Charles Franklin "Charlie" Ballard was the eldest of nine children born to William Franklin Ballard (1852-1938) and his first wife Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (1856-1897).
Charlie married Colen Beachum (1875-1955) on 28 December 1899, and they lived at Peachland, NC for many years, though they lived for a short time at Charlotte, NC and Hamlet, NC. He was, at various times, a grocer, a house carpenter, foreman of the bridge and building department for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and a contractor building houses and bridges. He also seems to have been an inventor.
From the Wadesboro Messenger & Intelligencer, Wadesboro, NC, Thurs., April 6, 1922, p. 1: "Mr and Mrs. C. F. Ballard and little Miss Ollie Dean Ballard have returned to their home at Hamlet after spending the week-end with relatives here. Mr. Ballard has recently secured a patent on a monkey wrench which he invented, and has been offered $65,000 for his patent, but said that he was in no hurry to sell."
Mr. Charlie Ballard died in Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in Monroe, of carcinoma of the stomach, on 13 Sept. 1955. His wife died two days later.
Charlie married Colen Beachum (1875-1955) on 28 December 1899, and they lived at Peachland, NC for many years, though they lived for a short time at Charlotte, NC and Hamlet, NC. He was, at various times, a grocer, a house carpenter, foreman of the bridge and building department for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and a contractor building houses and bridges. He also seems to have been an inventor.
From the Wadesboro Messenger & Intelligencer, Wadesboro, NC, Thurs., April 6, 1922, p. 1: "Mr and Mrs. C. F. Ballard and little Miss Ollie Dean Ballard have returned to their home at Hamlet after spending the week-end with relatives here. Mr. Ballard has recently secured a patent on a monkey wrench which he invented, and has been offered $65,000 for his patent, but said that he was in no hurry to sell."
Mr. Charlie Ballard died in Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in Monroe, of carcinoma of the stomach, on 13 Sept. 1955. His wife died two days later.
Charles Franklin "Charlie" Ballard was the eldest of nine children born to William Franklin Ballard (1852-1938) and his first wife Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (1856-1897).
Charlie married Colen Beachum (1875-1955) on 28 December 1899, and they lived at Peachland, NC for many years, though they lived for a short time at Charlotte, NC and Hamlet, NC. He was, at various times, a grocer, a house carpenter, foreman of the bridge and building department for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and a contractor building houses and bridges. He also seems to have been an inventor.
From the Wadesboro Messenger & Intelligencer, Wadesboro, NC, Thurs., April 6, 1922, p. 1: "Mr and Mrs. C. F. Ballard and little Miss Ollie Dean Ballard have returned to their home at Hamlet after spending the week-end with relatives here. Mr. Ballard has recently secured a patent on a monkey wrench which he invented, and has been offered $65,000 for his patent, but said that he was in no hurry to sell."
Mr. Charlie Ballard died in Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in Monroe, of carcinoma of the stomach, on 13 Sept. 1955. His wife died two days later.
Charlie married Colen Beachum (1875-1955) on 28 December 1899, and they lived at Peachland, NC for many years, though they lived for a short time at Charlotte, NC and Hamlet, NC. He was, at various times, a grocer, a house carpenter, foreman of the bridge and building department for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and a contractor building houses and bridges. He also seems to have been an inventor.
From the Wadesboro Messenger & Intelligencer, Wadesboro, NC, Thurs., April 6, 1922, p. 1: "Mr and Mrs. C. F. Ballard and little Miss Ollie Dean Ballard have returned to their home at Hamlet after spending the week-end with relatives here. Mr. Ballard has recently secured a patent on a monkey wrench which he invented, and has been offered $65,000 for his patent, but said that he was in no hurry to sell."
Mr. Charlie Ballard died in Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in Monroe, of carcinoma of the stomach, on 13 Sept. 1955. His wife died two days later.
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