Hiram H. Ladd

Hiram H. Ladd

Born: 14 JAN 1822 at Trumbull County, Ohio
Died: 16 MAY 1907 at Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska
Buried: Hooper Cemetery; Hooper Dodge County, Nebraska

Married: Malinda Mansfield on September 1847

Born: 22 AUG 1833
Died: unknown
Buried: Hooper Cemetery? Stone is there, but no death date.

Children:
Charles H., b. 27 DEC 1852, d. 25 MAR 1917, bur. Hooper Cemetery (married 28 SEP 1877 Loretta Whitney, b. 21 JAN 1860, d. 26 JAN 1903, bur. Hooper Cemetery)
George, b. 25 JAN 1854, d. 17 JUN 1948, bur. unknown
Sidney A., b. abt 1857, d. unknown, bur. unknown
Frank, b. abt 1860, d. unknown, bur. unknown
Enoch, b. 26 JUL 1868, d. 20 MAR 1947, bur. unknown
John, b. 20 MAY 1870, d. 14 JUL 1953, bur. unknown
Anna, b 27 APR 1872, d. 9 OCT 1956, bur. unknown

Biography Album of Northeastern Nebraska, pub. 1893:
Hiram H. Ladd, a farmer residing on Section 30, of Hooper township, may justly claim to be a pioneer of the Elkhorn Valley, for he came to Dodge County in 1856, during the month of August, when he first located on the farm he now occupies, claiming at the time, a quarter section of wild land, upon which he built a log-house 12 x 16 feet, the same being the first house erected in the Elkhorn Valley north of Fontanelle. He lived in this house for twelve years, when a much larger and more commodious one was built. He has one hundred and fifty acres under the plow, and a well improved farm in all particulars. At an early day he experienced much trouble with the Indians, and he was detailed to take care of the families of men who enlisted in the Indian war. The first two years he lived in the country, the family was compelled to crack corn in a coffee mill. Upon one occasion, he went to Glenwood to mill with an ox team and was gone for eighteen days on the trip.

He of whom we write this sketch was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, January 14, 1822, the son of John and Anna Ladd, natives of New Hampshire, whose seven children were: Clarrissa, Hiram, Rhoda, Rebecca, Jennie, Rastus, Chester (deceased).

Our subject lived in the Buckeye State until twenty-one years of age and then spent five years in West Virginia, and from there he went to La Salle County, Illinois, and spent six years, after which he came to Dodge County, Nebraska. He did not have a very good opportunity to obtain an education and came to Nebraska a poor man – hence owes Dodge County for what he possesses.

Mr. Ladd was married, September 1847, to Malinda Mansfield, daughter of William and Sophia Mansfield, natives of Scotland and Kentucky, respectively. By this marriage union seven children were born: Charles, Sidney, Frank, George, Enoch, John, Anna.

He is of an inventive turn of mind, having invented an improvement in a harrow, for which he received a patent in 1886, and also has made application for a patent on a car jack.

Mr. Ladd has been a life-long opposer to the liquor traffic and hence an advocate of the Prohibition movement. He is not in sympathy, however, with the Independent party movement, believing their policy is against the laboring classes.

Source: Ruth Moss, Washington County Genealogical Society