Carroll-Wayne-Tippecanoe County IN Archives Biographies.....Ballard, John R. 1805 - 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 16, 2006, 10:57 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOHN R. BALLARD. John R. Ballard was born in Cayuga county, New York, April 1, 1805 With his father's family he went to near Cincinnati, lived there four years, from there he went to Wayne county, Indiana, and from there he went, to the Wea plains, near Lafayette, and from there came to Carroll county, Indiana, in May, 1825. Mr. Ballard was married three times. His first wife was Lucinda Robbins and four children were born to this, union. His second wife was Nancy J. Hamilton and four children were born to this union. His third wife was Terese Wolfe, to whom he was married in 1848. He moved into Tippecanoe township in 1832. He died on June 19, 1887. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/ballard11bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb