Samuel Dexter LUDDEN

1839 - 1905  (65 years)

• Name	Samuel Dexter LUDDEN
  Birth	17 Feb 1839	Bennington, Wyoming Co., NY
  Gender	Male
  Military	Civil War - Private 12th Reg't., NY Vol., 8th Reg't., NY Artillery.
  Enlisted 24 Apr 1861 12th Reg't., NY Vol., served two years. Re-enlisted 8th Reg't., NY Artillery and served to the end of the war. He was in most of the battles of the Army of the Potomac from the first Bull Run to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. From a private soldier he was promoted to first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain and 1 Jan 1865 received a major's commission. Often detailed on special duty in command of different regiments. Twice made prisoner, confined once at Libby Prison and once in Lynchburg from which he escaped, traveled for 24 days and hundreds of miles until reaching the Union lines at Wheeling, WV. Participated in more than 40 engagements, wounded in the assault on Petersburgh, VA.
  Death	12 Jan 1905	Boscobel, Grant Co., WI
  Burial	Boscobel Cemetery - Boscobel, Grant Co., WI
  Person ID	I1617	Main | Descendants and families of Hugh Jameson 1713-1790

  
  

  Father	Samuel Dexter LUDDEN,   b. NY
  Mother	Mary Abigail CHAFFEE,   b. NY
  Family ID	F643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Jane JAMESON,   b. 4 Sep 1838, Chili, Monroe Co., NY d. 6 Jan 1929, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1865	prb Chili, Monroe Co., NY
  Children	+ 1. Franklin Chaffee LUDDEN,   b. 10 Jul 1869, Decatur, Macon Co., IL d. 14 Feb 1944, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., TX (Age 74 years) + 2. John Burdette LUDDEN,   b. 10 Feb 1875, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. May 1965, prb Bloomington, Grant Co., WI (Age 90 years)   3. Lelia Mary LUDDEN,   b. 16 Jan 1878, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 23 Feb 1897, Boscobel, Grant Co., WI (Age 19 years) + 4. Homer Dexter LUDDEN,   b. 10 Oct 1879, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 19 Mar 1965, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI (Age 85 years)
  Photos		Martha Jane (Jameson) Ludden & Family Martha Ludden with her three sons and their families
  Family ID	F642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 17 Feb 1839 - Bennington, Wyoming Co., NY Marriage - 12 Jul 1865 - prb Chili, Monroe Co., NY Death - 12 Jan 1905 - Boscobel, Grant Co., WI Burial - - Boscobel Cemetery - Boscobel, Grant Co., WI  = Link to Google Earth
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