Sullivan-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....LUDY, Augustus A. 1852 - 
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  AUGUSTUS A. LUDY,* who resides on what is well-known as the old Green farm in
  Hillsgrove township, Sullivan County, Pa., is extensively engaged in general
  farming and lumbering. He is a son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Kauffman) Ludy, and
  was born in Huntersville, Lycoming County, July 20, 1852.
  
    Conrad Ludy, the father of our subject, is a native of Germany, and lived
  there until 1847, when he immigrated to this country and located in
  Huntersville, Pa. His first employment was in a saw-mill, and while thus engaged
  he had the misfortune to lose an arm. Several years later he moved to
  Montoursville, Pa., and after tending locks for a time returned to his former
  business, that of lumbering. This he followed until three years ago since which
  time he has been employed as an engineer in a saw-mill at Proctor, Pa. He was
  united in marriage to Elizabeth Kauffman, a native of Bradford County, Pa., and
  five children blessed their union: Augustus A., the subject of this biographical
  record; William Franklin, who met death by drowning at the age of six years;
  Charles, who died in infancy; George Hudson, a lumberman of Roaring Branch, Pa.;
  and Peter Adam, also a resident of Roaring Branch. Mrs. Ludy was called to her
  final rest in 1890.
  
    Augustus A. Ludy was educated in the public schools of his native town after
  which he embarked in the lumbering business on Loyalsock Creek in Sullivan
  County, where his present farm is located. He continued at that for many years,
  or until he located on his farm in 1890. The farm consists of about twenty-six
  acres of well-improved land, upon which he has since been engaged in general
  farming, although he still follows lumbering to some extent. He is a man of
  great industry and has been fairly successful. In private life he is a good
  neighbor and has many friends. On January 30, 1879, he was united in marriage
  with Annetta McBride, who was born in Sullivan County, May 30, 1857, and is a
  daughter of James and Harriet (Green) McBride. Mr. McBride was a farmer on our
  subject's farm, but is now deceased. His wife is now living with Mr. and Mrs.
  Ludy. This union was blessed with the following children: Alta, who died in
  1881, aged two years; Ella Amber, who was born in 1882 and lives at home; and
  Etta Edna, born in 1886. Politically our subject is a Republican, and has served
  as tax collector in the county for four years, constable for five years, and has
  held many of the minor township offices. At the present time he is overseer of
  the poor and has faithfully served in that capacity for three years. Socially
  our subject is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America of Hillsgrove.
  Religiously his wife is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
  Hillsgrove.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  * The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of
  this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be
  proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography
  may contain typographical errors.
  
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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