co, MT
Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon: Richard Corrin (Dick) Ladd; May 02, 1939 August 29, 2003; SALEM - Richard C. (Dick) Ladd, the architect of Oregon's
long-term care program and delivery system, died Aug. 29, 2003 in Salem
after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 64. He was born on May 2, 1939 in
Kalispell, Mont. to John and Betty Ladd. He and his parents moved to Walla
Walla, Wash. in 1940 and he attended schools there. He and his parents then
moved to LaGrande where he graduated from high school in 1957.
Immediately after graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and served on the fastattack submarine, the U.S.S. Gudgeon. He left the Navy in 1961. Mr. Ladd
married Marda L. Pinkerton in May of 1960 in Walla Walla, Wash. They have
two children, Laura and Doug Gosnell of Waldport, Ore. and Michael C. and
Stacey Ladd of Salem. Mr. Ladd graduated in 1976 from Oregon State
University in Corvallis with a B.A. in experimental psychology and statistics
and in 1977 with an M. Ed. in adult education and political science. From
1976 to 1981 he held various positions in the Department of Human
Services. Mr. Ladd was the first administrator of the 1981 newly-formed
Senior Services Division, Oregon Department of Human Services. It was
during this time he developed the still-used long-term care system, leaving a
legacy of positive change for seniors and people with disabilities. He was
considered a visionary who also could produce results. Through his
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respected leadership with providers of care, senior advocacy groups,
Oregon's disabled population and the Oregon Legislature, he initiated the
first Home and Community based Waiver in the United States, thus reducing
the Medicaid nursing home population. Through his innovative approach,
Oregon was able to serve more people in need of long-term care, with a full
array of services directed toward preserving the dignity and quality of life of
those served. Throughout Mr. Ladd's more than 20 years of experience in the
management of health and social services programs, he proved he could
change bureaucracies and bring special interests and politics together for the
good of the most frail and needy citizens. Human dignity was the
cornerstone of all programs he developed and administered while still being
sensitive to the burdens of taxpayers. "I am committed to improving the
quality of life for the aged, and physically and mentally disabled," he
continued to say in speeches throughout the country. After his tenure as
administrator of Senior Services Division, Oregon asked him to chair the
Service Integration Task Force. It recommended a sweeping reorganization
for all health and social services programs in Oregon and most were
implemented. In 1992, Texas recognized his abilities and recruited him to
become Commissioner of its Health and Human Services Commission. He was
responsible for the coordination of 11 Texas heath and human service
agencies with a combined budget of $12 billion Early in 1994, he formed a
consulting firm, Ladd & Associates, which specialized in long-term care
issues. He was invited to speak and consult throughout the United States and
was considered the foremost authority on long-term care issues and how they
could work successfully through local and state governments, assisted by
special interest organizations and concerned citizens. From mid-1994 to
1997, Mr. Ladd was an adjunct faculty member at the Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. During this same time
period, he also was an adjunct assistant professor with the University's
Department of Internal Medicine. From 1995 up to the time of his death, he
was co-director of the National Long-Term Care Balancing Project with the
Institute for Health Services Research, School of Public Health, University of
Minnesota. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Society, on the Board
of Director of Oregon's Gerontology Association, a member and on the Board
of the National Association of State Unit on Aging, held a variety of offices
with the American Society on Aging and was a member of the Executive
Committee of the National Academy of State Health Policy. He also was on
the Board of Directors of the national concern, Assisted Living Concepts. In
addition, he held offices on 11 national committees, all relating to long-term
care policy, quality of care and case management. He has published articles
and books on these subjects. His textbook, "The Heart of Long-Term Care", is
used today by a variety of state governments and in classrooms throughout
the nation. Throughout his career, he has received accolades and awards too
numerous to mention. However, he was proud of providing in-depth
evaluations of the long-term care systems in the states of Washington, Texas,
Alaska, Iowa and Wisconsin. Minor evaluations were completed for Wisconsin,
Indiana, Arkansas and Nevada. During his illness, he received hundreds of
emails and notes stating what an inspiration and teacher he has been and the
positive difference he had made in thousands of lives. One statement
summed up all the thoughts and feelings that friends and associates had for
him: "You have been a giant in the movement for social justice for the elderly
in the past century. Your clarity of vision, leadership and determination made
a permanent change in the way this nation perceives the rights and
opportunities for frail older people. Oregon's older people don't have to fear
nursing homes anymore and the movement you implemented is having the
same effect across the country." In addition to his wife of 43 years and his
children; Mr. Ladd is survived by a brother, John of Omaha, Neb. and a sister,
Patricia of Salem. He also leaves five grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews. His parents preceded him in death.
Samuel Ladd
"Killed by
Indians"
16491698
Haverhill, Essex Co, MA
From the notes of John Ladd: He had little schooling and spent his youth
helping his father on the farm. Farming was his occupation for life. On his
18th birthday his father gave him a farm which he operated, living at home
until he married Martha Corliss on December 1, 1674. As a wedding present
his father built him a house, next to his own, in the village. On February 22,
1698, Samuel Ladd and Jonathon Haynes, with their eldest sons, Daniel and
Joseph, left to bring in hay from a meadow about 3 miles west of town. Both
Daniel and Joseph were 20 years old. When returning they were surrounded
by Indians and taken prisoner with no chance to defend themselves. Samuel
and Jonathon were killed and the two boys taken to an Indian village at
Pencock and held captive.
Notes from Warren Ladd: He lived in the West Parish, and his house stood on
the spot where the West Parish church now (1889) stands. Chase, in his
History of Haverhill, says: "Feb 22d, 1698, this Samuel Ladd, with his son
Daniel, and Jonathan Hanynes, with his son Joseph, who lived in the western
part of the town, had started that morning with their teams, consisting of a
yoke of oxen and a horse each, to bring home some hay which had been cut
and stacked the preceding summer in their meadow in the extreme western
part of the town. While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present
danger, they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians, who
had concealed themselves in the bushes on each side of their part. There
were seven of them on each side, with guns presented and cocked, and the
fathers seeing that it was impossible to escape begged for 'quarter'. To which
the Indians replied 'boon quarter, boon quarter!' (good quarter). Young Ladd,
who did not relish the idea of being quietly taken prisoner, told his father
that he would mount the horse and endeavor to escape. But the old man
forbade him to make the attempt, telling him it was better to risk remaining a
prisoner. He cut his father's horse loose, however, and giving it the lash the
horse started off at full speed, and though repeatedly fired at by the Indians,
succeeded in reaching home, and was the means of giving an immediate and
general alarm. Two of the Indians then stepped behind the fathers and dealt
them a heavy blow upon the head. Mr. Haynes, who was quite aged, instantly
fell, but Ladd did not. Another of the savages then stepped before the latter
and raised his hatchet as if to strike. Ladd closed his eyes, expecting the
blow would fall, but it came not, and when he again opened his eyes he saw
the Indian laughing and mocking at his fears. Another immediately stepped
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behind him and felled him at a blow. The Indians, on being asked why they
killed the old men, said they killed Haynes because 'he was so old he no go
with us', meaning that he was to aged and infirm to travel; and that they
killed Ladd, who was a fierce, stern looking man, because 'he to sour'. They
started for Penacook, where they arrived with the two boys."
Notes from file: Samuel Ladd was the father of three children born out of
wedlock to Elizabeth Emerson, the last two being twins. Children: Dorothy
Emerson, b: 10 April 1686 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA; Infant Emerson, b: 08
May 1691 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA, d: 10 May 1691 in Haverhill, Essex Co.,
MA; Infant Emerson, b: 08 May 1691 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA, d: 10 May
1691 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. Elizabeth was subsequently hanged in the
Boston Commons after having been convicted of killing her twins. There is no
evidence that Samuel assumed any responsibility with respect to Elizabeth
and the children. Note for ELIZABETH EMERSON: Elizabeth was the daughter
of Michael Emerson and Hannah Webster. She was born January 26, 1665 in
Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., and died June 8, 1693 in The Boston
Common, Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass. The Records of the Court of assistants
of the Massachusetts Bay, Volume I, has an excellent account of the charges
and related information regarding Elizabeth Emerson. The Diary of Cotton
Mather also has an extended account.
