I WAS TOLD BY MY GRANDFATHER, LELAND ILGEN, WHO SUPPOSEDLY IS LUDWIG'S GREAT GRANDSON THAT YES, HE WAS A LUTHERAN MINISTER, BUT HE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY AT THE TIME. AFTER THAT HE CAME TO PENNSYLVANIA. HE SAYS THAT LUDWIG WAS A HESSIAN SOLDIER WHO WENT AWOL OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE AND CAME TO NEW JERSEY.
BEFORE HE WAS A MINISTER HE TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR TWENTY YEARS.