Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth H. LADD 
Birth21 Nov 1848, Ohio3092, state only,3093, date only
Residence243 Fir Street, Akron1547, p 6
FatherJudge Charles Green LADD (1822-1852)
MotherHannah Ermina WILLIAMS (1826-1868)
Individual Notes
• ...the present Mrs. Gen. A. C. Voris.3085, p 270
Census
• 1850 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 1, b OH.3092
• 1900 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 51, b Nov 1848, OH. Mother of no children. Father b VT; mother b OH.3091
• 1900 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 51, b Nov 1848, OH. Mother of no children. Father b VT; mother b OH.3091
Spouses
Birth27 Apr 1827, Stark County, Ohio3086, year & state only,3087
Death28 Jul 1904, Akron, Summit, Ohio3086, year & state only,3087 Age: 77
Ancestral File #8JKS-J63087
FatherPeter VORIS (1799-)
MotherJulia COE (1807-)
Individual Notes
• Alvin Coe Voris was a brevet major general in the Union Army who began the war as a sergeant in the 4th Michigan. Voris was wounded in action at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers for war service.3088
• He was a Union officer in Ohio commissioned 2nd Lt. 29th Ohio 2 Oct. 1861, promoted to Lt Col 67th Ohio 11 Oct 1861 and Col 1 Sept. 1865; he was breveted BG USV 8 Dec 1864 and Major Gen. USV 15 Nov 1865.
The VanVoorhees Assoc. has a listing of his children and grandchildren; if you are interested let me know.3086
• A seven page biography appears in “History of Summit Co., OH” by Unigraphic, Inc. (1972), pages 786-793. The same source gives his parents as Peter Voris and Julia Coe, and states he is the eldest of nine brothers and four sisters (all of whom lived to adulthood!). (See also “Gallup’s Family Genealogy, p 121).
Biographical: A newspaper clipping from the Akron Beacon Journal dated 9 Feb 1964 says he was an outstanding civil war hero, wounded in a battle led by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson 22 Mar 1862 at Winchester, VA. It was his first encounter with Confederate forces. During the war, he wrote his wife every day. His wife kept the letters, numbering more than 1000, now in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Allan C. Johnson, of Akron, OH. He was a member of the Ohio State Legislature, 1859-60. He graduated from Oberlin College and became a law partner with Gen. Lucius V. Bierce to whom he was related through his mother’s side of the family.3089
• He was a Union officer in Ohio commissioned 2nd Lt. 29th Ohio 2 Oct. 1861, promoted to Lt Col 67th Ohio 11 Oct 1861 and Col 1 Sept. 1865; he was breveted BG USV 8 Dec 1864 and Major Gen. USV 15 Nov 1865.
The VanVoorhees Assoc. has a listing of his children and grandchildren; if you are interested let me know.3086
• A seven page biography appears in “History of Summit Co., OH” by Unigraphic, Inc. (1972), pages 786-793. The same source gives his parents as Peter Voris and Julia Coe, and states he is the eldest of nine brothers and four sisters (all of whom lived to adulthood!). (See also “Gallup’s Family Genealogy, p 121).
Biographical: A newspaper clipping from the Akron Beacon Journal dated 9 Feb 1964 says he was an outstanding civil war hero, wounded in a battle led by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson 22 Mar 1862 at Winchester, VA. It was his first encounter with Confederate forces. During the war, he wrote his wife every day. His wife kept the letters, numbering more than 1000, now in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Allan C. Johnson, of Akron, OH. He was a member of the Ohio State Legislature, 1859-60. He graduated from Oberlin College and became a law partner with Gen. Lucius V. Bierce to whom he was related through his mother’s side of the family.3089
Census
• 1880 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 53, b OH. Widower. Lawyer. Parents b CT.3090
• 1900 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 73, b Apr 1827, OH. Attorney. Married 18 years. Father b PA; mother b CT.3091
• 1900 Census: Akron, Summit, Ohio. Age 73, b Apr 1827, OH. Attorney. Married 18 years. Father b PA; mother b CT.3091
Marriageabt 18823085, p 270; marriage only,3091
Marr Memomarried 18 years in 1900
No Children