world beyond. Elias McNier was born in Ohio forty-three years ago, but came to Illinois with his father’s family when he was but a lad. The family are old residents of this county. During the war he enlisted twice, once for three months in an infantry regiment, and then re-enlisting in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry. Three or four of his brothers were also in the army and served during the war. After the war he married the daughter of Mr. Thos. LUDINGTON, who lives in Weldon, and with the exception of some three or four years that he was in the west he had lived in this county. His health failed him so that he could not follow farming for a living, so a few years ago he moved to Clinton and tried to make a living for his family by teaming. He bought a lot and built a home by borrowing from the DeWitt County Building Association, and was getting along very comfortably. He leaves a wife and six children. The oldest of the children is a young man about twenty-one years old, and the youngest is a baby in its mother’s arms. Mrs. McNier has a helpless family of small children to provide for, and the death of her husband will make her burden a heavy one to bear. Elias McNier had made application for a pension which is now pending. He was a member of Frank Lowry Post, G. A. R., and upon hearing of his death the committee of the Post made all the arrangements for the funeral. On Tuesday morning the Post escorted the remains to the railway station and placed them on the train for Weldon, where the funeral services were held on the arrival of the train. Post Commander John ELLIS, Chaplain REED, and Mr. Frank CORKINS accompanied the family and the remains to Weldon, where Chaplain Reed conducted the funeral services.

The daughter of Thos Lud was Lydia Ann Lud, b 1851 in Fayette co OH.  I have no dates for Elias's birth or passing as the article says very little about that.  Did Lydia remarry ?  Ron Ludington ________________________________ From: Barbara Campbell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 9:13:18 PM Subject: [LUDDINGTON] he married the daughter of Mr. Thos. LUDINGTON world beyond. Elias McNier was born in Ohio forty-three years ago, but came to Illinois with his father’s family when he was but a lad. The family are old residents of this county. During the war he enlisted twice, once for three months in an infantry regiment, and then re-enlisting in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry. Three or four of his brothers were also in the army and served during the war. After the war he married the daughter of Mr. Thos. LUDINGTON, who lives in Weldon, and with the exception of some three or four years that he was in the west he had lived in this county. His health failed him so that he could not follow farming for a living, so a few years ago he moved to Clinton and tried to make a living for his family by teaming. He bought a lot and built a home by borrowing from the DeWitt County Building Association, and was getting along very comfortably. He leaves a wife and six children. The oldest of the children is a young man about twenty-one years old, and the youngest is a baby in its mother’s arms. Mrs. McNier has a helpless family of small children to provide for, and the death of her husband will make her burden a heavy one to bear. Elias McNier had made application for a pension which is now pending. He was a member of Frank Lowry Post, G. A. R., and upon hearing of his death the committee of the Post made all the arrangements for the funeral. On Tuesday morning the Post escorted the remains to the railway station and placed them on the train for Weldon, where the funeral services were held on the arrival of the train. Post Commander John ELLIS, Chaplain REED, and Mr. Frank CORKINS accompanied the family and the remains to Weldon, where Chaplain Reed conducted the funeral services.                         This list is adoptable. If you would like to volunteer to adminster this list, click here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUDDINGTON-req[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message