Samuel Greenleaf Ladd
Attorney
General State
of Maine,
Manufacturer
17841863
Concord, Middlesex,
Massachusetts
General Ladd came as a young man from Concord, New Hampshire to
Hallowell, Maine, where he founded and maintained a large hardware
establishment and stove manufactory. It was his life-long business. After the
separation of Maine from Massachusetts, in 1819, he was the second to hold
the office of Adjutant-General of the State of Maine. He held this office for
two terms and during that time organized the militia of that state. In the War
of 1812-1814 he was Captain of a militia company from Kennebec County,
which marched to Wiscasset for its defense. He was a member of the
Congregational Church of Hallowell, when he married Caroline Vinal. All his
children, eleven, were born there. He moved from Hallowenn in 1840 to
Farmington, Maine, thence to Auburn, Maine, and last to Brunswick, Maine,
where in a few years his home was broken up and with his wife he went to
live in Kingston, Pennsylvania with his daughter Ellen and her husband, Rev.
Henry H. Welles, D. D., until his death.
Sumner E Ladd
Attorney,
Professor,
Legislator
1838-
North Hero, Grand Isle
Co, VT
Notes from Warren Ladd: In the year 1859 he entered the University of
Vermont, at Burlington, and there graduated in 1863 with what is called
"highest honors", and being among what is termed the "first third" in
scholarship. He commenced studying law in 1864 with Hon Daniel Roberts,
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of Burlington, VT, one of the ablest lawyers in the State; attended the Law
School at Albany, NY, in 1865, and in August, 1865, was admitted to the bar
in Grand Isle County, VT, and the same Fall was elected on the Republican
ticket State Attorney for Grand Isle County. He went west in the Summer of
1866, and located in St Peters, MN, in the practice of law, and at once took a
leading position in his profession, practicing with great success, especially in
the Supreme Court. He was elected without opposition to the legislature of
Minnesota for the session of 1878, and was made chairman of the ways and
means committee, and was on of the leading members of the judiciary
committee. In 1882 he removed to Minneapolis, and practiced law there. He
held the professorship of medical jurisprudence in the medical college at
Minneapolis, called the "College of Physicians and Surgeons".
Warren Ladd
Railroad,
Public Office
"Genealogist"
17781841
Bradford, Essex,
Massachusetts
He was educated in the public schools and at Merrimac Academy. Coming to
New Bedford in July 1840, he entered the employ of the New Bedford &
Taunton Railroad Company as clerk in the freight office; soon promoted to
freight agent, and then to general agent at New Bedford. In 1862 he was
appointed superintendent of the road, which position he held until 1877. His
connection with this road continued from its opening in 1840 to its
consolidation with the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg, a period of about thirtyseven years. Though actively engaged in arduous and responsible duties, he
found time for intellectual culture, and by judicious course of reading
acquired a general knowledge of scientific, mechanical and economical
subjects. He took deep interest in municipal affairs, and gave his influence
and active effort to the promotion of every measure which in his judgment
promised to increase the growth and prosperity of the city. He was repeatedly
called to the service of the city: for five years as member of the Common
Council, and one year as its president; for five terms a member of the Board
of Aldermen; for several years one of the School Committee. and a trustee of
the Free Public Library. Mr Ladd was an early persistent advocate of the
introduction of water and one of three commissioners under whose direction
the water-works was built. Earnest advocate of the construction of common
sewers, introduction of gas, and the purchase of a steam fire engine. For
thirty years held the position of Justice of the Peace. For many years was
correspondent of the Haverhill Gazette. Was a member of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society, the Webster Historical Society, and the Bristol
County Historical Society.
