Ballard, Anson

1821 - 1873  (51 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ballard, Anson
  Born	20 Dec 1821	Appling, Jefferson, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Election	1857	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Elected as the first City Attorney for Appleton
  Land Record	22 Feb 1858	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1860 Census	1860	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Ward 2, page 20
  Anson Ballard 38 Harriet S Ballard 27 Irvie M Ballard 7 Leda A Ballard 5 Eugene Ballard 2 Irene Ballard 2 Sarah L Hickox 22 Eliza Simonds 14 Bridget Moore 17 Edwin De Reimer 21
  Will	27 Jul 1867
  Land Record	5 Aug 1869	Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1870 Census	1870	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Anson Ballard 49 Harriet Ballard 37 Lyda A Ballard 15 Rena Ballard 11 Nellie Ballard 7 Freddy Ballard 4 Pearl Ballard 1 Mary Faust 18 Maggy Grignon 20
  Died	4 Apr 1873	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	5 Apr 1873
  Appleton Crescent
  Anson Ballard 12/20/1821 4/4/1873 Appleton Crescent 4/5/1873 3
  Buried	Aft 4 Apr 1873	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Ballard, Anson Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 246
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1083
  ANSON BALLARD was born in Appling, Jefferson county, New York, December 20, 1821. He was graduated from Hamilton College, New York, in 1845. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. After graduation he taught school in Maryland and Tennessee, spending his leisure studying law. He came to Appleton in 1850 and was admitted to the bar at Green Bay, October 9th of that year. He then formed a law partnership with Perry H. Smith, the firm being known as Smith & Ballard. Shortly after coming to Appleton Mr. Ballard began investing in real estate in Appleton and Outagamie county and later extended his purchases to adjoining counties. The abstracts of Outagamie county show that at the time of his death he was the largest land owner in the county. May 1, 1851, he married Harriet M. Story at Sheboygan. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ballard: Irving Ballard, Leda A. Ballard Clark (Mrs. Orlando E. Clark), Irene Ballard Orbison (Mrs. Thomas Orbison), Nellie Ballard Conkey, deceased, Fred Packard Ballard, deceased, and Pearl E. Ballard, deceased. Mr. Ballard was a man of culture and refinement and was greatly interested in education and school affairs. His friendships embraced many prominent men throughout the country with whom he kept in close touch. In the early '60s he founded a school based on the Pestalozzian system of education, which system was the forerunner of the kindergarten and was the kindergarten idea applied to advanced students. The first principal of this school was Prof. Sherwood . He was followed by David Starr Jordan , now president of Leland Stanford University. At first this school was located at the corner of Lawe and Durkee streets. It was later removed to the northeast corner of College avenue and Lawe street in the old National Hotel. In his last will he liberally provided for the maintenance and perpetuation of this school. By the construction of the will in court this bequest failed. While Mr. Ballard took a keen interest in public affairs, he never sought office. However, in 1857, he was elected city attorney of Appleton, being the first person in the city to hold that office. He was re-elected in 1858. He also served as alderman of the city of Appleton in 1866 and 1867. Mr. Ballard was a Mason and Knight Templar. He was a religious man and was a regular attendant at the Congregational church, of which he was one of the founders. He died at Appleton, April 4, 1873, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery.
  	Ballard, Anson Biography from Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Person ID	I130419	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Ballard, Samuel Fuller,   b. 27 May 1792, whitestown, Oneida, New York ,   d. 8 Jan 1892, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA  (Age 99 years)
  Mother	Rising, Diana,   b. 1 Nov 1795, , , New York, USA ,   d. 14 Nov 1862, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F61334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Story, Harriet,   b. 29 Mar 1833, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA ,   d. Abt Mar 1900, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 May 1851	Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Ballard, Irving,   b. 18 Dec 1852, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1922, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 69 years) + 2. Ballard, Lyda,   b. 6 Oct 1854, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1937, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)   3. Ballard, Adele,   b. 12 Jan 1856, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 1857, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 1 years)   4. Ballard, Eugene,   b. 21 Sep 1858, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1864, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 6 years) + 5. Ballard, Irene "Rena",   b. 27 Sep 1858,   d. 25 Dec 1933  (Age 75 years) + 6. Ballard, Nellie,   b. 27 Oct 1863,   d. 10 Aug 1891  (Age 27 years)   7. Ballard, Fred,   b. 1 Aug 1866, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1 Nov 1895, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 29 years)   8. Ballard, Pearl Edna,   b. 31 Aug 1868, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1877, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 8 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F51174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 20 Dec 1821 - Appling, Jefferson, New York, USA Married - 1 May 1851 - Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA Election - Elected as the first City Attorney for Appleton - 1857 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Land Record - 22 Feb 1858 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - Ward 2, page 20 - 1860 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Land Record - 5 Aug 1869 - Cicero, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 4 Apr 1873 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 4 Apr 1873 - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Ballard, Anson Dec 20, 1821 - Apr 4, 1873