History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin, F.A.
Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 275.   [Cerulean Springs Precinct]

WILLIAM B. LADD was born August 11, 1830, in Trigg County, Ky., he is the
seventh child in a family of eight children born to John and Mary (Jones)
Ladd.  The father was born in North Carolina in 1793, and died in Trigg
County in 1868.  The mother was born in South Carolina, and died December
10, 1880, at the advanced age of ninety-three.  In 1852 subject bought 100
acres of land where his residence now stands.  He has since increased this
farm until he now owns 360 acres; he has cleared about 160 acres of this
farm; in 1878 he built his present residence, which is one of the finest in
the precinct, at a cost of about $2,000; he has placed other buildings on
the farm at a cost of about $800; he has a nice farm, and is numbered among
the most industrious and worthy men of his precinct; he also owns a farm of
123 acres of well-improved land in Caldwell County, which is now rented.
He was married, in 1852, to Mary Dyer, a native of Trigg County; these
parents have seven children--five sons and two daughters.  The parents and
six of the children are members of the Baptist Church.

Ladd Jones Dyer
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Caldwell-KY NC SC

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