Joseph LADD

  General Notes:

Notes from Warren Ladd: He removed with his father, soon after the revolution, from Deerfield, NH to Mt Vernon, ME. He left his father at Mt Vernon and went to Augusta, ME where he completed his education with Rev Payson Stone, an Orthodox clergyman, intending to become a minister, but changed his mind and engaged in business as a merchant, adding mills and shipping interests as the country improved. He did large manufacturing for the times, in sawing lumber, in carding and dressing cloth, in grinding grain, and in farming. He built and owned a line of packets, which ran from Maine to the St Marks River, Wakulla Co, Florida. In 1832 he was interested in an extensive mercantile business, having a branch in Florida, where he died of yellow fever in 1835, just as he was ready to return to his home in Augusta, ME. He was a stockholder in the first woolen factory that was operated in Maine.

  Burial Notes:

Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Wakulla Co, FL

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Merchant, Manufacturer, Ship Builder/Owner

Joseph married Sarah HAMLIN, daughter of Theophilus HAMLIN, I and Sarah ROCKWOOD, on 30 Jun 1811 in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME. (Sarah HAMLIN was born on 31 Mar 1789 in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME, died on 23 May 1874 in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME and was buried in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME.)