Charles had also served as Chairman of the Board for Aldermen. He served as President of the Louisville Board of Trade and the Pendennis Club & as a director in the Fidelity & Columbia Trust Company , The Union National Bank , The Federal Chemical Company & The Louisville Railway Company.
Charles was also a senior warden of Christ Church Cathedral. In March of 1916 he was elected as the President of the Associated Western Yale Clubs. He had also served as a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky & the Kentucky Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
His wife was , Modesta Amelia Breaux , and the couple were married ; April 24 , 1878. Together , they had 8 children.
As President of the Ballard & Ballard CO. , Charles was responsible for establishing a profit sharing system & welfare program for his companies workers. The Ballard & Ballard CO. were among one of our nation's first companies to incorporate the use of profit sharing & welfare work.
The last couple years of Charles life were spent in ill health. He had died suddenly from Myocarditis on May the 8th , the year of 1918 at his estate in Glenview. After his death , the presidency of the Ballard & Ballard CO. was turned over to his brother Samuel.
Charles had also served as Chairman of the Board for Aldermen. He served as President of the Louisville Board of Trade and the Pendennis Club & as a director in the Fidelity & Columbia Trust Company , The Union National Bank , The Federal Chemical Company & The Louisville Railway Company.
Charles was also a senior warden of Christ Church Cathedral. In March of 1916 he was elected as the President of the Associated Western Yale Clubs. He had also served as a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky & the Kentucky Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
His wife was , Modesta Amelia Breaux , and the couple were married ; April 24 , 1878. Together , they had 8 children.
As President of the Ballard & Ballard CO. , Charles was responsible for establishing a profit sharing system & welfare program for his companies workers. The Ballard & Ballard CO. were among one of our nation's first companies to incorporate the use of profit sharing & welfare work.
The last couple years of Charles life were spent in ill health. He had died suddenly from Myocarditis on May the 8th , the year of 1918 at his estate in Glenview. After his death , the presidency of the Ballard & Ballard CO. was turned over to his brother Samuel.
Family Members
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Abigail Churchill "Abby" Ballard Stewart
1879–1922
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Emilie Locke Ballard
1880–1886
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Mary Thruston Ballard
1882–1884
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Charles Mynn Thruston Ballard
1886–1927
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Gustave Breaux Ballard Sr
1888–1961
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Churchill Ballard
1890–1891
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Frances Thruston "Fanny" Ballard Horner
1890–1985
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Mina Breaux Ballard Chambers
1893–1978
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