Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballard, Sophia A. Frost, 1896 

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Town of Suffolk 

MRS. S. A. BALLARD 

Death of This Estimable Christian Lady at Her Home Yesterday Morning. 

MR. SAM'L BARNES AND MRS. IDA BAKER 

The Raging Elements Could Not Prevent Their Marriage - The Ownership of a Cow 
   Settled - Baptist Deliberations and Baptist Rains - Bryan and Sewall Club 
   Meeting. 

  Suffolk, Va., Sept. 29. - (Special.) - For fifty-six years Mr. Jesse Ballard 
and Mrs. Sophie A. Ballard occupied marital relations, and dwelt together in 
peace and harmony - a devoted, faithful couple.  But now the latter is dead. 
The dissolution between the spiritual and material took place this morning at 
forty-six minutes after midnight at her home on North street. 

  Mrs. Ballard's death was not sudden nor unexpected, but is none the less 
distressing to her life-partner.  She had been feeble for more than a year, 
but serious illness dates back for less than a month.  She suffered from no 
specific disease, but death resulted from a general exhaustion of the vital 
powers.  The funeral took place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from her late 
residence.  Rev. W.W. Staley, D.D., and H.H. Butler conducted the services. 
The remains were laid in Cedar Hill. 

  The deceased leaves four children - Mrs. Margaret A. Holland, of Richmond; 
Mrs. Mary L. Smith, Mrs. Sarah F. Knight and James E. Ballard, of Suffolk. 

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Sophia Ann (FROST; Mrs. Jesse) BALLARD, 
b. circa 1820, VA, d. 29 Sep 1896, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 29 Sep 1896, 
"Norfolk (VA) Virginian," Vol. 52, No. 113, Wed., Sep. 30, 1896, p. 6, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #246075580 [no grave photo] 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Sophia & her husband have been added to the Cedar Hill list, 
   an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Norfolk Landmark," Feb. 26, 1902, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b463j2ob.txt 

They m. circa 1840. 

He was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in the 59th VA 
   Militia. 


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