ANDREW BALLANTYNE

BALLANTYNE

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/23/2020 at 13:32:14

ANDREW BALLANTYNE, who resides on section 23, Quincy township, is one of the well-known citizens of this county. He settled on his present farm in the spring of 1876, although no improvements had been made on the place when he purchased it in 1875. He was born in Canada in 1844, a son of James Ballantyne, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to Canada with his family from Scotland. He died December 17, 1888. The mother is still living, residing in Poweshiek county, Iowa, where the family settled a number of years ago.

Andrew Ballantyne came to Scott county, Iowa, in 1865, and worked there for two years. He later owned and improved a farm in Poweshiek county. He was married in Michigan to Miss Charlotte Miller, a native of Canada. Mr. Ballantyne came here from Poweshiek county. He and his wife have six children, three sons and three daughters: George, Mary, Frank, Byron, Maggie, Edna.