Author of The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the
Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass., Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth,
R.I., John Ladd, of Burlington, N.J., John Ladd, of Charles City Co., Va.
Published in 1890, this book is the foundation for most research into the
Ladd family history.
Abner Ladd
Daniel Ladd
Samuel Ladd
John Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
William Ladd
"Apostle of
Peace"
17781841
Exeter, Rockingham Co,
NH
He was educated at the public schools, prepared for college at Phillips
Academy in his native town, and entered Harvard University, Cambridge, at
the age of 14. At college he was distinguished for his high flow and buoyancy
of spirit, for his fondness for social enjoyment, and by the kindliness of his
disposition. These traits of character made him beloved by his comrades, and
did not interfere with a full average attention to his studies. He had an
honorable appointment in his class when he graduated. His father had in the
meantime removed from Exeter, NH, to Portsmouth, Rockingham Co, NH and
was extensively engaged in commerce. When William came home one of his
father ships was lying at the wharf ready for sea. He applied for permission
to go in her as a passenger, and his father, that his son might see something
of the world before he entered upon the active duties of life, gave his
consent. He embarked, but in a short time his situation as a passenger,
without employment, became irksome to him; he cut off the the skirt of his
coat to make, as he said, "a sailor's jacket extempore", and though living as
an officer, performed the duties of a seaman. In a second voyage he went as
mate of the ship. In the next took command as master, and became one of
the most successful of his father's captains. He soon became part owner, and
for several years sailed ships belonging to himself and a brother. He
continued in commercial business until the war of 1812 drove him from the
ocean. He then retired to Minot, ME, where his family owned a large tract of
land. He purchased the whole of it, built a large house, and began the
business of farming and wool-growing with his accustomed energy. Soon he
had a flock of six hundred blooded stock, and continued his interest in
farming and wool-growing until his death.
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Josiah Ladd
Col Eliphalet
Ladd
Notes from the Moffatt-Ladd House Book: He was the founder of the
American Peace Society and was called the "Apostle of Peace". William Lloyd
Garrison dedicated a sonnet to him in the first volume of "The Liberator".
Ladd's papers on deposit at the Portsmouth Athenaeum cover his early
travels as a seaman in his brother's ships and include descriptions of a
festive evening at the Czar's palace at St Petersburg. He also wrote about
attempting to farm, without slave labor, in South Carolina and Florida, before
devoting himself to the peace movement.
Dr William Edwards
Ladd
Physician
18801967
Notes from 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory: Ladd, William Edward,
Medicine
(not
Dental
Med.),
42
Gloucester
St.,
Boston
MA.
Dr
at
Boston
Children's
Hospital.
1920: Dr. William Ladd devises procedures for correcting various congenital
defects
such
as
intestinal
malformations.
Dr. William Ladd is considered by most to be the father of pediatric surgery
and had the first survivor in the world who was born with esophageal atresia
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Josiah Ladd
Col Eliphalet
Ladd
John
Alexander
Ladd
and tracheoesophageal fistula.
Alexander
Hamilton
The First survivor of Esophageal with Distal Tracheoesophageal fistula is a
Ladd
baby girl and patient of Dr. William Ladd ( Father of Pediatric Surgery) in William Jones
Boston in 1939. Dr. Ladd's patient had a distal fistula and he used a staged
Ladd
approach to the operation. This staged approach means that one part of the
operation is disconnecting the fistula from the lower part of the trachea and
then feeding the baby by the gastrostomy tube and now letting the baby
grow and gain strength for the next part of the operation.
