George Washington LADD

  General Notes:

Notes from "The Hamlin Family": He was educated Kent's Hill Seminary; druggist; Augusta, until 1838; afterwards, Bangor, ME, where he conducted the same business fifteen years; later a successful dealer in corn and flour; he was forty years in business in Bangor; member Whig state committee several years; supported Bell and Everett, 1860; and Gen McClellan for President,1864; Greenbacker; and defeated for congress as Democrat, 1868; elected to congress on "Fusion Ticket", 1878, and re-elected 1880.

Notes from Warren Ladd: His father, imbued with the New England idea of the value of education, furnished him all the facilities at his command by private instruction, in connection with that of the public schools. He was sent to the seminary at Kent's Hill, Me, and was after-wards fitted for college by Rev J H Ingraham, a distinguished scholar and divine. Business affairs obliged young Ladd to suspend the pursuit of his studies, and he engaged himself as an apothecary's clerk in his native town. The six years passed in this establishment, at the capital of the State, afforded him excellent opportunities, not only for mental growth, in a general way, but for making the acquaintance of prominent men, and becoming familiar wth the public topics. His capacity for business was early developed, and at the age of 18 he was intrusted with the entire management of an extensive drig and apothecary establishment. Two years later he removed to the city of Bangor, prosecuting the same gusiness there for fifteen years with marked success. Hon Luther Severance, his uncle, the able editor of the Kennebunk journal for a quarter of a century, rendered valuable assistance to him in his business life. Mr Ladd was one of the pioneers of railroad building in Maine, to which he gave much attention.

U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1879-1883; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

1850 US Census, Bangor, Penobscot Co, ME
George, Age 32, Druggist;
M P C, Age 31;
Abby, Age 3

  Burial Notes:

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot Co, ME

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Druggist, Dealer in Corn and Flour, Congressman

George married Marcia Pauline Cony INGRAHAM, daughter of Rev John Henniker INGRAHAM and Abigail Guild CONY, on 9 Oct 1839 in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME. (Marcia Pauline Cony INGRAHAM was born on 27 Jul 1819 in Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME and died on 15 May 1889 in Bangor, Penobscot Co, ME.)