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From: "J. Christian" <>
Subject: Re: [LADD-L] Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 15:31:25 -0400


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Subject: Re: [LADD-L] Ladd-Peebles Stadium


> In a message dated 09/18/1999 7:32:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> << There was a stadium, I thought in AL, named Ladd Stadium. It was named
> for Ernie Ladd the football player. >>

Donald -

Sam is correct - to a point. It was named for Ernie Ladd, but not the
football player. I have located the file for which I was searching and this
is a report on same:

Descendants of John Milton LADD
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN MILTON10 LADD (BENJAMIN HARRIS9, JOHN8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5)
was born February 22, 1815 in Charles City Co., VA, and died April 16, 1897
in Mobil, AL.. He married MARTHA LEWIS November 22, 1838.

Notes for JOHN MILTON LADD:
Quaker. Dismissed in 1835. Lived in Mobile, AL.
John Milton Ladd, left Charles City County on horseback in 1836, the year
after he was disowned by the Society of Friends. Their rules were so rigid,
no wonder they were losing most of their members; in addition to that, they
were being unmercifully persecuted on account of their religion. Shortly
after this period of 1830s most of the families had left Charles City
County.

Children of JOHN LADD and MARTHA LEWIS are:
i. MARY ELIZABETH11 LADD, m. SAMUEL H. CHAMBERS.
ii. ALICE BINFORD LADD, m. EDWARD HOLLINGER.
iii. SARAH FRANCES LADD, b. September 07, 1839; d. September 03, 1843.
iv. BENJAMIN HORATIO LADD, b. December 23, 1841; d. May 27, 1864.
v. LADD, b. Abt. 1843.

Notes for LADD:
Died before being named.

vi. MARTHA ANN LADD, b. August 05, 1847; d. September 20, 1852.
2. vii. JR. JOHN MILTON LADD, b. March 10, 1850, Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas'
144; d. Santa Cruz, California '144.
viii. UNITY VIRGINIA LADD, b. May 17, 1852.
ix. ANTOINETTE LADD, b. November 01, 1857.
x. FRANK M. LADD, b. May 15, 1860.

Generation No. 2
2. JR. JOHN MILTON11 LADD (JOHN MILTON10, BENJAMIN HARRIS9, JOHN8, JOHN7,
WILLIAM6, JOHN5) was born March 10, 1850 in Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas'144,
and died in Santa Cruz, California '144. He married (1) SARAH LOGAN '144
VAN MATRE December 25, 1869 in San Diego, CA. She was born December 15,
1848 in Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas. He married (2) ELODIE (ELLA) HOLLINGER
Aft. April 27, 1879.

Children of JOHN LADD and SARAH VAN MATRE are:
i. JOHN DAVID '14412 LADD, b. February 25, 1871, San Diego, CA.
ii. WILLIAM '144 LADD, b. June 25, 1872, San Diego, CA.
iii. JOSEPH OSCAR'144 LADD, b. June 02, 1874, Orange Co., California.
iv. HENRY OLIVER'144 LADD, b. March 27, 1877, Gilroy, Santa Clara,
California.
v. ADA BELLE '144 LADD, b. April 27, 1879, Gilroy, Santa Clara, California.

Children of JOHN LADD and ELODIE HOLLINGER are:
vi. SILAS MADISON '14412 LADD, b. December 22, 1881, Wilmington, Los
Angeles, California.
vii. AMOS ELLSWORTH'144 LADD, b. July 17, 1885, Creston, San Luis Obispo,
California; d. July 17,
1885, Creston, San Luis Obispo, California.
viii. AMY ELLA '144 LADD, b. July 17, 1885, Creston, San Luis Obispo,
California.
3. ix. ERNEST FLEETWOOD LADD, b. September 29, 1876, Monroe County, AL; d.
August 03, 1941.

Generation No. 3
3. ERNEST FLEETWOOD12 LADD (JOHN MILTON11, JOHN MILTON10, BENJAMIN HARRIS9,
JOHN8, JOHN7,
WILLIAM6, JOHN5) was born September 29, 1876 in Monroe County, AL, and died
August 03, 1941. He married LILLIE CAROLINE RADCLIFF October 12, 1910. She
was born October 16, 1888 in Mobile, AL, and died January 27, 1966.

