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 1834 - 1887 (52 years)
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| Name |
Abner Caleb Ballard |
| Born |
26 Jun 1834 |
Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
3 Feb 1862 |
| Census |
1870 |
Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin |
| Census |
1880 |
Claremont, Dodge County, Minnesota |
| Died |
9 May 1887 |
Marion, Olmsted County, Minnesota |
| Age: 53y |
| Cause: pneumonia |
| Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota |
| Person ID |
I10079 |
All |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2013 |
| Family |
Harriet Louisa Sawyer, b. 11 Jan 1843, Illinois , d. 30 Jul 1926, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
29 Mar 1860 |
Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin |
| Children |
| | 1. Adelthia Ann Ballard, b. 16 Feb 1861 |
| + | 2. Abner Emerson Ballard, b. Sep 1863, Wisconsin |
| + | 3. Eva Melissa Ballard, b. 9 Jun 1866, Waupaca County, Wisconsin , d. 1 May 1949, Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Elmer Grant Ballard, b. Sep 1868, Wisconsin |
| + | 5. Nella Catherine Ballard, b. Mar 1871, Wisconsin , d. 17 Dec 1938, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age ~ 67 years) |
| | 6. Luretta Belle Ballard, b. Apr 1874, Wisconsin |
| | 7. Ernest Dudley Ballard, b. Mar 1876, Minnesota |
| | 8. Anna Jemina Ballard, b. Sep 1878, Minnesota |
| | 9. Nathan Guy Ballard, b. Apr 1881, Ellington, Minnesota |
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| Last Modified |
5 Jun 2012 |
| Family ID |
F2699 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 26 Jun 1834 - Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York |
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 | Married - 29 Mar 1860 - Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin |
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 | Census - 1870 - Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin |
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 | Census - 1880 - Claremont, Dodge County, Minnesota |
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 | Died - Age: 53y,Cause: pneumonia - 9 May 1887 - Marion, Olmsted County, Minnesota |
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 | Buried - - Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota |
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| Notes |
- Abner C. Ballard, son of Nathan and Jemima (Street) Ballard, was born at Otto, Cattaraugus county, New York, June 26, 1834. His parents came from Vermont. Abner remained on the farm with his parents till twenty-five years had rolled away, then betook himself to Waushara county, Wisconsin. The year following he married Harriet Sawyer, who came from Dewitt county, Illinois. In February, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H; 5th Wis. Vols., and joined the army of the Potomac. He was in several severe battles, among which were Yorktown, Williamsburg, Malvern Hill, and Seven Days' Fight. He was taken ill and was assigned to the hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he lay five months. In December 1863, he was discharged for disability. The following spring he enlisted in Co. A, 8th Wis. Vols., as recruit, joining the regiment at Memphis. He went on an ambulance into the battle of Tupalo, and served in Banks' expedition in A. J. Smith's corps; then to Missouri in pursuit of Gen. Price. He served at Nashville and Mobile forts, receiving his final discharge in September, 1865, and returned to Wisconsin. He came to Minnesota in the fall of 1875, lived in Claremont two years, Wasioja three years, and then went to Ellington. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and of the republican party. His children, eight in number, were christened as follows: Abner E., now living at Granville, Clay county, Iowa; Eva, Elmer, Nellie, Etta, Ernest, Jemima, and Guy.
- He enlisted in Company H. 5th Regiment of Wisconsin 3 Feb 1862. A copy of his Certificate of Service states he was 30 years old, had blue eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion. He was 5' 6" tall and a farmer.
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