Daniel Ludwig

As printed in 1906

ANIEL LUDWIG, a highly esteemed retired resident of Circleville, for a number of years prominent in public life in Pickaway County, was for an extended period an extensive farmer and stock-raiser. He was born in Circleville township, Pickaway County. Ohio, November 23, 1831, and is a son of Jacob and Evaline (Morris) Ludwig.

The great-grandfather of our subject, Daniel Ludwig, who was a native of Germany, emigrated to America with his wife Mary and located in Berks County. Pennsylvania. Here his son Daniel, the grandfather of our subject, was born, on June 4. 1748. The latter was associated for a number of years with Governor Joseph Heister. of Pennsylvania, in the operation of a store at Reading, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1806 he came to Ohio and settled in

Circleville township. He built the first large brick house ever erected in Pickaway County. He was the owner of about 3,000 acres of land and was not only a man of substance but also of political prominence. He was a Democrat and was so thoroughly respected and relied on that he was frequently elected to public office and served for six years as county commissioner.

Jacob Ludwig was but six months old when his parents came to Ohio, and he was reared and was educated in a log structure in Circleville township. His whole life was devoted to farming and stock-raising. He was a Democrat and became a man of prominence like his father. He married Esaline Morris, a daughter of Henry Morris, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. To this union were born six children, the four survivors being: Daniel, of this sketch; Isaac, a prominent farmer of Pickaway township: David S., living on the old Ludwig homestead in Circleville township; and Mary Elizabeth, wife of John P. Steely, of Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio.

Daniel Ludwig was reared and educated in Circleville township, having many more advantages than his father. Pie also became a large landowner, investing in some 600 acres of land,.and engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising until 1890, making a feature of feeding fat cattle. Since then Mr. Ludwig has lived retired in his handsome home in Circleville.

Politically Mr. Ludwig affiliates with the Democratic party. He served three years as county commissioner and then refused to allow his name to be brought forward again. For a number of years he was also treasurer of Pickaway township, his long years in the public service but adding to the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.

In 1863 Mr. Ludwig was married to Julia A. Steely, a daughter of Lemuel Steely, who was a prominent old settler of Pickaway township. The surviving children of this marriage are: Willis, president of the Pickaway township School Board, and formerly clerk of Pickaway township, who is a graduate of Eastman’s Business College at Poughkeepsie, New

York; Mary, wife of Charles E. Tuller, living near Elmwood, in Franklin County, Ohio; Evelyn, wife of Warren K. Moorehead, of Andover, Massachusetts; and Elizabeth, who spent one year at Wells College, Aurora, New York, and now lives at home with her father. Mrs. Ludwig died April 13, 1887. Mr. Ludwig and family belong to the Presbyterian Church.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.