Elizabeth Shumate Ballard

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Shumate

When Elizabeth Shumate Ballard was born on 1 January 1837, in Lafayette, Missouri, United States, her father, Phillip Larkin Ballard, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Shumate, was 30. She married Henry Green Boyle on 24 February 1859, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Eureka Election Precinct, Juab, Utah, United States in 1900 and Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 January 1920, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Green Boyle
1824–1902
Elizabeth Shumate Ballard
1837–1920
Marriage: 24 February 1859
Almira Boyle
1859–1935
John Paris Boyle
1861–1935
James Henry Boyle
1862–1862
Phillip Ballard Boyle
1863–1895
James Henry Boyle
1866–1868
Florence Elizabeth Boyle
1871–1941
Samuel Harvey Boyle
1873–1941
Sidney Patten Boyle
1877–1939
Walter Leo Boyle
1879–1970

Sources (71)

  • Elizabeth Boyle in household of Patton Boyle, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Elizabeth Ballard, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Elizabeth Bayle, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH SHUMATE BALLARD BOYLE

Elizabeth Shumate Ballard was born on 1 January 1837 in Lafayette, Missouri to Phillip Larkin and Elizabeth Shumate Ballard. Her parents were married on 7November 1822 in Harrison, Kentucky. They h …

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