Amasa Ballou 1879

BALLOU, COOK, THORPE, ROCKWELL, MERRICK, MOREHEAD

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Date: 4/19/2009 at 19:48:19

AMASA BALLOU. farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Fulton; a native of Rhode Island; was born near Providence Jan. 21, 1801; in 1811, his parents removed to
Chenango Co., N.Y., where he remained until 1849, when he came to Iowa; was favorably impressed with the many advantages of Jackson Co. and determined to brave the hardships and privations that must be necessarily undergone by the early settlers of any new country; he located in Farmer's Creek Township, and, in the following year, he returned to New York and brought his family West with him, thus becoming
one of the pioneers of Iowa. Mr. Ballou has been married twice; first wife was Serena Cook; children by this marriage are Albert (who is married and lives in Oswego, N. Y.), George (married and resides in Farmer's Creek Township), Richard (who served in an Iowa regiment during the war of the rebellion and now lives in Taylor Co., Iowa), Waita Jane (now the wife of Robert Rockwell, of Taylor Co., Iowa; he
was a soldier in the Union army during the rebellion"); name of Mr. Ballou's second
wife was Maria Thorpe; their children are Marion (he is married and resides in Farmer's Creek Township), Lucilla (now the wife of Henry Merrick, of Jackson Co.; he fought for the Union during the war; was a good soldier), Julia (married William Morehead; they reside in Farmer's Creek Township).
Politically, Mr. Ballou has always acted with the Republican party. He owns 640 acres of land; he is one of the representative pioneers of his township, is a generous, thoroughly honest man and is highly esteemed and greatly respected wherever he is known. – Pg 743, 1879 History of Jackson County, Iowa.