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William Spencer Ladd

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William Spencer Ladd

Birth
Dalton, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
12 May 1891 (aged 60)
Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
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William was the son of Hiram Ladd and Amelia Palmer.

On July 5, 1860 in Lancaster he married Mira Barnes Fletcher, daughter of Hiram Adams Fletcher and Persis Everett Hunking.

Their children were Fletcher, William P, and Mary E.

Age: 60yrs


The son of a farmer and merchant, William Spencer Ladd was the second oldest of five children. His parents Hiram and Aurelia Ladd moved to Dalton, NH in 1827 from Unity, NH. William attended schools in Dalton, NH and Whitefield, NH and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1855 becoming a lawyer. Upon the death of his mother in 1858, he returned to Dalton, NH. He practiced law in both Colebrook, NH and Lancaster, NH for several years. By 1870 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Judicial Court. He remained a judge until the court he was associated with was legislated out of existence in 1876. He then resumed a successful law practice. He was known to be quiet, conservative, methodical and discriminating.

Ref: Town History, Lancaster, NH 1900; Coos County History, 1888.
William was the son of Hiram Ladd and Amelia Palmer.

On July 5, 1860 in Lancaster he married Mira Barnes Fletcher, daughter of Hiram Adams Fletcher and Persis Everett Hunking.

Their children were Fletcher, William P, and Mary E.

Age: 60yrs


The son of a farmer and merchant, William Spencer Ladd was the second oldest of five children. His parents Hiram and Aurelia Ladd moved to Dalton, NH in 1827 from Unity, NH. William attended schools in Dalton, NH and Whitefield, NH and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1855 becoming a lawyer. Upon the death of his mother in 1858, he returned to Dalton, NH. He practiced law in both Colebrook, NH and Lancaster, NH for several years. By 1870 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Judicial Court. He remained a judge until the court he was associated with was legislated out of existence in 1876. He then resumed a successful law practice. He was known to be quiet, conservative, methodical and discriminating.

Ref: Town History, Lancaster, NH 1900; Coos County History, 1888.


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