Subject: Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe,  Plaquemines Parish
Submitted by Mike Miller


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   Dr. Thomas H. Ballowe, of Diamond, Plaquemines parish, La., was born
in Nelson county, Va. in 1843.  He is a son of Thomas L. and Sarah
Ballowe.  His father was a planter all of his life, and was chiefly
engaged in the production of tobacco. He married Miss Sarah A. Anderson,
daughter of William and Polly Ann (Couch) Anderson, of Virginia.  To
them were born eight children, four of whom are yet living, named Mary
E., the wife of James T. Roberts, of Virginia; William A., of Virginia;
Sarah J., the wife of William H. Smith, of Virginia, and Thomas H., the
immediate subject of this notice.  Thomas L. Ballowe was the son of
Thomas Ballowe, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary war.  Dr. Ballowe
graduated in medicine in New York, after attending schools at different
places.  In 1861 he entered the war in Company G, of the Eleventh
Virginia regiment.  He was wounded several times, and at the last battle
of Manassas, he received a wound that disabled him from field duty, and
as soon as he was able he was given duty at Charlotte, N. C., in the
medical purveying department, where he remained until the close of the
war.  In 1869 he removed to Louisiana, first settling on the Red river,
and in 1870 he came to New Orleans, where he remained for one year.  He
then removed to his present home in Plaquemines parish, where he has
carried on planting quite extensively in connection with his
professional practice.  In 1874 he was married to Miss Angelique
Groleau, and to them have been born three children, two of whom are
living, named Hewitt L. and Alice V., a pupil of the Pass Christian
institute of Mississippi.  The former is a student at the Tulane
university, of New Orleans.  Dr. Ballowe stands high in his community.

From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp.
260-261.
Submitted by Mike Miller