Horace Ladd, Sr.
Horace Ladd, Sr. (deceased), was born in Vernon, Conn., October 18, 1789, and came to Ohio in 1811, settling in Mantua Township, this county. Four years later, in 1815, he married Eunice R., daughter of Samuel Moore, a native of Connecticut, and who moved to this State in 1806, locating on Lot 20, in the eastern part of Mantua, but dying on Lot 27, where Horace Ladd, Jr., now resides. To Mr. and Mrs. Ladd were born seven children, five now living: Calista R. (Mrs. H. Hart); Eunice (Mrs. C. Wood); Horace, Jr.; Perley (Mrs. A. W. Seymour) and Rodolphus, who married Harriet C. Chapin. Horace Ladd, Jr., was married, January 9, 1853, to Abigail C, daughter of Lorenzo and Maria Chapin, and widow of Mr. Griffen, by whom she had one child—Frank P. Griffen, married to Mary J. Jones; and to Mr. and Mrs. Ladd have been born six children, five now living: Willie H. , George C, Hattie E., Henry K. and Eva J. George C. married Charlotte A. Jones, of Indiana (have two children: Jesse and an infant) and resides in Malcolm, Neb. Horace Ladd, Jr., has served twelve years as Justice of the Peace, also for many years as Township Clerk and Trustee. He is a Republican in politics. His grandfather and five brothers served in the Revolutionary war and his father in the war of 1812.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885