BIOGRAPHIESSource:
THE HISTORY OF WYOMING
VOLUME II.
Published
Chicago:
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1918
648 pages
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LUDOLPH
ABRAMS.
Ludolph Abrams was one of the old-time
pioneer settlers of Laramie who "came with the railroad"
when the town was but a collection of tents and hastily
constructed small frame buildings. Mr.
Abrams was born in Bremen, Germany, Feb. 19, 1841,
and was but a boy of sixteen years when he came to
America in 1857. In New York city he found his
first employment. He continued to reside in the
east for a few years and during the Civil war he
volunteered for active service in a New York regiment
for the preservation of the Union. About 1864 he
married Sophia Bath and soon afterward
decided to remove to the west, where opportunities were
better for a young couple of limited means.
Mr. and Mrs. Abrams located first at Boone,
Iowa, and in 1868, with the great exodus to Wyoming
caused by the building of the Union Pacific Railroad
through the state, they settled in Laramie, where Mr.
Abrams conducted one of the pioneer hotels of the
town, becoming proprietor of the New York Hotel,
situated about the middle of the block on Front street,
between Thornburg street and Grand avenue. This
was one of the most popular hostelries in the town in
those days. In later years he disposed of his
interest in this business and turned his attention to
ranching on the Little Laramie, ,a business in which he
was successful and which he followed until about 1900,
when he practically gave up ranching and took up his
residence in the city. From that time on Laramie
was his home. He became extensively interested in
city property and real estate, the thorough management
of which, together with his other financial interests,
occupied his time until his death on the 7th of January,
1913. His wife had been called to her final rest
in 1895, so that he survived her for about eighteen
years. Few of the old-time citizens were any
better known or more highly respected. Few of the
old-time citizens were any better known or more highly
respected. He was a familiar figure on the streets
of Laramie and his cheerful disposition and enjoyment of
a joke were marked characteristics. He took a
great interest in the Odd Fellows lodge in the order,
including that of past grand. He was a member of
the Lutheran church and a substantial contributor
to its support. His residence was for many years
on the northeast corner of Seventh and Thornburg
streets, property now owned by his son-in-law, J. H.
King. Mr. Abrams was a successful man
but plain in his tastes. He believed in doing well
whatever he undertook to do, was straightforward and
upright in his dealings and his word was a good as his
bond.
In his political belief Mr. Abrams was at
one time a democrat but later became a republican,
always supporting the principles of that party at state
and national elections, while in local affairs he voted
for the man whom he thought best fitted for the
position, no matter what his political allegiance.
At his death Mr. Abrams left a son and a
daughter. The former is Dietrich Carl,
now of Seattle, Washington, who married Katherine
Delaney, a daughter of Judge Delaney,
the well known jurist of Alaska. The daughter is
Estelle V., now the wife of Joseph H. King,
of Laramie, and they have one son, Joseph D., who
was born Oct. 23, 1913.
No history of the city would be complete without
mention of Ludolph Abrams, one of its
earliest residents and one who in a quiet and
unostentatious but none the less useful and substantial
way aided in laying the foundation upon which has been
built the present progress and prosperity of the city.
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