Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Ballou, Isaac A. 1806 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 3:29 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Ballou, Isaac A. Born in Adams county, Massachusetts, April 13, 1806. When four years of age he moved with his parents to Herkimer county, New York, where he resided until 1818, when he went to Saratoga county, New York. April 23, 1826, he married Miss Hannah Allen. She was born February 2, 1807, in the above county. In the Fall of 1832 he moved with his family to Summit county, Ohio, residing in that and Cuyahoga county until 1853, when he took up his residence in Du Page county, Illinois, living there until 1874, when he came to California. Mr. Ballou was one of a party who visited this State in 1852, but remained only thirteen months, when he returned to Illinois. The children born to them are Volney J., born May 20, 1827; Sylvester A., born October 19, 1828; Amelia W., born August 20,1830; William N., born May 29, 1832; Orlando, born December 19, 1833; Hosea, born December 5, 1835; Daniel W., born February 26, 1837; Malina, born December 17,1838; Morgan, born January 2, 1844; Henriietta, born January 3, 1846; Malvina M., born May 29, 1847; Zella, born December 3,1850. Have lost five—Volney J., William N., Malina, Hosea and an infant daughter. Mr. Ballou had four sons in the late rebellion, three of whom served in the field until the close of the war, and were honorably discharged. The other one served in the Quartermaster's Department, and was also honorably discharged from duty. Sylvester A. ranked as Major and A. C. S., Daniel W. as Captain of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, and Volney and Morgan as privates, Company B, Thirty-third Illinois Infantry. The subject of this sketch, with his wife Hannah, are residents of Santa Rosa. This aged couple have been married over fifty-three years, and are honored and respected by their associates. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/ballou931nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb