First Generation
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1. George Phillip LUDWIG.
George immigrated to America from Germany with his son and daughter. It is not known
why his wife did not come with them.
He married Mary ??, in Prussia.
They had the following children:
2 i. Phillip George LUDWIG
ii. Susan LUDWIG;
She married Mathias SHUTTERLY.
Second Generation
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2. Phillip George LUDWIG. Son of George Phillip LUDWIG & Mary ??. Died 9 June 1901
in Spencer Co., IN.
Phillip is thought to have been married four times. Louisa was his fourth wife. It
is not known for certain who the mother of his children was, but most likely, Louisa
was the only mother they knew.
He married Louise HUFFMIER, in OH.
They had the following children:
i. George LUDWIG;
He first married Elizabeth FAHR.
He second married Mary Elizabeth COOPER.
3 ii. Jacob Adolph LUDWIG
iii. John LUDWIG;
He married Lydia COOPER.
Third Generation
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3. Jacob Adolph LUDWIG. Son of Phillip George LUDWIG & Louise HUFFMIER. Born 4
December 1852 in Spencer Co., IN. Died 8 March 1923 in Spencer Co., IN. Buried in
Buffaloville, Spencer Co., IN.
He married Nancy Ellen COOPER, daughter of James Alexander COOPER & Nancy Ann
HOPKINS, 25 September 1881 in Spencer Co., IN. Born 4 December 1852 in Spencer Co.,
IN. Died 20 January 1898 in Spencer Co., IN. Buried in German Methodist Cemetery
(Santa Claus UM), Spencer Co., IN.
They had the following children:
i. William Melvin LUDWIG; Born January 1885 in Spencer Co., IN.
He married Letitia Lou.
4 ii. Louis Elmer LUDWIG
iii. Mary Evelyn LUDWIG; Born January 1889 in Spencer Co., IN.
She married Fred MARGUET.
iv. John Piper LUDWIG; Born December 1891 in Spencer Co., IN.
He married Ruth Emily SATLER.
v. Cordelia Helen LUDWIG; Born March 1895 in Spencer Co., IN.
Died 1935.
She married Lester William BROWN.
vi. Amelia Louise LUDWIG; Born August 1897.
She married ? HUFFMAN.
Fourth Generation
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4. Louis Elmer LUDWIG. Son of Jacob Adolph LUDWIG & Nancy Ellen COOPER. Born 28
December 1886 in Spencer Co., IN. Died 31 July 1956 in Huntingburg, Dubois Co., IN.
Buried in Richardson Cemetery, Spencer Co., IN.
He married Leola Gertrude DONHAM, daughter of Lew Singleton DONHAM & Rachel
Emaline GILMAN, 24 December 1907 in Spencer Co., IN. Born 2 March 1889 in Spencer
Co., IN. Died 12 April 1985 in Dale, Spencer Co., IN. Buried in Richardson Cemetery,
Carter Twp., Spencer Co., IN.
County Health Dept., Spencer Co., IN. Bk. R-3, Pg. 12.
They had the following children:
5 i. Ruth Evangeline LUDWIG
6 ii. Lolomi Ellen LUDWIG
iii. Esther Louise LUDWIG (Stillborn); Born 1 February 1921 in
Spencer Co., IN. Died 1 February 1921 in Spencer Co., IN. Buried
in Richardson Cemetery, Carter Twp., Spencer Co., IN.
7 iv. Charles E. LUDWIG
Fifth Generation
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5. Ruth Evangeline LUDWIG. Daughter of Louis Elmer LUDWIG & Leola Gertrude DONHAM. Born
1909.
She married Raleigh Desco TAYLOR, 1932.
They had the following children:
i. Elizabeth TAYLOR;
ii. Mary Evelyn TAYLOR;
6. Lolomi Ellen LUDWIG. Daughter of Louis Elmer LUDWIG & Leola Gertrude DONHAM.
Born 20 October 1911 in Spencer Co., IN. Died 14 April 1988. Buried in St. Joseph
Cem., Dale, Spencer Co., IN.
She married Hubert LINDAUER.
They had the following children:
i. David LINDAUER
8 ii. Mary LINDAUER
7. Charles E. LUDWIG. Son of Louis Elmer LUDWIG & Leola Gertrude DONHAM. Born
1922 in Dale, Spencer Co., IN.
He married Iris V. BOLTON, daughter of James Arizona "Jack" BOLTON & Augusta M.
THEIRING, 1947 in Lincoln City, Spencer Co., IN. Born 1928 in Evansville, Vanderburg
Co., IN.
They had the following children:
9 i. Carol E. LUDWIG
10 ii. Barbara R. LUDWIG
11 iii. Paul D. LUDWIG
Sixth Generation
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8. Mary LINDAUER. Daughter of Hubert LINDAUER & Lolomi Ellen LUDWIG.
She married Dennis BEGLE.
They had the following children:
i. Glenn BEGLE
ii. Dean BEGLE
He married Theresa.
iii. Denise BEGLE
9. Carol E. LUDWIG. Daughter of Charles E. LUDWIG & Iris V. BOLTON.
She married Rex EDWARDS, son of Wayne EDWARDS & Betty, 1970 in Lincoln City,
Spencer Co., IN.
They had the following children:
i. Kari A. EDWARDS (Adopted)
ii. Kacey Allen EDWARDS
10. Barbara R. LUDWIG. Daughter of Charles E. LUDWIG & Iris V. BOLTON.
She married G. Dean FINECY, son of Howard E. FINECY & Wilma V. ROUSH, 1970 in
Lincoln City, Spencer Co., IN.
They had the following children:
i. Christina L. FINECY
ii. Carolyn S. FINECY
iii. Charles H. FINECY
11. Paul D. LUDWIG. Son of Charles E. LUDWIG & Iris V. BOLTON.
He married Linda CUMMINS, in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.
They had the following children:
i. Jacob R. LUDWIG
ii. J. Coleman LUDWIG
iii. M. Conner LUDWIG
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