Ellen Anna was born in Indian Territory, now known as the State of Oklahoma; Statehood: 16 Nov 1907.
Ellen Anna was the only daughter of her Parents, and was named for her Father, Reverend Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Sr.'s only Sister, Sarah Ellen (nee Balentine) Parker, and her Mother, Nancy Ann/Anna (nee Hoyt) Balentine.
It appears she was born between two of her Brothers, Alexander Hamilton, Junior and William Henry.
It is very possible she died of Pneumonia within the first year of her life. According to an original, hand-written family letter from the Reverend, (in the possession of the living family), she traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her Parents and brothers in the Fall of 1855, from Indian Territory (Eastern Oklahoma)...a very arduous, dangerous and cold journey in the Wilderness.
FROM REV. BALENTINE'S BIO: "Next year [1850] he was appointed to assist in giving instruction at Spencer Academy, among the Choctaws, and labored there from 1850 to 1852, at which time the board opened a boarding school for females at Wapanucka among the Chickasaws. The buildings at that place were so far completed that Mr. Balentine opened the institution about Oct. 1, 1852, with forty pupils, but they soon increased to one hundred in number. He remained here, laboring efficiently, until the fall of 1855, when he visited Philadelphia for medical advice, owing to severe illness in his family."
{Their son, Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Jr. had severe eyesight issues and became totally blind at about age 12. The Reverend and his wife, Anna, sought an Asylum in Philadelphia for him to be trained for an occupation.}
Ellen's actual burial is unknown at this time, but is presumed to be in Indian Territory, as her Parents lived there in 1855. {Hamilton and Anna married June 14, 1849 in Indian Territory.} They died in Indian Territory as well.
Ellen Anna is the Paternal First Cousin, Three Times Removed of Judith and Janet Handwork.
Ellen Anna was the only daughter of her Parents, and was named for her Father, Reverend Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Sr.'s only Sister, Sarah Ellen (nee Balentine) Parker, and her Mother, Nancy Ann/Anna (nee Hoyt) Balentine.
It appears she was born between two of her Brothers, Alexander Hamilton, Junior and William Henry.
It is very possible she died of Pneumonia within the first year of her life. According to an original, hand-written family letter from the Reverend, (in the possession of the living family), she traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her Parents and brothers in the Fall of 1855, from Indian Territory (Eastern Oklahoma)...a very arduous, dangerous and cold journey in the Wilderness.
FROM REV. BALENTINE'S BIO: "Next year [1850] he was appointed to assist in giving instruction at Spencer Academy, among the Choctaws, and labored there from 1850 to 1852, at which time the board opened a boarding school for females at Wapanucka among the Chickasaws. The buildings at that place were so far completed that Mr. Balentine opened the institution about Oct. 1, 1852, with forty pupils, but they soon increased to one hundred in number. He remained here, laboring efficiently, until the fall of 1855, when he visited Philadelphia for medical advice, owing to severe illness in his family."
{Their son, Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Jr. had severe eyesight issues and became totally blind at about age 12. The Reverend and his wife, Anna, sought an Asylum in Philadelphia for him to be trained for an occupation.}
Ellen's actual burial is unknown at this time, but is presumed to be in Indian Territory, as her Parents lived there in 1855. {Hamilton and Anna married June 14, 1849 in Indian Territory.} They died in Indian Territory as well.
Ellen Anna is the Paternal First Cousin, Three Times Removed of Judith and Janet Handwork.
Ellen Anna was born in Indian Territory, now known as the State of Oklahoma; Statehood: 16 Nov 1907.
Ellen Anna was the only daughter of her Parents, and was named for her Father, Reverend Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Sr.'s only Sister, Sarah Ellen (nee Balentine) Parker, and her Mother, Nancy Ann/Anna (nee Hoyt) Balentine.
It appears she was born between two of her Brothers, Alexander Hamilton, Junior and William Henry.
It is very possible she died of Pneumonia within the first year of her life. According to an original, hand-written family letter from the Reverend, (in the possession of the living family), she traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her Parents and brothers in the Fall of 1855, from Indian Territory (Eastern Oklahoma)...a very arduous, dangerous and cold journey in the Wilderness.
FROM REV. BALENTINE'S BIO: "Next year [1850] he was appointed to assist in giving instruction at Spencer Academy, among the Choctaws, and labored there from 1850 to 1852, at which time the board opened a boarding school for females at Wapanucka among the Chickasaws. The buildings at that place were so far completed that Mr. Balentine opened the institution about Oct. 1, 1852, with forty pupils, but they soon increased to one hundred in number. He remained here, laboring efficiently, until the fall of 1855, when he visited Philadelphia for medical advice, owing to severe illness in his family."
{Their son, Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Jr. had severe eyesight issues and became totally blind at about age 12. The Reverend and his wife, Anna, sought an Asylum in Philadelphia for him to be trained for an occupation.}
Ellen's actual burial is unknown at this time, but is presumed to be in Indian Territory, as her Parents lived there in 1855. {Hamilton and Anna married June 14, 1849 in Indian Territory.} They died in Indian Territory as well.
Ellen Anna is the Paternal First Cousin, Three Times Removed of Judith and Janet Handwork.
Ellen Anna was the only daughter of her Parents, and was named for her Father, Reverend Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Sr.'s only Sister, Sarah Ellen (nee Balentine) Parker, and her Mother, Nancy Ann/Anna (nee Hoyt) Balentine.
It appears she was born between two of her Brothers, Alexander Hamilton, Junior and William Henry.
It is very possible she died of Pneumonia within the first year of her life. According to an original, hand-written family letter from the Reverend, (in the possession of the living family), she traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her Parents and brothers in the Fall of 1855, from Indian Territory (Eastern Oklahoma)...a very arduous, dangerous and cold journey in the Wilderness.
FROM REV. BALENTINE'S BIO: "Next year [1850] he was appointed to assist in giving instruction at Spencer Academy, among the Choctaws, and labored there from 1850 to 1852, at which time the board opened a boarding school for females at Wapanucka among the Chickasaws. The buildings at that place were so far completed that Mr. Balentine opened the institution about Oct. 1, 1852, with forty pupils, but they soon increased to one hundred in number. He remained here, laboring efficiently, until the fall of 1855, when he visited Philadelphia for medical advice, owing to severe illness in his family."
{Their son, Alexander Hamilton Balentine, Jr. had severe eyesight issues and became totally blind at about age 12. The Reverend and his wife, Anna, sought an Asylum in Philadelphia for him to be trained for an occupation.}
Ellen's actual burial is unknown at this time, but is presumed to be in Indian Territory, as her Parents lived there in 1855. {Hamilton and Anna married June 14, 1849 in Indian Territory.} They died in Indian Territory as well.
Ellen Anna is the Paternal First Cousin, Three Times Removed of Judith and Janet Handwork.
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