When Carrie Mae Ballard was born on 2 April 1877, in Ohio, United States, her father, Fountain A Ballard, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Amanda Cochran, was 24. She married James M. Chamberlain on 3 September 1895, in Madison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Cheviot, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Pleasant Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1934. She died on 25 August 1934, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Madison, Ohio, United States.
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 .
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