GEORGE W. LEDBETTER is a son of James A. Ledbetter, a native of
Christian County, Ky., who is a man of good, practical education. He learned
the trade of a miller, followed it a few years and then removed in 1843 to
Hardin County, Ill., where he engaged in merchandising. He was married to
Mary Scroggins, a native of Hardin County, Ill., by whom he has five
children, all of them now living, viz: John Q.A., living in Elizabethtown;
J.A., living at Cave in Rock; Mary E., wife of L.F. Twitchell, living in
Colorado; and Henry partner in a large mill with George W., the remaining
member of the family. The latter was born at Elizabethtown, Ill., on the
7th. of December, 1858, and received his early education in the schools of
that place. Later he attended Bethel College, at Russellville, Ky., and
afterward attended the Military Academy at West Point. He began business as
a miller in 1878, and has continued in the same line ever since. Our subject
was first married February 8, 1879, to Elizabeth Davie, by whom he had two
children Georgia and Mora. The mother of these children died March 19, 1887,
and Mr. Ledbetter was next married, May 21, 1888, to Gertrude Brewer, of
Dixon, KY., by whom he has two children. Mr. Ledbetter votes the Democratic
ticket, and is a member of Elizabeth Lodge No. 276, A.F. & A.M., at
Elizabethtown, and is also a member of Empire Lodge No. 54, I.O.O.F. This in
brief is the sketch of a man whose present substantial position in life has
been reached entirely through his own perseverance and good judgment, and
the facts connected with his operations and their results only show what a
person with courage and enlightened views can accomplish. [1898. The
Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois,
Chicago, Biograhical Publishing Co. 467]
Submitted by Wanda (Patton) Reed
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