Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810 – November 27, 1884) was an American physician and real estate broker. His granddaughter

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was the mother of

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Early life

A scion of a prominent

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family, Ludlow was born in 1810 on

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in New York City, which was a fashionable residential area at the time. He was a son of Gabriel Verplanck Ludlow, a lawyer who was at one time a Master-in-Chancery, and Elizabeth A. (

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Hunter) Ludlow. Among his siblings was older brother Robert Henry Ludlow (who married Cornelia Le Roy) and Ann Eliza Gabriella Ludlow (wife of Horatio Gates Lewis). His paternal grandparents were Gabriel George Ludlow and Anne (née Verplanck) Ludlow (sister of Gulian Verplanck, the

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). His maternal grandparents were Robert Hunter and Ruth (née Brick) Hunter. His paternal grandfather was "one of the three Ludlows who were members of the Committee of One Hundred which was organized in 1775 to support the cause of the American patriots." The first Ludlow in America was Gabriel Ludlow, who settled in

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in 1694 and became a prominent and influential merchant and a clerk of the

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Career

Ludlow studied medicine and duly received his degrees and diploma from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1831 before becoming a medical doctor. He later served as trustee of the Medical Department of Columbia College in 1872. After practicing medicine for a few years, he turned to business, relinquishing his practice and in 1836 opening a real estate office at 11 Broad Street. In 1845, after accumulating significant wealth, he retired to his country estate near Tivoli-on-the-Hudson. In 1850, however, he returned to New York and went into partnership with General Edward Jones Mallett (former Consul-General to Italy during the

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) until Mattlett's retirement in 1856. In 1856, Ludlow entered into a partnership with Morris Wilkins under the same name as the predecessor firm, E. H. Ludlow & Co., with principal offices located on Pine Street in lower Manhattan. The firm of auctioneers, real estate agents and brokers, which was the most prominent in New York City, offered to lease Edgewood, the former estate of Frederick Prime (youngest son of banker

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) on the

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. Around early 1884, he took an active interest in forming the New York Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room, becoming its president and continuing as one of the "controlling spirits in that organization up to the time of his death."

Personal life

In 1833, Ludlow was married to Elizabeth Livingston (1813–1896) in New York City. Elizabeth was the second daughter of Lt. Gov. of New York

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and his wife, Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (eldest daughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston and granddaughter of

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man John Stevens). The Ludlow country estate called "Pine Lawn" had a quarter mile front on the

. Situated next to Northwood (her brother Robert Edward Livingston's estate), Pine Lawn was the furthest north of the five subdivisions his father-in-law made to his children. Together, they were the parents of: * Elizabeth Livingston Ludlow, who died young. * Edward Philip Livingston Ludlow (1835–1915), who married Margaret Tonnelé Hall, daughter of Valentine Gill Hall and Susan (née Tonnelé) Hall, in 1863. * Gabriel Augustus Ludlow (1838–1844), who died young. * Mary "Molly" Livingston Ludlow (1843–1919), who married Margaret's brother Valentine Gill Hall Jr., a nephew of John Tonnelé Jr., the farmer and politician who was a member of the

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. Their country estate, a

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mansion known as "The Oaks", was part of and just south of Ludlow's Pine Lawn estate. After a period of feeble health, Ludlow died on November 27, 1884, at 21 East 24th Street, his residence in New York City. After a funeral conducted by the Rev. Dr. Charles Comfort Tiffany was held at the Zion Church at

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and 38th Street, his remains were interred in the family vault at Tivoli.

Descendants

Through his son Edward, he was a grandfather of two: Susan Livingston Ludlow, who married Henry Parrish Jr. in 1884, and Edward Hunter Ludlow II, named after him. Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of seven, including: Anna Rebecca Hall (1863–1892), who married

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(brother of President

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); Valentine Hall III (1867–1934); and Edward Ludlow Hall (1872–1932). Through his granddaughter Anna, he was a great-grandfather of Gracie Hall Roosevelt and

, wife of her fifth cousin,

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References

External links

Image 2 of ''The New York Herald'' (New York N.Y.), February 7, 1891
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