Richard
Thomas
(RT)
Ballengee
Born in Summers, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
John R Ballengee [half], Henry James Ballengee [half], Julia Ann (Ballengee) Davis [half], Sarah Melinda (Ballengee) Williamson and Shannon Lee Ballengee
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Chattin) Ballengee
— married
1877 in WV
Descendants 
Father of
Homer Ballengee, Bessie M (Ballengee) Dunn, Grace Ballengee and Schuyler Caulifax Ballengee
Died
at age 61
in Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 12 Aug 2014
This page has been accessed 562 times.
Biography
Served as a Justice of Talcott District at one point
Richard Thomas Ballengee
Birth: Jun. 21, 1853 Summers County West Virginia, USA Death: Mar. 19, 1915 Talcott Summers County West Virginia, USA
Family links: Parents: William E. Ballengee (1821 - 1900) Elizabeth L. Garten Ballengee (1826 - 1898)
Spouse: Sarah Jane Chattin Ballengee (1855 - 1941)
Siblings: Julia Ann Ballengee Davis (1846 - 1928)** (half sister) John R. Ballengee (1844- (half brother) Richard Thomas Ballengee (1853 - 1915) Shannon Lee Ballengee (1863 - 1939)*
- Calculated relationship
- Half-sibling
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery Summers County West Virginia, USA
Created by: Lesli Wall Record added: Sep 20, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 117357594
Richard was born in Jun 1853. He is the son of Eli Ballengee and Elizabeth Garten. [1]
Listed as Richard T. Bellinger in 1870 WV census. Very difficult to distinguish between T and S in the census records, especially 1870.
per Judith McClung: BALLENGEE TRAILS RICHARD THOMAS (SQUIRE) BALLENGEE, the fifth child of Eli Ballengee and his second wife, Elizabeth Garten, was born 21 June 1853 in Monroe Co., VA. He married 7 Nov 1877 in Summers Co., VA. to Sarah Jane Chattin. She was the daughter of George Washington and Mary Catherine Kessler Chattin. R.T. died 19 Mar 1915 at Talcott, WV and Sarah died 23 Nov 1941. They were both Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Ballengee WV
Their children were: [1] Homer b. 17 Oct 1879, Summers Co., WV and died 11 Jan 1943. He married Katherine Florence Chattin 24 May 1904 and they had one child. [2] Bessie M. b. 28 Mar 1882, Summers WV. She md David Franklin Dunn 28 May 1901 and they had 5 children. She died 1958. [3] Grace M. b. 20 Sept 1883; died 1962. She married Walter B. (Jack) Dunn (brother to David F.) 4 June 1903 and they had 2 children. [4] Schuyler Caulifax b. 30 Jan 1885 at Ballengee, Summers, WV. He died 27 July 1958. He married Ida E. Canterbury and they had 6 children. {Virginia Ballengee Sherman, researcher
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Bob Fields, Mar 3, 2012
- Bob Fields, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Bob and others.
- 1900 Census West Virginia, Summers Co., Talcott, District 133, page 23.
- 1870 Census WV, Monroe Co., Forest Hill, page 12. Roll: M593_1695; Page: 426B; Image: 16; Family History Library Film: 553194.
- History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
By James Henry Miller, Maude Vest Clark page 756
Is RT your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with RT by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with RT:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with RT by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with RT:
-
~12.50%
Charlene (Ballengee) Wall
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A238890 [compare]
-
~6.25%
Lesli Wall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lesli_Wall
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T179315 [compare], FTDNA kit #334827
-
~6.25%
Lance Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW2093481 [compare]
-
~6.25%
Jeff Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GD7253924 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Wayne Lowen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AWayneLowen
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured Female Poet connections: RT is 15 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 22 degrees from Ruth Niland, 28 degrees from Karin Boye, 27 degrees from 照 松平, 16 degrees from Anne Barnard, 37 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 24 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 16 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 27 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 22 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 18 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 17 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
[2] Bessie M. b. 28 Mar 1882, Summers WV. She md David Franklin Dunn 28 May 1901 and they had 5 children. She died 1958. [3] Grace M. b. 20 Sept 1883; died 1962. She married Walter B. (Jack) Dunn (brother to David F.) 4 June 1903 and they had 2 children. [4] Schuyler Caulifax b. 30 Jan 1885 at Ballengee, Summers, WV. He died 27 July 1958. He married Ida E. Canterbury and they had 6 children. {Virginia Ballengee Sherman, researcher} Sarah & RT in Oakgrove Cemetery, Ballengee WV