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Mark LADD

Male 1845 - 1863  (18 years)


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  • Name Mark LADD  [1] 
    Birth 05 Jan 1845  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Plato Twp, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860  Living with parents in Plato Twp, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence Died in defense of his Country Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 05 Jan 1863  St. Louis, Mo. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Foley Cemetery, St. Charles Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "The Crackerbarrel" Nov. 1969
      by Elgin Area Historical Society

      PRIVATE MARK LADD'S SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY REMEMBERED ANEW

      The weatherbeaten headstone re-dedicated October 19th in a rural graveyard southwest of Elgin bears this simple inscription:

      PVT. MARK P. LADD DIED IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY
      January 5, 1863 Aged 18 years

      "He has finished his cause and is now with the Blesst
      May this flag e'er wave o'er this soldier at rest."

      Mark Ladd was born in Plato Township in 1844, a son of Nathaniel And Mary Buzzell Ladd. He enlisted in Elgin Company I, 127th Infantry in 1862 and saw action in early weeks of the Vicksburg campaign of the Civil War.

      Private Ladd's gravestone was stolen by vandals some weeks ago and discarded along Route 66 near Kingman, Arizona. It was retrieved by a highway patrolman and, with the aid of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, traced to Prairie Cemetery on Crane Road near Silver Glen Road, St. Charles Township.

      There on an autumn afternoon in the presence of American Legion members, Boy Scouts and friends, the grave marker which had been returned 1,500 miles from an Arizona roadside was re-dedicated.

      "To the memory of Pvt. Mark Ladd who gave his life for his country 106 years ago."
    Person ID I34642  Main Tree

    Father Nathaniel LADD,   b. 27 Aug 1814, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1880, Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary P. BUZZELL,   b. 28 Jun 1818, Williamstown, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1885, Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1838  Will County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Family ID F05594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 05 Jan 1845 - Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Foley Cemetery, St. Charles Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S00315] 1860 Census Kane County, Illinois.

    2. [S02215] Elgin Genealogical Society: Foley Cemetery Records.

    3. [S00203] 1850 Census Plato, Kane County, Illinois.

    4. [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.

    5. [S02605] Marriage Certificate for E.H. Hill and Minnie Padelford.

    6. [S02339] Lavone C. Poulos, From Bussey to Bussell to Buzzell.


  

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