Phillip Larkin Ballard

Brief Life History of Phillip Larkin

When Phillip Larkin Ballard was born on 18 July 1802, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, his father, Curtis Ballard, was 41 and his mother, Esther Gaines, was 41. He married Elizabeth Shumate on 7 November 1822, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 13 May 1868, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Larkin Ballard
1802–1868
Elizabeth Shumate
1806–1870
Marriage: 7 November 1822
Sarah Anna Ballard
1824–1852
Lucinda Ballard
1826–1839
Julia Newton Ballard
1830–1839
Barbara Eleanor Ballard
1830–1885
William Batson Ballard
1834–1917
Elizabeth Shumate Ballard
1837–1920
Lydia S. Ballard
1838–1912
Nancy Hinson BALLARD
1839–1845
Susan Ballard
1843–1872
Philip Ballard
1843–1920
James Sullivan Ballard
1847–1924

Sources (39)

  • Phillip Ballard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Phillip Ballard - Cemetery record or headstone: birth:
  • Phillip Ballard, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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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Phillip Ballard conversion and immigration

Phillip Ballard was born in Kentucky in 1802. He married Elizabeth Shumate in 1822 in Kentucky. They are listed in Family Search with 13 children, born 1824-1847. The first 5 children were born in …

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