Update, December 2, 2016: An investigation is in progress to determine if the David Ballard who died in 1912 is in a grave with a headstone marked 1821-1907 or if there were two men with the same name who are buried in Greenwood Cemetery. In the meantime read the biography below of the David Ballard who died in 1912.
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David was born* near Richmond, Virginia. When he was a small boy his father took him to Boone County, Kentucky. He married Martha Ann Noell in Boone County on September 12, 1843. (Refer to the Find A Grave memorial for his father, John Ballard, for more information.)
He fought for the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Texas and farmed for 15 years in Kaufman County before moving to Dallas in 1889. In the 1880 census for Kaufman County he was listed with his wife and six children: James W. Ballard, John Ballard, David B. Ballard, Mary E. Ballard, Mattie B. Ballard, and Rebecca Ballard. In the 1910 census David was living in Dallas with his son John.
*the death certificate gives his birth date as May 17; the newspaper obituary gives it as May 16
Sources: The Dallas Morning News, marriage record, and census reports
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David was born* near Richmond, Virginia. When he was a small boy his father took him to Boone County, Kentucky. He married Martha Ann Noell in Boone County on September 12, 1843. (Refer to the Find A Grave memorial for his father, John Ballard, for more information.)
He fought for the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Texas and farmed for 15 years in Kaufman County before moving to Dallas in 1889. In the 1880 census for Kaufman County he was listed with his wife and six children: James W. Ballard, John Ballard, David B. Ballard, Mary E. Ballard, Mattie B. Ballard, and Rebecca Ballard. In the 1910 census David was living in Dallas with his son John.
*the death certificate gives his birth date as May 17; the newspaper obituary gives it as May 16
Sources: The Dallas Morning News, marriage record, and census reports
Update, December 2, 2016: An investigation is in progress to determine if the David Ballard who died in 1912 is in a grave with a headstone marked 1821-1907 or if there were two men with the same name who are buried in Greenwood Cemetery. In the meantime read the biography below of the David Ballard who died in 1912.
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David was born* near Richmond, Virginia. When he was a small boy his father took him to Boone County, Kentucky. He married Martha Ann Noell in Boone County on September 12, 1843. (Refer to the Find A Grave memorial for his father, John Ballard, for more information.)
He fought for the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Texas and farmed for 15 years in Kaufman County before moving to Dallas in 1889. In the 1880 census for Kaufman County he was listed with his wife and six children: James W. Ballard, John Ballard, David B. Ballard, Mary E. Ballard, Mattie B. Ballard, and Rebecca Ballard. In the 1910 census David was living in Dallas with his son John.
*the death certificate gives his birth date as May 17; the newspaper obituary gives it as May 16
Sources: The Dallas Morning News, marriage record, and census reports
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David was born* near Richmond, Virginia. When he was a small boy his father took him to Boone County, Kentucky. He married Martha Ann Noell in Boone County on September 12, 1843. (Refer to the Find A Grave memorial for his father, John Ballard, for more information.)
He fought for the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Texas and farmed for 15 years in Kaufman County before moving to Dallas in 1889. In the 1880 census for Kaufman County he was listed with his wife and six children: James W. Ballard, John Ballard, David B. Ballard, Mary E. Ballard, Mattie B. Ballard, and Rebecca Ballard. In the 1910 census David was living in Dallas with his son John.
*the death certificate gives his birth date as May 17; the newspaper obituary gives it as May 16
Sources: The Dallas Morning News, marriage record, and census reports
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