Obrien-Scott-Hamilton County IA Archives Biographies.....Ballard, Henry D. 1842 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Ballard, Henry D. Resides at Primghar; born May 11, 1842, Allegany County, N.
Y.; father, Moses R., born Franklin County, N. Y.; mother, Eliza Beecher, born
Southampton, Conn. Married Mary M. Corcoran November 2, 1884; children: Guy W.,
and Joy; a son, R. B. Ballard, by first wife. Enlisted at Davenport August 8,
1861, in Company B, Second Iowa Cavalry; was taken sick and not mustered; second
enlistment December 12, 1863, at Nevada, Iowa, Company A, Twenty-third Iowa
Infantry, Thirteenth Corps, First Brigade, Second Division; served in Red River
Campaign under General Banks, and Mobile Siege and Campaign at various places in
Louisiana and Texas; discharged at New Orleans and paid off at Davenport August
10, 1865. Settled in O'Brien County May 1, 1909, at Primghar. Formerly Post
Commander and now a member of G. A. R. Post No. 66, Webster City, Iowa; member
Sons of American Revolution No. 257 at Des Moines; grandfather, Moses Ballard,
served in War of Revolution.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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