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Biographies
Source:
A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio
Compendium of National Biography
Illustrated
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900
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SAMUEL LUDY.
This gentleman, who was for a number of years a leading brick
manufacturer of Darke county, is now living a retired life in the
enjoyment of a rest which he has truly earned and greatly deserves
by reason ot his industrious efforts of former years. He was
born in Frederick county, Maryland, May 30, 1833, but was only four
years old when brought by his parents, David and Mary (Burns)
Ludy, to Ohio. His father was also a native of Maryland,
the mother of Pennsylvania, and their marriage was celebrated in the
former state. On coming to Ohio they located in Miami county,
and here they made their permanent home on a farm, where both died.
When they took up their residence there their family numbered seven
children—Daniel, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Mahala, David
and Samuel; and in this state three others were added to the family—Eliza,
Mary Ann and William. The last named was
a member of the Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the civil
war, and died from disease soon after the battle of Stone river.
Since coming to Darke county, in 1856, Samuel
Ludy has resided upon his present place. Being in limited
circumstances, he worked at day labor for a time, and eventually
bought seven acres in Greenville township, for which he paid fifty
dollars per acre. For some years he followed farming, but
about 1875 ne embarked in the manufacture of brick, to which he
devoted his time and attention throughout the remainder of his
active business life.
In Greenville, in 1856, Mr. Ludy married
Miss Christina Guntrum, a daughter of John
Guntrum, whose family came from Pennsylvania to Ohio about
1844. By this union were born four children:
William, who now has charge of the
brick business, and is represented on another page of this volume;
David; Rebecca, the wife of Peter Roher; and
Samuel, who is engaged in shipping stock. Mr.
Ludy has always taken an active interest in educational matters,
and has provided his children with good advantages along that line.
His son David successfully taught in the schools of Darke
county for twelve or more years.
In 1864 Mr. Ludy enlisted in Company D,
Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was one of two men chosen
from ten thousand to carry returns from the regiment to
headquarters. In that capacity he frequently visited the
headquarters of Grant, Sheridan, Sherman and
other noted generals, and remained in the service until May 12,
1865, when honorably discharged. He participated in some
engagements and was wounded at the battle of Bowling Green,
Kentucky, being knocked senseless by a bullet in the forehead.
At another time he was accidentally wounded by the discharge of a
comrade's gun, the ball striking his right hand and disabling it.
Though not strictly partisan, Mr. Ludy
usually supports the Democratic party, and he takes an active
interest in public affairs, having served as the trustee of
Greenville township eight consecutive terms, and as infirmary
director six years. He is a man of broad and liberal views,
and is willing to give the hand of Christian fellowship to all.
He is widely and favorably known and it is safe to say that no man
in his community is held in higher regard. For a half century
he has been a consistent member of the Christian church, and
socially belongs to Greenville Lodge, No. 195, I. O. O. F.
Source:
A
biographical history of Darke County, Ohio, Compendium of National
Biography - Illustrated - Publ. Evansville, Ind. - 1900
- Pages 354-355 |
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WILLIAM LUDY.
Success is determined by one's ability to recognize opportunity and
to pursue this with a resolute and unflagging energy. It
results from continued labor, and the man who thus accomplishes his
purpose becomes an important factor in business circles.
Mr. Ludy, through such means, has attained a leading place among
the representative business men of Greenville township, and is now
the proprietor and manager of a brickyard near the city of
Greenville.
He was born May 3, 1858, in a log cabin in Greenville
township, which is still standing, and is a son of
Samuel Ludy, whose sketch appears on
another page of this volume. He obtained a good business
education in the public and high schools of Greenville, and at the
age of twenty-one he began his business career by taking charge of
his father's brickyard, which he has since successfully operated.
It was established by his father in 1875, and has since been in
successful operation, turning out from one to one and a half million
bricks annually at the present time. The product, being of a
superior quality, finds a ready sale in the local markets, and is
also shipped extensively. Many of the principal buildings of
Greenville have been constructed of these bricks, including the
school houses, electric light plant and water works. Twenty
men are furnished employment in the yards. In addition to the
manufacture of brick Mr. Ludy is also engaged in
getting out railroad ties, hard wood lumber, etc., during the winter
months, and in this way manages to give his employes work all the
year round. Besides his business property, he owns one hundred
and forty-five acres of good land in Greenville township, and his
entire possessions evidence the success that has attended his
well-directed efforts.
On the 20th of April, 1880, Mr. Ludy was united
in marriage with Miss Alice M. Reck, of Gettysburg, a
daughter of Levi Reck, and to them have been born four
children: John, in now nineteen years of age; Maude,
seventeen; Grace Alice, twelve; and Laverna,
one year. The parents are both active members of the Christian
church, and the family is one of prominence in the community where
they reside.
Source:
A
biographical history of Darke County, Ohio, Compendium of National
Biography - Illustrated - Publ. Evansville, Ind. - 1900
- Pages 352-353 |
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