Mary Jane (Wheeler) Ballard (1823 - 1894)

Born 21 Mar 1823 in Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Proctor Ballard — married 27 Mar 1842 in Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1894 at age 70 in Nelson County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Mary Wheeler was born on March 21, 1823^[1] in Kentucky, USA.^[2] She was the daughter of Bennett Wheeler and Nancy Avis.^[3]

She married John Ballard on March 27, 1842 in Nelson Co., Kentucky.^[3] Together they had 6 children:

1. Mary Ballard
2. Nancy Ballard
3. Teresa Ballard
4. Julia Ballard
5. Elizabeth Ballard
6. Mary Ballard

Mary Jane died on February 15, 1894 in Nelson County, Kentucky and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion County, Kentucky.^[1]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 16 Aug 1850

Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Keeping House

Read & Write: No ^[2]

Residence:

Date: 03 Jul 1860

Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Keeping House

Read & Write: No ^[4]

Residence:

Date: 15 Sep 1870

Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Keeping House

Read & Write: No ^[5]

Residence:

Date: 12 Jun 1880

Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Keeping House

Read & Write: No ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87503706/mary-jane-ballard : accessed 30 May 2022), memorial page for Mary Jane Wheeler Ballard (21 Mar 1823–15 Feb 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87503706, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Charlotte Raley McConaha (contributor 47558988)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1850 Nelson Co., Kentucky Distr. 2, p. 354, family 220 image
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BQ24-2?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-WHZ%3A148220801 : 17 May 2018), 004706053 > image 428 of 838; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky
4. ↑ Source: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; Roll: M653_389; Page: 159; Image: 159;
5. ↑ Source: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; Roll: M593_491; Page: 6A; Image: 136296;
6. ↑ Source: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, population schedules, (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: 436; Page: 305A; Enumeration District: 211; Image: 0030;