Mr. Ludwig Sokoloski's Obit and Annotations by Ken Dupy
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana



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Taken from the Meridional of 4-22-1911 
Last Sunday afternoon while crossing Madeline (sic) square Mr. Ludwig 
Sokoloski  was suddenly seized with a spell of giddiness and falling on the cement walk 
was badly bruised about the face. He is now up and about as usual.” 

Let me introduce you to L. Sokoloski. 
Ludwig Sokoloski married one of Solomon Wise's daughters in 1879. In 1894, 
Solomon turned over the new building--now housing Black's Restaurant, and 
previously Landry's--to his son Eli and to Ludwig. They formed the company Eli Wise & 
Co. which  they ran until Eli's death in 1907. At that time the business became the L. & 
M. Sokoloski  Co., the M being Maxie, Ludwig's son. This business continued until Ludwig's 
death in 1920. Maxie had died in 1916. 
Ludwig and his son were two of several individuals who invested in 
Abbeville's first light and power plant in 1902. Ludwig became its first president. It 
was not until 1906, I believe, that the city bought the plant and began furnishing 
municipally- supplied electricity. 
      Karl Weill, an attorney in Abbeville, is one of his direct descendants.