When Hiram Ballard was born in 1787, in Orange, Virginia, United States, his father, Larkin Ballard, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebecca Gaines, was 19. He married Catherine Boling on 11 September 1809, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Kentucky, United States in 1820 and Boone, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States in 1846. He died in December 1846, in Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 59.
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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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