William Jones Ladd
Soldier
18441923
Notes from Warren Ladd: He entered Harvard College in 1862. He enlisted in
the 13th New Hampshire Regt, Sept 13, 1862; was appointed and mustered
as Sergeant Major, Non Com staff, 13th Regiment NH Vols, Sept 30, 1862;
discharged Dec 30, 1862, and promoted to 2d Lt Co K, same regiment and
same date; promoted to 1st Lt Co B, same regiment, May 30, 1864; was
wounded in the neck, Sept 29, 1864, in action at Fort Harrison, VA; was
appointed Captain USV, by brevet for gallant and meritorious service, to date
from March 13, 1865.
He was on the staff of Generals Getty, Brooks, Devens, and some others; was
commissary of musters, and was highly respected as a man and as an officer.
He was mustered out as 1st Lt, June 21, 1865.
After the evacuation of Richmond he was one of the three officers who
entered the city before the troops, and while riding down by the river he
noticed the sloop of war Patrick Henry (nee Jamestown) on fire, with her flag
flying, and that the boat that had set the train to her magazine had just
landed. He jumped into the boat and boarded the vessel, hauled down the
flag, and with it reenterd the boat and pulled for shore, which he reached as
the vessel blew up.
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Josiah Ladd
Col Eliphalet
Ladd
John
Alexander
Ladd
Alexander
Hamilton
Ladd
William Sargent Ladd
Business
Man, Banker
18261893
Morgan, Orleans Co, VT
Notes from Warren Ladd: of Portland, OR. Received the advantages only of a
common school education, although he for a short time attended the
Northfield Seminary. He was quick to learn, but after all did not particularly
relish the routine life of a student, and soon abandoned it. At the age of 20
he was employed as freight and passenger agent of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railroad, and won the confidence and respect of his employers. In
1851 he resigned his position, and, in direct opposition to the advice of
parents and employers, he started to seek fortune and fame among the
undeveloped territories of the Pacific slope, and he reached Portland the
same year, where he accepted a position as clerk and book-keeper for the
firm of Wakeman, Dimon & Co, who had sent a stock of goods out here in
charge of Mr. Gookin, a junior member of the firm. This gentleman shortly
afterwards returned east and Mr. Ladd took charge of their business, and in
partnership with C E Tilton, subsequently purchased the interest of the firm,
which partnership existed until 1854, when Mr. Tilton withdrew. Mr. Ladd
continued the mercantile business until April, 1859, when he sold it to his
two brothers and Mr. S G Reed. In April 1859, in partnership with CE Tilton,
he established the first banking-house on the north west coast. He served
several times as director of the common schools of Portland. He was on of
the founders and for years a director of the Portland Academy, and a warm
friend of the Willamette University at Salem. He was the senior member of the
banking firm of Ladd & Bush, at Salem; a heavy stockholder and director of
OSN Company; director in the Oregon City Woolen Mills and the Salem
Flouring Mill Co. He held the position of mayor of Portland.
From the notes of Donald L Ladd: William S. moved with his parents in 1830
to Sanbornton Bridge [now Tilton] NH. He came to Oregon in 1851. His wife
to be Caroline Augusta ELLIOTT of NH, followed him within a couple of years
and they were married (17 Oct) 1854. William S. became a prominent
business person having interest in coal mining, Transportation & shipping,
and other endeavors. He held the office of Mayor, set up a lending Library,
partnered in the LADD and TILTON bank [later know as LADD & BUSH bank]
and was the benefactor in other gifts to the City of Portland. There are
several areas in Oregon that carry the LADD name in his honor; A road, SW of
Portland, a subdivision in Portland and I understood that a glacier on Mt hood
was also so named, but I have been unable to find any reference to that in
the Geographical Names of Oregon. He and Caroline had seven [7] children,
five [5] of which lived to maturity.
A WWII ship was named for William S. LADD of Oregon. The cargo ship,
William S. Ladd, was sunk by Kamikaze on Dec. 10, 1944, 11 mi. south
of Dulag, Leyte, P.I.
"Data from the book entitled Merchants, Money and Power The Portland
Establishment, 1843-1913 Author - E. Kimbark MacColl with Harry H. Stein:
He arrived in Portland, Oregon from Sanbornton Bridge, N. H. (Later Tilton, N.
