Charles Haven Ladd
Born: Galveston, Texas Dec 2 1878
Parents: William Fowle Ladd, Caroline Willis
School: Academy, Milton, Mass.
Years in College: 1896-1899
Married: Mary Stockett Jacob Washington, D. C. June 11, 1903
Died: Jan 28, 1915 in El Paso, Tex.
Charles Haven Ladd was born at Galveston, Texas, December 2, 1878, the eldest son of William Fowle Ladd and Caroline (Willis) Ladd.
From 1892 to 1894, he attended Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; in 1895, Milton Academy; in 1896. St Mark's School and entered Harvard in 1897.
He left college in June 1899 and entered the employ of Adams Express Company in New York City. On the destruction of much of the property of the company at Galveston, Texas, in the storm of September 8, 1900, he left New York for Texas and after that time, lived almost continuously in Texas.
In Galveston, he was engaged in railroad construction and engineering work for the Southern Pacific Railway Company remaining with it for three years. After preliminary work on the line from Dallas to Beaumont, he did some 90 miles of location work in the coast country and from there to Louisiana.
In 1903, after his marriage on June 11 1903 to Mary Stockett Jacob, daughter of Lieutenant Edwin S Jacob, USN, he entered the employ of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company having headquarters while on maintenance work at Temple Texas.
In 1904, he was superintendent of the company's oil properties at Batson Texas from where — after a year in the oil business for himself — he went to Panama on an oil proposition for the United States Government with a view to having the government change from coal to oil as a fuel on the Isthmus. He spent two months there then returned to Texas, other bidders having obtained the contract for the government's fuel oil supply.
In 1905, he became assistant engineer of Houston Electric Company at Houston Texas managed by Stone and Webster of Boston. He was engineer of track and overhead lines.
In 1906, he was transferred to the service of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation at Houston as engineer of construction on the rebuilding of tracks for the city lines and in 1907, at Fort Worth, Texas, as superintendent of construction. Under his supervision, the first extension of the Handley Power Station of Northern Texas Traction Company was built and numerous improvements carried out in the way of extensions and reconstruction of city tracks in Fort Worth.
While there, he developed symptoms of tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona in the fall of that year for the purpose of regaining his health. After remaining for about two years in Arizona and New Mexico, his health was improved and he was detailed as superintendent of construction in El Paso, Texas, and from 1912 until he died on January 29, 1915, had charge of the work done there by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation consisting of a 5,000 kilowatt extension of the power station various track improvements and other miscellaneous work.
His sterling worth was recognized by everyone who knew him. A man closely associated with him in his work says of him, "Ladd was an unusually capable man and if his health had remained unimpaired, I consider that he had a brilliant future before him. He was versatile to the last degree and no complications in his work or obstacles of any nature seemed to faze him for a moment. Regarding his versatility, I have often said that if Ladd were called on for a set of plans and estimate for a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean to be finished in 48 hours, he would be able to produce something that read and looked like plans and specifications for such a bridge. His disposition might be called lovable if such a term can be applied to a man. He was always cheerful and had a smile and a pleasant word for everyone from the banker to the laborer. He had a host of friends in every part of the country."
The brief notes he wrote occasionally to the class secretary gave clear evidence of his courage and cheerfulness during his illness and his constant interest in the affairs of the Class.
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Sources:
- Bio in the Harvard College Class of 1900 Fourth Report available on Google and Archive.org (now in the Public Domain).
- TX death certificate
- Former memorial #27960315, which has been deleted.
Born: Galveston, Texas Dec 2 1878
Parents: William Fowle Ladd, Caroline Willis
School: Academy, Milton, Mass.
Years in College: 1896-1899
Married: Mary Stockett Jacob Washington, D. C. June 11, 1903
Died: Jan 28, 1915 in El Paso, Tex.
Charles Haven Ladd was born at Galveston, Texas, December 2, 1878, the eldest son of William Fowle Ladd and Caroline (Willis) Ladd.
From 1892 to 1894, he attended Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; in 1895, Milton Academy; in 1896. St Mark's School and entered Harvard in 1897.
He left college in June 1899 and entered the employ of Adams Express Company in New York City. On the destruction of much of the property of the company at Galveston, Texas, in the storm of September 8, 1900, he left New York for Texas and after that time, lived almost continuously in Texas.
In Galveston, he was engaged in railroad construction and engineering work for the Southern Pacific Railway Company remaining with it for three years. After preliminary work on the line from Dallas to Beaumont, he did some 90 miles of location work in the coast country and from there to Louisiana.
