The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
MRS. GEO. H. LAoD
Passes Away at Forbes Monday After
Long illness

county passed away at Forbes Mon
day, Dec. End, when the spirit of Mrs.
Geo. H. Ladd passed to its Maker.
Deceased has been ill for some time,
so i'll early in this year that her life
was despaired of. This fall she was
able to be about again, but was not
strong. About two weeks ago she
was taken worse and gradually be-
came weaker until the end came.
Ellen M. Bedwell was born at
Francoma, N. H., Feb. 9, 1912. The
family came west to Wisconsin when
Ellen was four years of age. There
she grew to young womanhood and at
Clayton, Wis, was married to Geo.
H. Ladd, Oct. 10, 1868. The family
had lived at Neenah and Menasha
while they were in Wisconsin.
When this country was opening to
settlers the Ladd family came here
and was among the early settlers of
the town of Hudson, their arrival dat
ing August, 1888. The history of
this family since has been associated
with the history of Dickey county.
The early days found them on their
farm near Hudson, several years be-
fore Oakes was dreamed of. Farming
in the early days was rather hard and
as the family grew up and pulled
away from the home the old folks
gave up the farm and moved to
Oakes. Here they remained number
of years, Mr.. Ladd going into the
real estate business.
When the little city of Forbes came
on the map in 1905, Hon. Thomas F.
Marshall, then congressman, was
looking about for postmaster for
that promising village and settled
on our pioneer, Geo. H. Ladd. MI.
and Mrs. Ladd moved to Forbes and
the new postmaster in connection
with his son, Frank, who Joined him,
ran general merchandise store.
Some years since Mr.. Ladd retired
from the mercantile business and had
been doing realty business, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ladd occupying rooms to the
rear Of the business place.
The Ladd home has been a sort Of
haven for Oakes folks when they
went to Forbes, and the Ladds were
always glad to see them. Mrs. Ladd
was of motherly, cheerful, Christian
like disposition and enjoyed the COM
panionship of old friends, as did her
husband. Her friendly ways made
her life worth while. Her place in
the church and in the Sunday school
and everything toward the uplift of
humanity she always did with a will.
She was raised in the M. E. church,
but had Joined the Presbyterian
church at Hudson in 1883. She was
a member of Eastern Star Chapter,
holding membership in Adah Chapter
at Glendale.
Strange as it may seem, this is the
first gap made in the Ladd immediate
family. Three of the family of five
are still residents of the county.
Minnie E. Lowry lives at Pullman,
WASH, G. Frank Ladd at Forbes, Will
H. Ladd and Della E. Root reside at
Oakes, and Chas. c. Ladd is at Fargo.
One sister of deceased, Mrs. Amos
Patterson, resides at Boyd, Wis.
The remains were brought from
Forbes to Oakes Tuesday afternoon,
coming on the Great Northern train
far as Newton. The Eastern Star of
Ellendale were in body at the depot
as the train pulled in and showed
much respect for a member of Adah
Chapter. Funeral services were held
here from the w. H. Ladd home yes
terday morning at 1880, Rev. and
Mrs. Doty, old time friends, having
charge of the services. The pail
bearers were old time friends of the
community being Will and Charles
Kendall and A. L. Morgan Of Hudson,
w. M. Hutsinpiller. Robert Mitchell
and ]. E. Bunday of Oakes. The re-
mains were laid away in Cakes ceme-
terry.