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
James Ladd
Dr Nathaniel
Gould Ladd
H.) He was paralyzed from waist down after 1877.
William S. Ladd arrived in Portland, Oregon three months after the town's
incorporation, in early April, 1851. Coming ashore with a small consignment
of liquor, a character reference from his Congregational minister, a hole in
his shoe, and cash to survive for two weeks. The 24-year-old Ladd was short
on cash but long on ambition and was destined to become a major business
and political leader in the territory, believing that Oregon afforded him great
opportunity. Ladd was barely covering expenses and hard pressed for money,
when he needed to pay property tax. If Ladd could not pay the $6, he could
in traditional American fashion dig up and remove two stumps in front of his
shop, which he did. Ladd added to his liquor stock by touring valley farms;
adding eggs, chickens and other produce. He also became a commissioned
merchant selling consigned goods consisting of shaving soap, tobacco,
paper, farm tools, blasting powder, and other items. The sweet smell of
success came to Ladd after only five months in Portland. Ladd was involved in
politics and was elected to the city council in 1853 and chosen mayor in
1854. The gold strike put Ladd heavily into gold-dust transactions with San
Francisco and New York banks. In 1854, he found himself extending credit
along with other Portland merchants, making loans, receiving deposits and
generally functioning as a banker to customers. Never a borrower himself, he
loaned money to customers at 1 percent per month, probably standard for
the period. If not repaid promptly and fully, Ladd took goods in exchange, or
in later years, a piece of property. In 1859, Ladd and his San Francisco
associate would form the Ladd & Tilton Bank, destined to become Portland's
leading and most profitable financial institution. The bank indispensably
advanced Portland's growth and industrialization by providing working
capital to many non-mercantile enterprises, especially manufacturing Ladd
erected Portland's first brick structure during the summer of 1853. Within 10
years, the group of dedicated Front Street merchants consisting of William S.
Ladd, Henry W. Corbett, Cicero H. Lewis and Josiah and Henry Failing, and
their families would dominate the economic, political and social life of
Portland. All became warm and lasting friends, close-knit, they trusted and
respected one another as business people without losing their sharp
competitiveness. All of Portland as well as the officials of River View
Cemetery were shocked and dumbfounded when the one and only grave
robbery occurred. William S. Ladd, one of the founders of the cemetery and
one of Portland's leading citizens was buried at River View Cemetery Jan. 9,
1893. On Tuesday morning, May 18, 1897, a gardener noticed the grave of
William S. Ladd had been opened, the top lifted off the wooden box, the
metal coffin inside had been cut on three sides and the body was missing.
Good detective work resulted in discovery of the body on the west bank of
the Willamette River, opposite the Meldrum place, off old White House Road
(which is now known as Macadam Avenue) and the arrest of the four men
involved was made the following Friday. The body and grave marker, which
had been taken for identification in ransom demands, were returned to River
View Cemetery by a boat launch. Reburial was not sufficient. It was made
certain Ladd's remains would never be disturbed again. After the box was
closed, the grave was filled with cement instead of earth, and a guard stood
by day and night until the concrete hardened.
Hon William Spencer
Ladd
Judge
18301891
Dalton, Coos Co, NH
Gen Nathaniel Folsom
Soldier,
Politician
17261790
Exeter, Rockingham Co,
NH
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Notes from Warren Ladd: of Lancaster, NH. He has lived in Dalton, Colebrook,
Daniel
Ladd
and Lancaster, NH. He fitted for college at Tilton, NH at the NH Conference
seminary, and graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1855; then John Ladd
taught school at South Danvers (now Peabody) then in Beverly; then studied John Corliss
Ladd
law in the office of Alfred A Abbott, then district attorney of Essex County,
Hiram
Ladd
until the Spring of 1858, when he returned home on account of the illness of
his mother, which continued for several months and terminated in her death.
