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Joseph Ballard

Where born:   NY
Where died:   Mt Carmel
Son of:   Jeremiah Ballard (1770 Williamstown MA-bef 12 Oct 1822 Lancaster m2: 2 Aug 1815 Edwards Co IL Elizabeth Barney) & Anna (1790/91 VT or NY)
Married:   28 Dec 1815 Edward Co IL Martha [Patty] Putnam*
Lived at:   1820-30 Edwards Co IL 1840-50 Wabash
Children:
- Anna (3 May 1817)
- Ira (ca 1819 IL m: Eleanor E Miller*)
- Jeremiah Ballard* (May 1822 Wabash)
- Asiel (1 May 1821 Wabash-1934 Wabash m: 1847 Nancy Newcomb)
- Howard Putnam* (1825)
- Daniel J* (1828 IL)
- James (1829 Wabash m1: Jane; m2: Susan; m3: 1860 Julia Lovellette)
- Mary J (ca 1832 IL m: John Rigg)
- Rebecca* (Jan 1833 Wabash; m1: William Brumfield*; m2: William Rigg*)
- Barton S* (5 Jul 1836 Wabash)
Siblings:
- Rebecka (1791/2 NY-1869 Wabash m John Smith)
- James (2 Nov 1796 NH-22 Dec 1875 Wabash m1: 4 Jul 1824 Edwards Co IL Clarissa Barney; m2: 19 Oct 1859 Mary Griffith)
- Tryphenia (ca 1797 NH-Clay Co IL m: 16 Oct 1815 Butler Co OH Absalom Frazier/Frazer)
- Tryphosa* (2 Jul 1799 NH m: 28 Aug 1817 Edwards Co IL Eber Putnam*)
- Theodosia (ca 1801 NH-1850 Clay Co IL m 3 Apr 1821 Wayne Co IN Jediah Johnson)
- Jeremiah (25 Jul 1804-4 Jul 1846 Delphi- Carroll Co IN m 4 Sep 1828 Carroll Co IN Susan Baum)
- John Ranson (30 Apr 1805 Cayuga Co NY- 9 Jun 1887 Tippecanoe Co IN m1: 9 Dec 1830 Lucinda Robbins; m2: 14 Oct 1841 Nancy Jane Hamilton; m3: 12 Dec 1847 Teresa Wolf)
- Anson (10 Jun 1816 IL-21 Jan 1884 Carroll Co IN; m 2 Jan 1845 White Co IN Mary Jane Hornbeck)
- Julia Ann (8 Nov 1817 IL-2 Apr 1893 Wabash buried Hallock Cemetery; m1: Henry Brines; m2: ? Finney)
- Hester Ann (8 Nov 1819 IL-27 Mar 1893 Wabash buried Hallock Cem; m1: Isaac G Major/Majors; m2 after 13 Jul 1855 Alfred Brines); Source: History of Edwards County, Illinois by Terry L. Harper, copyright 1993, pages 266-268, article by Judith M. Freed.