When Addison Ballard was born on 28 November 1842, in Fairfield MM, Hendricks, Indiana, United States, his father, Adin Phillip Ballard, was 49 and his mother, Jane Hockett, was 40. He married Sarah Reeve on 21 March 1868, in Fairfield MM, Hendricks, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Guilford Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States for about 30 years and Justice Precinct 3, Parmer, Texas, United States in 1910. He died in 1915, in Friendswood, Guilford Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery, Friendswood, Guilford Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States.
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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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