Catherine Ballard

BALLARD, DOUGLASS

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/28/2005 at 15:19:48

Ballard, Catherine, Section 9; PO Waucoma; widow of Walter K. Douglass, who came to this county in 1855 and settled on the present estate; he was born in Virginia in 1821 and was one of the early settlers in this town. They were married in 1850 and he died in March 1874; had eleven children, five of whom are living --- Newton J., Nancy E., Edward J., Sarah E., and Mary E. She married George Ballard who died in 1876; had one child --- George W. The estate of 175 acres is conducted by her children and is valued at $40 per acre. The family are members of the United Brethren Church.

Page 623, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
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