Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Ladd, Josephus Dameron December 3, 1816 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Green Township
p. 479 & 480

Josephus Dameron Ladd was born near Williamsburg, Dec. 3, 1816, and was reared 
on a farm, experiencing all the phases of pioneer life. He was married in 1839 
to Matilda, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Clements, by whom he had ten 
children---Elizabeth, born Nov. 24, 1839, now wife of Miles Stanford, of Iowa; 
Hannah R., born Sept. 2, 1841, wife of Charles Campbell, of Iowa; Mary, born 
Dec. 16, 1843, and died aged three years; Susannah, born Nov. 17, 1846, wife 
of' Allen Chamness, of Iowa; Catherine, born July 21, 1849, wife of Martin 
Oler, of Wayne County; William C., attorney at law at Portland, Jay Co., Ind., 
born April 6, 1852, and married to Georgia Lloyd, of Michigan; Cynthia A., 
born April 11, 1854, wife of Allen Oler, of Wayne County; James M., born Feb. 
6, 1858, married Martha Campbell; Matilda J., born March 23, 1861, wife of 
Elmer Clark, of Iowa. Mrs. Ladd died in 1861, and Dec. 3, 1863, Mr. Ladd 
married Eliza A., daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Cornelius) Britain, both 
now deceased. Mrs. Ladd was born in Wayne County, Oct. 30, 1830. Mr. and Mrs. 
Ladd have had five sons---Samuel L., born Aug. 15, 1864; Charles L., Feb. 2, 
1867; Flavins J., Feb. 4, 1868; Edwin B. and Edgar B., born Aug. 20, 1869; the 
latter died at the age of three years. Mr. Ladd is a Republican in politics. 
Mrs. Ladd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His father, Joseph 
Ladd, was born in Guilford County, N. C., of English ancestry, and was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary war. He came to Wayne County, Ind., in an early 
day, where he followed agricultural pursuits through life. He was for a number 
of years Justice of the Peace. His first wife was Catherine B. Dameron, of 
Guilford County, N. C., and they were the parents of nine children---Annie, 
Constantine, Joseph, Sarah, Noble, Elizabeth, Nancy, Judith and William. He 
married Mary Angel for his second wife, by whom he had nine children---Isaac 
N., Mary, Bethany, Amos, Catherine, Charles, Josephus D., our subject, and 
Susann twins), and Benjamin. Joseph Ladd died in 1833 near Williamsburg, and 
his widow died in 1862.



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