Researching George Todd
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15239 people with the Todd surname? In that year Todd was ranked number 252 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Todd on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Todd and the Todd Family Tree
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George Davidson Todd
George Davidson Todd (April 19 1856 – November 23, 1929) was Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1896 to 1897. His descendants were early settlers of Kentucky, and his father, Harry Innes Todd, was a two-term sheriff of Franklin County, Kentucky as well as state prison trustee and warden. George Davidson Todd came to Louisville at age 18 to work for the W.B. Belknap hardware company, later known as Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company. He started his own company, the Todd-Donigan Iron Company, in 1880.
He served as treasurer of the state Republican Party, and became the first republican elected Mayor of Louisville (Robert Emmet King had served as mayor pro tem for two weeks). Todd finished out the term of Democrat Henry S. Tyler who had died in office. His term as mayor was complicated by a split within his own party over political appointments, and he lost his bid for re-election in 1897.
After his term as mayor he returned to his Iron company and moved to New Albany, Indiana in the 1920s.
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