Philip Ballard

Brief Life History of Philip

When Philip Ballard was born on 15 August 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Phillip Larkin Ballard, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Shumate, was 37. He married Elizabeth Ann Knight on 7 June 1863, in Liberty, Liberty, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Soldier, Blaine, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Camas, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 25 April 1920, in Soldier, Camas, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Camas, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Philip Ballard
1843–1920
Nancy Parmelia Boren Ballard
1849–1908
Marriage: 15 June 1868
Lydia Adelaide Ballard
1869–1948
James Philip Ballard
1871–1923
William Amos Ballard
1873–1874
Francis Lauretta Ballard
1876–1877
Nancy Elizabeth Ballard
1878–1932
Elmer Edward Ballard
1882–1915
Irene Margaret Ballard
1886–1983
Josephine Ethel Ballard
1890–1893
John Halford Ballard
1895–1974

Sources (24)

  • Phil Ballard, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Philip Ballard, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Philip Ballard, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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