Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Ballinger, L. 1844 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & BCo.

L. BALLINGER, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born November 25, 1844, in Logan
County. Ohio. He is a son of Henry and Rebecca (Moore) Ballinger, the former a
native of Logan County. the latter of Champaign .County, Ohio. His paternal
grandparents were Henry and Patience (Bishop) Ballinger, his maternal
grandfather was Henry Moore. The subject of this sketch was reared in Logan
County, where he attended the common schools, and has pursued farming for his
occupation. In October, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Company C. serving three years; was in the battles of Pittsburg
Landing, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Resaca,
Boonesville, and was also in many skirmishes. The last eighteen months he was
Orderly Sergeant. Mr. Ballinger married Louisa Nash, born July 13, 1846, in
Bellefontaine, Clinton County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Ann
(Peterson) Nash, the former of Irish descent and a native of Pennsylvania; the
latter of German parentage and a native of Virginia. Mrs. Ballinger's
grandfather, Jacob Peterson, was a pioneer of Ohio; the former had a common
school education and lived in Clinton County until fifteen years of age, when
she went to Logan County and finally came to this county. This union has
resulted in four children, one boy and three girls, viz., Dora, born May 14,
1870; Angenetta, born April 15, 1873; Merta, born July 30, 1875; Azel F., born
August 15, 1879; all born in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Ballinger are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Ballinger owns 100 acres of land in Dudley
Township. He is a Republican in politics, has been several times a School
Director, and is one of the self-made men of Dudley Township.

Additional Comments:
Dudley Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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