In 1903, after his marriage on June 11 1903 to Mary Stockett Jacob, daughter of Lieutenant Edwin S Jacob, USN, he entered the employ of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company having headquarters while on maintenance work at Temple Texas.
In 1904, he was superintendent of the company's oil properties at Batson Texas from where — after a year in the oil business for himself — he went to Panama on an oil proposition for the United States Government with a view to having the government change from coal to oil as a fuel on the Isthmus. He spent two months there then returned to Texas, other bidders having obtained the contract for the government's fuel oil supply.
In 1905, he became assistant engineer of Houston Electric Company at Houston Texas managed by Stone and Webster of Boston. He was engineer of track and overhead lines.
In 1906, he was transferred to the service of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation at Houston as engineer of construction on the rebuilding of tracks for the city lines and in 1907, at Fort Worth, Texas, as superintendent of construction. Under his supervision, the first extension of the Handley Power Station of Northern Texas Traction Company was built and numerous improvements carried out in the way of extensions and reconstruction of city tracks in Fort Worth.
While there, he developed symptoms of tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona in the fall of that year for the purpose of regaining his health. After remaining for about two years in Arizona and New Mexico, his health was improved and he was detailed as superintendent of construction in El Paso, Texas, and from 1912 until he died on January 29, 1915, had charge of the work done there by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation consisting of a 5,000 kilowatt extension of the power station various track improvements and other miscellaneous work.
His sterling worth was recognized by everyone who knew him. A man closely associated with him in his work says of him, "Ladd was an unusually capable man and if his health had remained unimpaired, I consider that he had a brilliant future before him. He was versatile to the last degree and no complications in his work or obstacles of any nature seemed to faze him for a moment. Regarding his versatility, I have often said that if Ladd were called on for a set of plans and estimate for a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean to be finished in 48 hours, he would be able to produce something that read and looked like plans and specifications for such a bridge. His disposition might be called lovable if such a term can be applied to a man. He was always cheerful and had a smile and a pleasant word for everyone from the banker to the laborer. He had a host of friends in every part of the country."
The brief notes he wrote occasionally to the class secretary gave clear evidence of his courage and cheerfulness during his illness and his constant interest in the affairs of the Class.
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Sources:
- Bio in the Harvard College Class of 1900 Fourth Report available on Google and Archive.org (now in the Public Domain).
- TX death certificate
- Former memorial #27960315, which has been deleted.
Charles Haven Ladd
Born: Galveston, Texas Dec 2 1878
Parents: William Fowle Ladd, Caroline Willis
School: Academy, Milton, Mass.
Years in College: 1896-1899
Married: Mary Stockett Jacob Washington, D. C. June 11, 1903
Died: Jan 28, 1915 in El Paso, Tex.
Charles Haven Ladd was born at Galveston, Texas, December 2, 1878, the eldest son of William Fowle Ladd and Caroline (Willis) Ladd.
From 1892 to 1894, he attended Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; in 1895, Milton Academy; in 1896. St Mark's School and entered Harvard in 1897.
He left college in June 1899 and entered the employ of Adams Express Company in New York City. On the destruction of much of the property of the company at Galveston, Texas, in the storm of September 8, 1900, he left New York for Texas and after that time, lived almost continuously in Texas.
In Galveston, he was engaged in railroad construction and engineering work for the Southern Pacific Railway Company remaining with it for three years. After preliminary work on the line from Dallas to Beaumont, he did some 90 miles of location work in the coast country and from there to Louisiana.
In 1903, after his marriage on June 11 1903 to Mary Stockett Jacob, daughter of Lieutenant Edwin S Jacob, USN, he entered the employ of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company having headquarters while on maintenance work at Temple Texas.
In 1904, he was superintendent of the company's oil properties at Batson Texas from where — after a year in the oil business for himself — he went to Panama on an oil proposition for the United States Government with a view to having the government change from coal to oil as a fuel on the Isthmus. He spent two months there then returned to Texas, other bidders having obtained the contract for the government's fuel oil supply.
In 1905, he became assistant engineer of Houston Electric Company at Houston Texas managed by Stone and Webster of Boston. He was engineer of track and overhead lines.
In 1906, he was transferred to the service of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation at Houston as engineer of construction on the rebuilding of tracks for the city lines and in 1907, at Fort Worth, Texas, as superintendent of construction. Under his supervision, the first extension of the Handley Power Station of Northern Texas Traction Company was built and numerous improvements carried out in the way of extensions and reconstruction of city tracks in Fort Worth.
While there, he developed symptoms of tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona in the fall of that year for the purpose of regaining his health. After remaining for about two years in Arizona and New Mexico, his health was improved and he was detailed as superintendent of construction in El Paso, Texas, and from 1912 until he died on January 29, 1915, had charge of the work done there by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation consisting of a 5,000 kilowatt extension of the power station various track improvements and other miscellaneous work.
His sterling worth was recognized by everyone who knew him. A man closely associated with him in his work says of him, "Ladd was an unusually capable man and if his health had remained unimpaired, I consider that he had a brilliant future before him. He was versatile to the last degree and no complications in his work or obstacles of any nature seemed to faze him for a moment. Regarding his versatility, I have often said that if Ladd were called on for a set of plans and estimate for a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean to be finished in 48 hours, he would be able to produce something that read and looked like plans and specifications for such a bridge. His disposition might be called lovable if such a term can be applied to a man. He was always cheerful and had a smile and a pleasant word for everyone from the banker to the laborer. He had a host of friends in every part of the country."
The brief notes he wrote occasionally to the class secretary gave clear evidence of his courage and cheerfulness during his illness and his constant interest in the affairs of the Class.
--
Sources:
- Bio in the Harvard College Class of 1900 Fourth Report available on Google and Archive.org (now in the Public Domain).
- TX death certificate
- Former memorial #27960315, which has been deleted.
Born: Galveston, Texas Dec 2 1878
Parents: William Fowle Ladd, Caroline Willis
School: Academy, Milton, Mass.
Years in College: 1896-1899
Married: Mary Stockett Jacob Washington, D. C. June 11, 1903
Died: Jan 28, 1915 in El Paso, Tex.
Charles Haven Ladd was born at Galveston, Texas, December 2, 1878, the eldest son of William Fowle Ladd and Caroline (Willis) Ladd.
From 1892 to 1894, he attended Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; in 1895, Milton Academy; in 1896. St Mark's School and entered Harvard in 1897.
He left college in June 1899 and entered the employ of Adams Express Company in New York City. On the destruction of much of the property of the company at Galveston, Texas, in the storm of September 8, 1900, he left New York for Texas and after that time, lived almost continuously in Texas.
In Galveston, he was engaged in railroad construction and engineering work for the Southern Pacific Railway Company remaining with it for three years. After preliminary work on the line from Dallas to Beaumont, he did some 90 miles of location work in the coast country and from there to Louisiana.
In 1903, after his marriage on June 11 1903 to Mary Stockett Jacob, daughter of Lieutenant Edwin S Jacob, USN, he entered the employ of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company having headquarters while on maintenance work at Temple Texas.
In 1904, he was superintendent of the company's oil properties at Batson Texas from where — after a year in the oil business for himself — he went to Panama on an oil proposition for the United States Government with a view to having the government change from coal to oil as a fuel on the Isthmus. He spent two months there then returned to Texas, other bidders having obtained the contract for the government's fuel oil supply.
In 1905, he became assistant engineer of Houston Electric Company at Houston Texas managed by Stone and Webster of Boston. He was engineer of track and overhead lines.
In 1906, he was transferred to the service of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation at Houston as engineer of construction on the rebuilding of tracks for the city lines and in 1907, at Fort Worth, Texas, as superintendent of construction. Under his supervision, the first extension of the Handley Power Station of Northern Texas Traction Company was built and numerous improvements carried out in the way of extensions and reconstruction of city tracks in Fort Worth.
While there, he developed symptoms of tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona in the fall of that year for the purpose of regaining his health. After remaining for about two years in Arizona and New Mexico, his health was improved and he was detailed as superintendent of construction in El Paso, Texas, and from 1912 until he died on January 29, 1915, had charge of the work done there by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation consisting of a 5,000 kilowatt extension of the power station various track improvements and other miscellaneous work.
His sterling worth was recognized by everyone who knew him. A man closely associated with him in his work says of him, "Ladd was an unusually capable man and if his health had remained unimpaired, I consider that he had a brilliant future before him. He was versatile to the last degree and no complications in his work or obstacles of any nature seemed to faze him for a moment. Regarding his versatility, I have often said that if Ladd were called on for a set of plans and estimate for a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean to be finished in 48 hours, he would be able to produce something that read and looked like plans and specifications for such a bridge. His disposition might be called lovable if such a term can be applied to a man. He was always cheerful and had a smile and a pleasant word for everyone from the banker to the laborer. He had a host of friends in every part of the country."
The brief notes he wrote occasionally to the class secretary gave clear evidence of his courage and cheerfulness during his illness and his constant interest in the affairs of the Class.
--
Sources:
- Bio in the Harvard College Class of 1900 Fourth Report available on Google and Archive.org (now in the Public Domain).
- TX death certificate
- Former memorial #27960315, which has been deleted.
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