Notes for ERNEST FLEETWOOD LADD:
WFT list as child of Ella Hollinger, but birth date in WFT says he was son
of first wife.

>From other information in family file - he does not belong in this group.

Children of ERNEST LADD and LILLIE RADCLIFF are:
4. i. ERNEST FLEETWOOD13 LADD.
5. ii. JOHN MILTON LADD.

Generation No. 4
4. ERNEST FLEETWOOD13 LADD (ERNEST FLEETWOOD12, JOHN MILTON11, JOHN
MILTON10, BENJAMIN HARRIS9, JOHN8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5) He married
FANNIE KNIGHT GAILLARD.

Children of ERNEST LADD and FANNIE GAILLARD are:
6. i. ERNEST FLEETWOOD14 LADD.
ii. SAM GAILLARD LADD.
iii. MILTON ALDRIDGE LADD.
iv. MARSHALL MCRAE LADD.

5. JOHN MILTON13 LADD (ERNEST FLEETWOOD12, JOHN MILTON11, JOHN MILTON10,
BENJAMIN HARRIS9,
JOHN8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5,) He married ELIZABETH MARY TURNER.

Children of JOHN LADD and ELIZABETH TURNER are:
i. NOEL FLEETWOOD14 LADD.
7. ii. NOEL ELIZABETH LADD.
iii. JAMES MILTON LADD, m. SANDRA CHARLOTTE STRONG.
iv. PELHAM FLEETWOOD LADD.


Generation No. 5
6. ERNEST FLEETWOOD14 LADD (ERNEST FLEETWOOD13, ERNEST FLEETWOOD12, JOHN
MILTON11, JOHN MILTON10, BENJAMIN HARRIS9, JOHN8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5)
He married FLORENCE GRAVES LEATHERBURY.

Children of ERNEST LADD and FLORENCE LEATHERBURY are:
i. ERNEST FLEETWOOD15 LADD.
ii. ELLEN RADFORD LADD.

7. NOEL ELIZABETH14 LADD (JOHN MILTON13, ERNEST FLEETWOOD12, JOHN MILTON11,
JOHN MILTON10,
BENJAMIN HARRIS9, JOHN8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5) She married CLYDE HOMER
FREEMAN.

Child of NOEL LADD and CLYDE FREEMAN is:
i. JOHN JUDSON15 FREEMAN.
-------------END REPORT ------------

Then I went back to www.google.com and did a search (which I should have
done earlier) and located http://www.laddpeeblesstadium.com/ which has a
picture of the stadium and this text:
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The stadium was built right after World War II and dedicated on October 1,
1948 to the memory of Ernest Fleetwood Ladd (1876-1941). The first game was
played October 2,1948 (Alabama vs. Vanderbilt). Seating capacity is 40, 646.
The stadium is located at 1621 Virginia Street on approximately 45 acres of
land. It is the fourth largest stadium in the State of Alabama and the
largest outdoor facility on the Gulf Coast from Tallahassee, Florida to New
Orleans, Louisiana. The stadium is fully illuminated for night time use with
six 120 foot towers each with twenty 1,500 watt bulbs. The parking lot is
lit with spaces for 4,000 cars, we offer concession stands, in-house
security and ticket operation available, etc. Mobile's market population is
approximately 365,000. The stadium is one of the City of Mobile's most
valuable assets. It is debt free and has a replacement value estimated at
approximately 50 million dollars. The facility gives the area the ability to
host major outdoor events including the Delchamp's Senior Bowl, home games
for the Mobile Admirals, the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star Classic, the
Annual Gulf Coast Classic with Alabama State University and new on the
roster is the Mobile Alabama Bowl.
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As the french say: - la recherche et le ye trouveront! and
La vie continue -
JIM
"You've got to do your own growing,
no matter how tall your grandfather was." - Irish Proverb

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