1900 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
# 215, Beaver Pond Dist., image 24 of 38, read 26 June 1900, ED77, pg 12 B
LULA COMPTON, 33, b. Dec 1866 in Va as were her parents WIDOW
Thomas, 17, b. July 1882 in WV, father b. VA
Walter A., 15, b. Apr 1885 in WV , father b. VA
Ader B., 13, b. Dec 1886 in WV
Laurel, 10, b. July 1889 in WV
Ollier R. (sic)., 7, b. Aug 1892 in WV (THIS IS OLLIE ARSTELLA MAE COMPTON)
Sallie B., 4, b. Mar 1896 in WV
Rollie W. (sic), 1, b Sept 1898 in WV (Raleigh Watson Compton)


West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
Name: Rader Ballard
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ollie Compton
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1918
Marriage Place: West Virginia, United States

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I BELEIVE Radar Simpson Ballard to be the grandson of Robert J. Shrader & Cynthia J. Holstein. However I do not know what daughter or son, of Robert Shrader’s, married a Ballard- SEE 1910 MERCER CO WV CENSUS BELOW-Karen EAGLE Moman


1910 MERCER COUNTY, WV CENSUS
DISTRICT 119 LITTLESBURG. SANDLICK. ENUMERATED BY JOHN W. BAILEY
30. ROBERT SHRADER 82 H of H MARRIED 58 YRS. GENERAL FARMING
31. CYNTHIA J. 75 WIFE 8 CHILDREN BORN 8 LIVING
32. LOTTIE J. SURFACE 17 G-DAU.
33. EXIT M. HEDRICK 7 G-DAU
34. ROBERT B. HEDRICK 4 G-SON
35. LETICIA BAILEY 20 ADOPTED
36. RADAR S. BALLARD 10 G-SON


1920 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
# 18, Beaver Pond Dist., ED#75, page 1 B, read January 3, 1920
RADAR S. BALLARD 20, he and his parents b. WV, car repair/railway *
Ollie A (sic), 23, she and mom b. WV, dad b. VA
Elsie M., age 3yr or 3/12 months-hard to read
* Rader E. Ballard in INDEX


1930 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
# 636, Read April 30, 1903,Bluefield-Bramwell Road, Beaver Pond Dist , living near # 635 Raleigh Watson Compton and at # 637 lived Frank T. Crawford and his family
RADAR BALLARD, 30 m, @ 19, b. WV as were his parents, works : Black Powder Plant
Ollie, 34, m. @ 23, wife, b. WV as were her parents
Elsie, 10, b. WV
Basil, 5, b. WV
Louella, 2 years and some months, b. WV