Madison County AlArchives Biographies.....Ludwig, Bernard F. 1842 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

BERNARD F. LUDWIG was born in Prussia April 5, 1842, and came with his parents
to America in 1848, settling near Memphis, Tenn., where he was reared. He lived
with his parents until he became a resident of Huntsville, in 1856, where he
finished his education, and afterward engaged in business until 1876. Mr. Ludwig
was initiated in the Masonic fraternity when twenty-one years of age, and has
served for several years as Master of Helion Lodge. No. 1. He has taken all of
the York Rite degrees, and is now Generalissimo of Huntsville Commandery, No. 7,
Knights Templar. He was for several years High Priest of Eunomia Chapter, No. 5,
Royal Arch Masons, and in the Royal Masonic Rite he has taken the highest
degrees. When Monte Sano Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, was organized in
1870, Mr. Ludwig was one of the charter members, and was elected its first
Vice-Chancellor, and later, Chancellor-Commander. He was chosen a representative
to the Grand Lodge of the State in 1872, and was there elected a Past Grand
Chancellor of the State. In 1874 he was elected Supreme Representative of
Alabama to the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the World; and was the first
to submit a plan which resulted in the endowment feature of the Order, at the
Washington Session, in 1875. He has since served as Supreme Representative for
two terms of four years, closing said service in 1884. At the recent session of
the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias (l888) he was elected as G. K. of R. and
S. of the State.

  He is also a charter member of Delphic Lodge. No. 309, Knights of Honor,
having served as Grand Dictator of the State and as Representative to the
Supreme Lodge at Baltimore, and Galveston, Tex., Sessions. He is also a member
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and
is the secretary of these societies. He is also secretary of the "Huntsville
Building and Loan Association," comprising over three hundred members, which is
prospering greatly and aiding, in a marked degree, the building up of Huntsville.

  Mr. Ludwig is an active and enterprising citizen, progressive in his views and
charitable in disposition.

  In 1876 Mr. Ludwig married Miss Annie Estes, daughter of L. H. Estes, a
well-known citizen of Columbia, Tenn., and more recently of Huntsville. Mrs.
Ludwig is a sister of Judge L. H. Estes, of Memphis, Tenn.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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