Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Anson BALLARD of Appleton 1821-1873

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SUBJECT: Biography of Anson BALLARD of Appleton 1821-1873
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 16, 1999
SURNAMES: BALLARD, STORY, CLARK, ORBISON, CONKEY
SOURCE: Record of the Pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; page 11, pub. 1898, The Post Publishing Co.


BIOGRAPHY:
ANSON BALLARD

Anson BALLARD, son of Samuel and Diana BALLARD, was born in Appling, Jefferson county, New Brunswick, on
the 30th day of Dec 1821; he came to Appleton in 1850, and remained until his death on the 4th of April, 1873. He
was married in Sheboygan in 1851 to Harriet M. STORY. He practised law with Perry H. SMITH several years and
later on went into real estate business which he followed up to the time of his death. Mr. Ballard was a prominent
member of the Congregational
church in Appleton, also a Mason and Knight Templar and thoroughly interested in educational work. The names of
his children are Irving M. BALLARD, Leda A. BALLARD, now Mrs. O. E. CLARK; Irene BALLARD, now Mrs. T.
W. ORBISON; Della S. BALLARD died Oct. 14, 1857; Eugene BALLARD died Dec. 10, 1864; Nellie BALLARD,
now Mrs. W. L. CONKEY, died Aug.10, 1891; Frederick J. BALLARD, Pearl Edna BALLARD died April 12, 1877.
Anson BALLARD had two brothers, Porter and Jesse BALLARD, who came to Appleton in an early day and cleared
and established homes on the n.e. 1/4 of Sec. 24, T. 24, R. 17. Porter BALLARD lived there until his death; his son,
Clinton BALLARD, now lives on the homestead. Jesse BALLARD removed to Missouri and died there.