LUTHER ESLEY LADD

LUTHER ESLEY LADD was born in Christian County, Kentucky, on May 8, 1890. He
was the 2nd son and 4th child of WILEY JACOB LADD and SARA ELLEN SIMPSON also of Christian County, Kentucky.
LUTHER LADD attended Wesley KENTUCKY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, Bowling Green Kentucky and received a shcolarship to Draughon's Business College in
Nashville, Tennessee. LUTHER taught schoolin the Christian County area from
1911 through 1916, schools were Mt. Carmel, Boyd, Moreland and Consolation.
He was also co-owner of a grocery store in Dawson Springs, Kentucky for one
year.
On November 15, 1915 he married EUNICE GAYLE GLOVER, who was born December 7,
1895 and was the 8th child and 3rd daughter of JOHN FRANKLIN (BUD) GLOVER and
MARTHA ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, also of Christian County, Kentucky. When LUTHER and EUNICE were married they went in a horse and buggy to Justice of peace
J.V. Hamby on the Dawson Road and he performed the ceremony while they were
sitting in the buggy.
To this union they were blessed with four children. A son, WILEY GLOVER,
born July 19, 1917, twin daughers, RUTH HALLIE and RUBY HATCHER, born November 23, 1925 in Pueblo, Colorado.
While living in Christian County, LUTHER was a memaber of the Universalist
Church, however, he did attend Mt. Carmel Church with his wife. At Mt. Carmel
he was in charge of Childrens Day, every June. At Era (which is no longer in
existence) he was a Master Mason in the Masonic Lodge and Patron of Eastern
Star. In Colorado he was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, and held the
highest office in the Moose Lodge and Moose Legion.
Due to his wife's health, after the birth of their son and twin daughters,
they moved to Pueblo, Colorado in 1920. He was the bookkeeper for Grover
Packing Company. When a flood destroyed the packing company in 1920 he went
to work for the Colorado Laundry until his death April 28, 1934. He is buried
in Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado. His wife Eunice re-married in 1937
and is still alive as of this writing and is 90 years old.

SOURCE: FAMILY HISTORIES 1797 CHRISTIAN COUNTY KENTUCKY 1986
Turner Publishing Co. Paducah, Kentucky 42001

SUBMITTED BY: Honore' Olson
Feb 4, 1998