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Elias “Grass” Ballard

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Elias “Grass” Ballard

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
8 Apr 1945 (aged 54)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Elias (Grass) Ballard was born in the IL Dist., CN, IT, the son of Alexander Ballard Jr. and Mary Ellen Pettit (both buried at Greenleaf). **See his father's gravesite for his siblings.

Father: Alexander "Tuxie" BALLARD b: AUG 1863 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK
Mother: Mary Ellen PETTIT b: 01 SEP 1872 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK

Marriage 1: Katie CRAWFORD b: 25 DEC 1889 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, Muskogee County, OK
•Married: 24 APR 1915 in Cherokee County, OK
Children:
1. Ruth BALLARD b: 10 SEP 1921 in Braggs, Muskogee, OK
2. Thomas BALLARD b: 15 OCT 1914 in OK
3. May BALLARD b: 06 DEC 1919 in OK

Marriage 2: Catherine JONES b: 1877?
•Married: 16 MAY 1909 in Tip, Mayes, OK

Marriage 3 Ida Belle CARROLL b: 30 MAY 1885 in AR
•Married: 27 MAY 1923 in Cherokee County, OK

Elias is listed on the Dawes Roll: card# 6344, roll# 15134; Miller Roll: Braggs, OK, ap# 2166, roll# 4129; Blood: 1/16 Cherokee; Starr's Notes: A331. [Source: Cherokee Lineages by James R. Hicks]
Elias (Grass) Ballard was born in the IL Dist., CN, IT, the son of Alexander Ballard Jr. and Mary Ellen Pettit (both buried at Greenleaf). **See his father's gravesite for his siblings.

Father: Alexander "Tuxie" BALLARD b: AUG 1863 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK
Mother: Mary Ellen PETTIT b: 01 SEP 1872 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK

Marriage 1: Katie CRAWFORD b: 25 DEC 1889 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, Muskogee County, OK
•Married: 24 APR 1915 in Cherokee County, OK
Children:
1. Ruth BALLARD b: 10 SEP 1921 in Braggs, Muskogee, OK
2. Thomas BALLARD b: 15 OCT 1914 in OK
3. May BALLARD b: 06 DEC 1919 in OK

Marriage 2: Catherine JONES b: 1877?
•Married: 16 MAY 1909 in Tip, Mayes, OK

Marriage 3 Ida Belle CARROLL b: 30 MAY 1885 in AR
•Married: 27 MAY 1923 in Cherokee County, OK

Elias is listed on the Dawes Roll: card# 6344, roll# 15134; Miller Roll: Braggs, OK, ap# 2166, roll# 4129; Blood: 1/16 Cherokee; Starr's Notes: A331. [Source: Cherokee Lineages by James R. Hicks]

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  • Maintained by: A Phillips
  • Originally Created by: Alice P.
  • Added: Mar 17, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10633631/elias-ballard: accessed ), memorial page for Elias “Grass” Ballard (22 Feb 1891–8 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10633631, citing Greenleaf Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by A Phillips (contributor 50074413).