Family  History

 

Red's mother was Gertrude "Dot" Ludlow, great grand-daughter of John Ludlow.  John arrived in Cincinnati in June, 1789 and was brother to Israel Ludlow, who arrived in January 1789 by canoe.  Israel was one of the three founders of Cincinnati, the surveyor who laid out downtown Cincinnati, Columbus & Dayton and the namesake of Ludlow, Kentucky where he frequently hunted.  John was the first sheriff of and Ohio Congressman from Hamilton County, Ohio.  He also ran Ludlow Station, a stage coach stop one day's ride north along the Mill Creek.