Tag: John T. Ludeling
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The Murder of Frederick Ludeling
Tuesday I mentioned that Frank Stubbs’ eldest son murdered John Ludeling’s son Frederick near the Cedars plantation on Riverside. I now realized that I have never written about it on…
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The Cedars – Plantation Home of the Stubbs Family
This one surprised me. The above home was built by Frank P. Stubbs, Sr. on Front Street (now Riverside Drive) circa 1853. This is a very historic home. A few…
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Sycamore Hall Burns
What got me interested in researching today’s post and next week’s two posts was thumbing through the Genealogy Department’s copy of Sycamore Hall by Sylvester Breard on Wednesday. I am…
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Portraits in the Collection of the Louisiana Law Library
Did you know that several prominent Monroe names have portraits in the Louisiana Law Library? Some of them have been put online. John Theodore Ludeling, Monroe lawyer and Chief Justice…
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Sycamore Hall: Monroe’s Lost Mansion
In 1868, John Theodore Ludeling, Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, built a mansion on Riverside Drive (known as Front Street then), at what is now Hudson Lane. It…
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