The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1074 
A portrait of William Ludwig appears in this publication.

WILLIAM LUDWIG.

The attractive home of William Ludwig, which was built in 1911, stands on an
excellently improved ranch property in the Zillah district and as a result of
his carefully directed efforts and unfaltering industry. Mr. Ludwig is meeting
with substantial success. He was born in Germany, October 10, 1857, a son of W.
M. and Sophie Ludwig, who came to the United States in later life, settling in
Illinois. The father is now deceased but the mother survives and makes her home
with her son William.

The latter obtained a public school education in his native country and in 1880,
when a young man of twenty-three years, became a resident of Illinois, where he
began working for wages. He afterward removed to Madison county, Nebraska, where
he carried on farming until the spring of 1903, when the opportunities of the
northwest attracted him and he made his way to the Yakima valley. He purchased
sixty-seven acres of land near Buena, all under cultivation, and he now
successfully engages in the raising of hay and corn and cattle and hogs. His is
a well improved property, equipped with all modern accessories and conveniences,
and the care and labor which he bestows upon the fields is manifest in the
excellent crops which he annually gathers. In 1911 he erected an attractive and
commodious residence which is supplied with hot and cold water and all modern
conveniences. He also has good barns upon his place and he is getting much
enjoyment out of life because of his success.

On the 12th of January, 1889, Mr. Ludwig was married to Miss Augusta Shilling, a
native of Germany, and they have seven children. Charles, the eldest, who is
married and has a daughter, is engaged in the garage business at Buena; Mary, is
at home: William is proprietor of a garage at Wenatchee; Arthur, Annie, Walter
and Frank are still under the parental roof. All are members of the Christian
Science church.

In politics Mr. Ludwig maintains an independent course. He concentrates his
efforts and attention largely upon his business affairs and has become
recognized as one of the leading ranchers of his community. He bought four
hundred and forty acres of dry land above the ditch and cleared much of it and
drilled six deep wells to furnish the water supply but found it too expensive to
irrigate the land. In the development of his home property he has displayed
sound judgment and keen business sagacity, and his stalwart purpose and
resolution are manifest in the substantial prosperity which he has ultimately
achieved. 

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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