Person:William Laddusaw (2)

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William T Laddusaw
b.20 Jun 1838 Indiana
d.15 Nov 1916 Volga, Brookings, South Dakota
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Mar 1837
  1. William T Laddusaw1838 - 1916
  2. Mary Jane Laddusaw1841 - 1923
  3. Samuel S Laddusaw1843 -
  4. John Lewis Laddusaw1844 -
  5. Joseph V Laddusaw1848 -
  6. Emy Elizabeth Laddusaw1853 -
  7. Thomas J N Laddusaw1856 -
  8. Christopher Columbus Laddusaw1859 -
  9. Olive B Laddusaw1861 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1855
  1. Rohamia LaddusawAbt 1860 -
  2. John L. LaddusawAbt 1862 - 1940
  3. Thomas D. Laddusaw1869 - 1951
  4. Christopher Columbus Pat Laddusaw1871 - Bef 1951
  5. Samuel F Laddusaw1872 - 1957
  6. Joseph D. Laddusaw1876 - 1945
Spouse and Children
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m. 1898
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Facts and Events
Name William T Laddusaw
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Jun 1838 Indiana
Marriage 1855 Iowa, USAto Mary Elizabeth Ellen Wood
Marriage 1898 to Samuel Francis Laddusaw
Death[1][2] 15 Nov 1916 Volga, Brookings, South DakotaY
Burial[1] Plymouth, Iowa

William (Old Billy) served in the Civil War, enlisting 15 Aug 1862 in Company I, 34th Iowa Infantry. He mustered out at Washington, DC, as a private, 18 Oct 1865.

He evidently didn’t write

home and his wife suspected he was dead. He didn’t return to Iowa until late 1866. His biography includes a story that he was assigned to President Lincoln’s security staff and even spoke to th

e man. (I can give you more on that if you want it.) He is buried in the city cemetery in LeMars, IA.

When he returned to Plymouth County he discovered that his wife had given birth to a

son, David and was pregnant with another. The hand, Robert Judd, was the father of both. David was taken in by his mother’s parents and appears in the 1880 census as David Judd, grandson, in the

household of John and Elizabeth Wood, Mary’s parents. See attached.

The second child, William Sherman Laddusaw, was born in 1867, after Billy had returned, so he got Billy’s name. O ld Billy knew William Sherman wasn’t his son and he beat the boy continuously. The child does appear living with the family in 1870 as the three-year-old, named Sherman. See Attached.

So we see the two eldest children, Ruhamah and John Louis, born before 1861, then a break during the war years, when the two illegitimate boys were born, then four boys to follow, beginning in 1868 .

Wm Laddusaw bio http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=4b1c3192-205e-4e48-9f52-08129dec0c05&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

Laddusaws http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=24e9886b-952b-4b07-8683-0d8ee71e31da&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

Laddusaw note from Argell Laddusaw http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=d3cb0279-7bfb-4268-8416-5bd814fe70d0&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

John Ladusaw son William & his sons ca 1880 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5be40234-cb04-4cc9-9ba7-9f33e6fdc6e8&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

William Laddusaw http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=d1aaaf75-a599-45f4-aadd-b4eaec83f31f&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

Findagrave info http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=438761f7-cce9-4511-8d46-b72a7da75556&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

William D Laddusaw http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=1af243a9-5a2c-4bbf-af1c-ff38f209bb52&tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 .

    Date of Import: Oct 27, 2007

  2. ↑ .

    Age:
    78

  3.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
    Ancestry Family Trees.

    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21567573&pid=1104270204

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