Anna Jemina Ballard

Other Events:

• Military: 3 Feb 1862
• Census: 1870, Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Claremont, Dodge County, Minnesota

Notes:

Abner C. Ballard, son of Nathan and Jemima (Street) Ballard, was born at Otto, Cattaraugus county, New York, June 26, 1834. His parents came from Vermont. Abner remained on the farm with his parents till twenty-five years had rolled away, then betook himself to Waushara county, Wisconsin. The year following he married Harriet Sawyer, who came from Dewitt county, Illinois. In February, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H; 5th Wis. Vols., and joined the army of the Potomac. He was in several severe battles, among which were Yorktown, Williamsburg, Malvern Hill, and Seven Days' Fight. He was taken ill and was assigned to the hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he lay five months. In December 1863, he was discharged for disability. The following spring he enlisted in Co. A, 8th Wis. Vols., as recruit, joining the regiment at Memphis. He went on an ambulance into the battle of Tupalo, and served in Banks' expedition in A. J. Smith's corps; then to Missouri in pursuit of Gen. Price. He served at Nashville and Mobile forts, receiving his final discharge in September, 1865, and returned to Wisconsin. He came to Minnesota in the fall of 1875, lived in Claremont two years, Wasioja three years, and then went to Ellington. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and of the republican party. His children, eight in number, were christened as follows: Abner E., now living at Granville, Clay county, Iowa; Eva, Elmer, Nellie, Etta, Ernest, Jemima, and Guy.




He enlisted in Company H. 5th Regiment of Wisconsin 3 Feb 1862. A copy of his Certificate of Service states he was 30 years old, had blue eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion. He was 5' 6" tall and a farmer.

Abner married Harriet Louisa Sawyer on 29 Mar 1860 in Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. Harriet (daughter of Jesse Sawyer and Ann Dougherty) was born on 11 Jan 1843 in Illinois; died on 30 Jul 1926 in LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Claremont, Dodge County, Minnesota

Nathan married Jemima Street. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Ann Dougherty. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]