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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- 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"
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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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