Isaac Emmerson Ballard (1859 - 1923)

Descendants

Biography

Isaac Emmerson Ballard was the son of Isaac D Ballard (1817–1891) and Mary Ann Keith (1822–1894), born on 30 Mar 1859 in Polk County, Iowa. He spent his early childhood on his father's farm in Delaware Township, Polk County, moving with his family to Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri by 1870, farming near Whitesville.^[1][2]

In 1880, Isaac lived with his widowed sister, Rachel Fredericks, and her three children in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa. He worked as a drayman. In 1885 he resided with his parents, who had moved to Pacific Junction in Plattville Township, Mills County, Iowa. Their neighbors were a family named Rupe.^[3][4][5]

Isaac married Mary Ann Rupe (1867–1946) in 1886, and they resided in Pacific Junction and in Glenwood, Mills County.

Isaac Ballard and Mary Ann Rupe had the following children:

• Florence (Ballard) Allen Kim (1887–1964)
• Virginia "Virgie" (Ballard) Shuffler Steele (1889–1977)
• Bessie M (Ballard) Aalberg Thorvalson (1891–1975)
• Hattie Ballard (b. 1892)
• Vivian E (Ballard) Gatch Post (1894–1989)

Isaac was a brakeman for the railroad in 1900, and the family lived in Plattville Township. Soon after this, Isaac and Mary Ann divorced. He married Edna May Purvis (1879–1972) on 18 Jul 1904 • St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, and they moved to Oakland, California, where Isaac was working as a switchman for the railroad in 1910. The couple had twins, a boy and a girl, before moving back to Wayne, Buchanan County, Missouri, where they resided in 1920.^[6][7][8]

Isaac Ballard and Edna May Purvis had the following children:

• Evelen Edna (Ballard) Corbin Wells (1912–2001)
• Ellis Emmett Ballard (1912–1987)

Isaac died from carcinoma of the liver on 26 Nov 1923 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery. His obituary appeared in the St. Joseph Gazette on 27 Nov 1923.^[9][10][11]

"Isaac E. Ballard, 51 years old, died at his home near Lake school at 3:15 oclock [sic] Monday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, one son, and one daughter, Ellis and Evelyn Ballard, and one brother, James, at Battlett [sic], Iowa. Ballard was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen lodge No. 92. Funeral services will be held from the family home at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Ashland cemetery."

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census; Place: Delaware, Polk, Iowa; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Roll: M653_338; Page: 62; Family History Library Film: 803338; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census; Place: Rochester, Andrew, Missouri; Roll: M593_755; Page: 347B; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
3. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Place: Glenwood, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 356; Page: 306d; Enumeration District: 129; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
4. ↑ Quigg, Gary, comp.; Iowa, U.S., State Census 1885; Family History Film 1021498; Volume 233; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
5. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Date: 1885, Place: Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa, USA; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
6. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 448; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0100; Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
7. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Place: Oakland Ward 4, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_70; Page: 16b; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1374083; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
8. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; Place: Wayne, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T625_908; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 36; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
9. ↑ Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969; Certificate Number 32394; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53762799
11. ↑ Newspapers.com, St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Missouri, Tues, 27 Nov 1923, page 17, Isaac E. Ballard Dies .