Theron settled in what is now Bedford Co, TN where he married May 28, 1811 to Alpha Boyd. Theron was in the war of 1812. He was a school teacher and a farmer and was also known as a strong abolitionist. Theron came with his family and also his widowed mother Elizabeth to Coles County in 1829. Here Theron helped establish the Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian church. Theron died in 1838. His wife did not remarry and later moved to Dane Co, WI with several of the children's families settled. She died there in 1881.
Theron and Alpha were the parents of 12 children:
Mariah Julia Balch (1812-1894)
William Boyd Balch (1813-1884)
John Moorehead Balch (1816-1888)
Emily Clarissa Balch (1818-1902)
Elizabeth Ann Balch (1820-1841)
Martha Jane Kincaid Balch (1822-1881)
Theron Eusebius Balch Jr (1824-1835)
Alpha Caroline Balch (1826-1834)
Cornelia Tuston Balch (1829- )
George Beall Balch (1832- )
Alpha Caroline Balch (1835-1912)
Theron Hezekiah Eusebius Balch (1838- )
Also living in the Balch household was Rhoda Stewart born in 1810, a former slave who had been freed and her son Ephraim born in 1828, a mulatto. Rhoda moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota along with the daughter Alpha Balch Skinner's family after the death of Theron and his wife. Rhoda lived to be over 100 years old.
Theron settled in what is now Bedford Co, TN where he married May 28, 1811 to Alpha Boyd. Theron was in the war of 1812. He was a school teacher and a farmer and was also known as a strong abolitionist. Theron came with his family and also his widowed mother Elizabeth to Coles County in 1829. Here Theron helped establish the Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian church. Theron died in 1838. His wife did not remarry and later moved to Dane Co, WI with several of the children's families settled. She died there in 1881.
Theron and Alpha were the parents of 12 children:
Mariah Julia Balch (1812-1894)
William Boyd Balch (1813-1884)
John Moorehead Balch (1816-1888)
Emily Clarissa Balch (1818-1902)
Elizabeth Ann Balch (1820-1841)
Martha Jane Kincaid Balch (1822-1881)
Theron Eusebius Balch Jr (1824-1835)
Alpha Caroline Balch (1826-1834)
Cornelia Tuston Balch (1829- )
George Beall Balch (1832- )
Alpha Caroline Balch (1835-1912)
Theron Hezekiah Eusebius Balch (1838- )
Also living in the Balch household was Rhoda Stewart born in 1810, a former slave who had been freed and her son Ephraim born in 1828, a mulatto. Rhoda moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota along with the daughter Alpha Balch Skinner's family after the death of Theron and his wife. Rhoda lived to be over 100 years old.
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