Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-04
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''There is but a step between me and the grave.''
Died suddenly on the evening of August
I'd. A. ID. 1865, while sitting in his chair,
Oliver Woodwork Ludlow, Of Auburn,
Geauga county, Ohio from disease of the
heart, aged So years, s months and days.
The deceased was a native of Cayuga
county, New York. His early days were
spent in this and Chautaugua county,
which last named place he left at an early
age and sought home in the west, as
Ohio was then considered. His time for a
few years was spent in the towns of Perry,
Lake county, and Chardon, Geauga county,
in teaching a branch of business in which
he excelled. About this time he also
commenced the study of medicine. On
February 28th, 1927, he married Harriet
Metcalf, native OF, Enfield, Conn. He then
removed from Chardon to Perry, where
he lived two years, when he went to the
city of New York, to finish his course of
medicine, and on August 18th, 1880 he
received from the hand of Prof W. Beach,
President of the New York Medical
Academy his diploma He then returned
to Geauga county, and settled in New
bury, where he commenced the practice of
medicine and teiching until his growing
! ride forced him to give up the latter. In
the year 1897 he removed to Auburn,
Geauga county, where he resided until
death relieved him from physicians toll
some life. For thirty-five years he has
administered to the material ails of suffer
ing humanity; and that he has done it
faithfully, honorably and with due credit
to the profession, let those that he has
watched from tender infancy to manhood s
ripe years those who through his skill
and attention have been raised from their
sick beds to comparative health, answer
He worked against all bigotry, super
stition and oppression, was progressive in
his character, did not war against every
new theory or invention of the age, was
always ready with open heart and willing
Infntf iHy CsT1ggIJC ana receive That which
was good and eschew evil. He WAS liberal
in his views, open, frank and fearless to
| express them, generous and charitable
to fault To the poor his services were
as freely given as to the rich; hunger and
| tattered garments never asked his chari-
ties in vain; the homeless and friendless
| he sympathized with, and he did all in his
power to ameliorate their condition. Riches
he never craved, money, filthy mcre, Wa
| but secondary consideration. He looked
upon knowledge and the enlightenment OF
! the masses as of far more value to the
people than all the wealth of the Indies.
His views as to the future life were pecu-
! liar to himself, and although he was not q
member of any religious denomination
| he lived the life of practical Christian.
! His professional duties extended over
! five townships and even nm fo tho nvn oi
his death he visited his patients as usual,
in his apparent good health; and a little
past ten o'clock p. NJ. his spirit quit its
tenement of clay without a struggle, and
all that was mortal of him lay calmly in
the sleep of death. His iswidow loses a kind
husband, his children an indulgent father,
and his many patrons will miss his coun-
| sci and advice in the sick room, but re-
member that their loss will be his gain.
As physician to others he understood
his case perfectly, and always insisted that
he would pass deaths portals thus sud
| denly, and upon post morton examination
all he said III regard TO his case proved
| true.
His remains are inferred in the iitllc
| village church-yard at "Auburn Corners,
where a large concourse of mourning re-
lations and friends paid him their last sad
duty on earth. The funeral discourse on
the occasion was delivered by Rev Mr.
Blake. Thus passeth away a good citizen
and one of Geauga's pioneers in the medi
cal profession. Peace to his dust
s'Earth's highest station ends in Here he lies,
And Dust 10 dust concludes her nOblest song"
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