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Note: 1834 -- (circa) James M. BALLOW is born in Ashe Co., NC. .
1857 -- (27 Apr) James M. BALLOW, age 23, marries Sarah Jane WHITE, age 16, at the residence
of Thomas WHITE in Pulaski Co., KY; officiated by James W. COOPER, Baptist minister; witnesses:
John WHITE & Fountain T. WHITE [1].
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1860 -- Not yet located on U.S. census.
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1865 -- (14 Apr) James M. BALLOW marries Mary A. KEETON (sic) in Lawrence Co., MO;
officiated by William W. LEE, M.G.
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NOTE: The above is supposed to be a record of James BALLOW's second marriage. According to
tradition, he married Mary Elizabeth POOLE, widow of John CAYTON (or CATTON or KEETON)
of St. Joseph, MO. No other BALLOW or CAYTON/KEETON records have been located in Lawrence
Co., MO.
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1870 -- Not yet located on U.S. census; probably living in Tennessee, based on later census records.
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1875 -- (30 May) James M. BALLEW (Jr.) is born in Kaufman Co., TX [per death certificate].
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1877 -- (08 Oct) James M. BALLOW of McLennan Co., TX, agrees to pay $450 to A.F. & S.J.
MIDDLETON for 53 acres on the T. Hughes headright in the northeast corner of neighboring Bell Co., TX.
[Bell DB 40:114]
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1880 -- BALLOW family appears on U.S. census of Bell Co., TX;
Page 393, Household No. 348:
... BALLOW, James M., m, age 46, b. 1834, NC-NC-NC, Farmer
..... Mary, f, age 38, b. 1842, AR-NC-AR
..... Lucy A., f, age 14, b. 1866, MO-NC-AR
..... Breckenridge, m, age 12, b. 1868, TN-NC-AR
..... Arminda A., f, age 10, b. 1870, TN-NC-AR
..... Almeda A., f, age 08, b. 1872, MO-NC-AR
..... James M., m, age 05, b. 1875, TX-NC-AR
..... Josephine, f, age 07, b. 1873, TX-NC-AR
..... Easter, f, age ?/12, b. Mar 1880, TX-NC-AR
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1882 -- (06 Oct) James M. BALLOU (sic) and wife Mary BALLOU sell 53 acres on the T. Hughes
headright in Bell Co., TX, to James M. TEAFF for $1,000. [Bell DB 47:202]
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1882 -- (11 Nov) James M. BALLOW pays $175 cash and notes to G.M. DODGE for lots in the town of
Troy (northeastern Bell County). [Bell DB 44:620]
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1887 -- (27 Jan) James M. BALLOW of Bell Co., TX, sells to Baker BALLOW Jr. for $75 Lot No. 3, Block
No. 10, in Temple, TX, plus "all of my right, interest, claim in and to the estates of my father Baker BALLOW
Sr., dec'd, and of my mother, Lucy BALLOW, dec'd." [Bell DB 62:84]
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1888 -- (01 Aug) James M. BALLOW is listed as an heir of Baker BALLOW Sr. [Bell Probate Minutes G:96-
98] [2]
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Sources:
[1] "Pulaski County Marriage Records, 1858-1863, Book II," (Pulaski County Historical Society, Somerset, KY,
Cardinal Printing Company, 1974), p. 6.
[2] "Estate record of Baker BALLOW Sr. (1888)--Bell County, TX," <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/wills/ballow.txt>.
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