LADD, EDWARD JOHNSON, 1906-1978

Biography:

Engineer. Born– Nov. 24, 1906, Boston, Mass. Parents– Frederick Elisha and Atlanta Gertrude (Johnson) Ladd. Married–Willie Lee Gilbreath, September 5, 1931.  Children–two.  Education– Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 1930. Engineer, Southern Refractories Co., Fort Payne, Ala., 1930-1936; consulting engineer, Fort Payne, 1936-1941; president, Ladd Engineering Associates, 1941. Member– Fort Payne Industrial Board, 1970-1974; Association of Communication Engineers; Consulting Engineers Council; American Society of Civil Engineers.  Died 1978.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978; Gone to Alabama; ancestry.com.

Publication(s):

Family History; Ancestors of Cathy Lynn King. Fort Payne, Ala.; s.n., 1965.

Gone to Alabama; a History of the Dobbs and Gilbreath Families. Fort Worth, Tex.; Miran Publishers, 1972.

Atlas and Outline History of the Southeastern United States. Fort Payne, Ala.; s.n., 1974.

Editor:

Indian John, Life of John W. Johnson. Fort Payne, Ala.; s.n., 1962.