Allen Sumner Ballard

Brief Life History of Allen Sumner

"Mexican War Member Company F 1st US Dragoons. The Mexican War was between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 after Texas became a state in 1845."

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Family Time Line

Allen Sumner Ballard
1826–1890
Celista Emma Miller
1830–1900
Marriage: about 1850
Rebecca Olive Ballard
about 1850–1864
Mary Candace Ballard
1851–1939
Henry Champ Ballard
1854–1907
Joseph Frances Ballard
1858–1904
Celista E. Ballard
1862–1933
Flora J. Ballard
1863–1938
Margaret Sarah Ballard
1866–1877
Lulu Belle Ballard
1870–1892

Sources (16)

  • Allen S Ballard, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • Allen S Ballard, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Allen S Ballard, "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1831

Historical Boundaries 1831: Morgan, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).

French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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