Phillip Ballard

Tombstone of Phillip Ballard. Cooper Cemetery, Stanberry, MO
Tombstone of Phillip Ballard. Cooper Cemetery, Stanberry, MO
Tombstone of Rosanna Ballard, wife of Philip
Tombstone of Rosanna Ballard, wife of Philip
Tombstone of Elizabeth Ballard, wife of Philip
Tombstone of Elizabeth Ballard, wife of Philip
born: 10 Apr 1802, Warren Co.,Kentucky
died: 29 Oct 1887, probably near Stanberry, Missouri
bur.: south of Stanberry, Gentry Co., MO, at Cooper Cemetery
spouse: Elizabeth PARKS
marr: 2 Feb 1822, Indiana
born: 4 Mar 1810, Clark Co.,Indiana
died: 16 Jun 1852, Iowa Twp,Marshall Co.,Iowa
bur.: near Albion,Marshall Co.,Iowa, at Ballard's Half Acre Cemetery
Children:
Lurana BALLARD
Harriet BALLARD
Nancy BALLARD
Rebecca BALLARD
Sarah BALLARD
Charles C. BALLARD
James Milton BALLARD
William Jasper BALLARD
Sylvia BALLARD
spouse: Rosannah LEONARD
born: 31 Oct 1822
died: 10 Apr 1858, Iowa Twp,Marshall Co.,Iowa
bur.: near Albion,Marshall Co.,Iowa, at Ballard's Half Acre Cemetery

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------Reuben BALLARD (1748, VA or NC - 1820, KY)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------John BALLARD (1779 - 1848, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Abraham BALLARD (1705, VA - 1754, NC)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Absilla A. ``Assala'' BALLARD ( - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Elizabeth SUMNER (1715 - )
  |
Philip BALLARD (1802, Kentucky - 1877, Missouri)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------John COX ( - )
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Jinney COX (1775, Kentucky - Indiana)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Jinney ``Jane'' ( - )
                      |
                      |--------
Philip moved to Indiana in 1813 and to Illinois in 1829, and to Marshall County, Iowa in 1848, having first visited Marshall county in 1846. In March, 1848, Philip Ballard settled on the Iowa River, in what is Iowa Township. In 1878 he owned 243 acres of land in Iowa Twp. of Marshall county near Albion. He had held the offices of Township Trustee and Judge of the Election.

Phillip's tombstone shows his death date as 29 Oct 1887 (the last digit is hard to read). But in any case the 1877 death year that is in the LDS AF (and that I used to have) is definitely wrong. The tombstone also shows an age of 85 years, 6 mo., and 19 (or 10) days (the number of days is hard to read, and it might be 83 years, not 85). A cemetery index gives 85/6/19 for the age in 1887. That's consistent with a birth year of 1802 given for Phillip in the 1878 Marshall Co., Iowa history book.

Phillip's name is spelled with two 'l's on his tombstone, but only one 'l' in the Marshall Co., Iowa history.

Census: 1840, Des Moines Co., Iowa
Census: 1850, Marshall Co.,Iowa
More information: BIOGRAPHY-HISTORY

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