He then entered the law office of Burns & Fletcher, at Lancaster, NH, where he
remained until the April term of court, 1859, when he was admitted to the
bar of Coos County, NH and opened a law office, and remained there until
Sept 1867, when he removed to Lancaster, NH, and entered into partnership
with Ossian Ray, under the name of Ray & Ladd, where they did a large
business, as extensive, probably, as any lawyers in the State. After remaining
with Mr. Ray three years, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Judicial
Court, Oct 1870. On reorganizing the courts in 1874, he was appointed to
the bench upon the Supreme Court of Judicature, which was the law court,
and consisted of three members. In 1876 the courts were again reorganized
and then Mr. Ladd's judicial labor ended. Since 1876 he has been practicing
law, mainly in the courts of New Hampshire. He was president of the
Siwoogauoch Guarantee Savings Bank of Lancaster, director in the Lancaster
National Bank; was a member of the legislature from Lancaster in 1883;
trustee of the Holderness School for Boys; was vice-president of the Alumni
of Dartmouth College. In June 1887, Dartmouth College, conferred upon him
the degree of LL.D
Son of Anna Ladd and Deacon Jonathan Folsom.
Note from file: Nathaniel Folsom was the great-grandson of John and Mary
Folsom, who immigrated to America in 1638. Nathaniel was only 14 when his
father died. His business life began early with an interest in the lumber field
and continued sporadically throughout his life. In 1761 he formed a
partnership with his neighbors, the brothers Joseph and Josiah Gilman.
"Folsom, Gilman and Gilman" proposed "to keep a general store on a large
scale, to build ships, and to carry on foreign commerce." Though the firm
lasted only seven years Nathaniel continued in commerce well after that
period.
As a young man, Nathaniel Folsom took military training, according to the
custom of the time. In 1755, on the Crown Point Expedition of the French
and Indian Wars, he commanded one of ten companies which marched
through the woods to Albany and on to Fort Edward. His troops, well versed
in ranger tactics, surprised the French troops of Baron Dieskau and, with the
loss of only six men, dispersed the enemy and seized their baggage and
Daniel Ladd
Nathaniel
Ladd
Anna Ladd
ammunition. Folsom went on to become a colonel in the New Hampshire
militia under Royal Governor John Wentworth. His royal commission was
revoked when, following the raids at Fort William and Mary in December of
1774, he gathered his troops and marched to Portsmouth to guard the
captured cannon and small arms until they could be transported up river to
Durham.
He was active in town affairs, too, serving as town meeting moderator and as
a delegate to the first Provincial Congress, which met in Exeter on July 21,
1774. This group elected him as one of two delegates to represent New
Hampshire at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He was elected
to this post two times more in subsequent years, and Exeter continued to
send him to the Provincial Congresses.
On May 29, 1775, following the alarm at Lexington and Concord, the New
Hampshire Provincial Congress made Folsom commander of the re-organized
New Hampshire forces. Meanwhile John Stark, who was at Cambridge with the
New Hampshire men, had been named to the same post by the
Massachusetts Provincial Congress! This conflict endured until the
Continental Army was formed several months later, at which time a third
man, John Sullivan of Durham, was appointed to command the New
Hampshire forces. Folsom remained commander of troops within New
Hampshire, tending to the recruitment of men and the gathering of supplies.
In May, 1775, Folsom was appointed to the New Hampshire Committee of
Safety. He became a close political associate of Weare, Peabody and Bartlett.
The following January he was elected second justice of the Court of Common
Pleas for Rockingham County. When the state constitution was adopted in
1783, he was promoted to chief justice, a post he held until his death on May
26, 1790. Folsom served in several of the State Constitutional Conventions.
Elected president pro tempore of the last Constitutional Convention he had
the honor of signing the announcement of the adoption of this Constitution
in 1783. It is interesting that Folsom was a member of the Constitutional
Conventions, for one of the problems this body sought to correct was the
plurality of offices held by one man!