N. W. LADD was born in Oldham County, June 30, 1863, the fifth of a family
of six children. His father, John M. Ladd, of Oldham County, was born andreared in Henry County, a son of John H., who was born in Clark County.
Our subject was educated in the county schools, and in 1884 graduated at
the Southern Business College College, at Louisville. He began life as a
clerk in Pleasureville, and was also clerk in the bank at New Castle,
Henry County, for about a year. In 1886 he entered the LaGrange woolen
mills as bookkeeper, and in March, 1887, he became a member of a firm at
LaGrange, who are engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods and the
handling of building material.

SOURCE: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Oldham Co.

Feb 13, 1998 Submitted by: Misty Ladd Flannigan