Elbert Surveyor Ballard & Mary Susannah Lee 
Elbert Surveyor and Mary Susannah were married in a religious ceremony on February 2nd, 1878. They had three sons and a daughter, named Harry Lee, Russell Ward, Howard Orville and Loey Belle.
Family Notes
Mary Lee's father gave them a team of horses and $500 with which they began farming.
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Personal Details
Elbert Surveyor Ballard
Elbert Surveyor was born in August 1855 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois.1 He died at the age of 60 in April 1916 in Magnum, Oklahoma. He was buried in April 1916 in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma.
Mary Susannah Lee
Mary Susannah was born on October 31st, 1860 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois. She died at the age of 67 in February 1928 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. She was buried in February 1928 in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma.
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Children
Russell Ward Ballard
Russell Ward was born on November 25th, 1893 in Donnellson, Montgomery County, Illinois. He died at the age of 86 in June 1980 in LaGrange, Illinois. He was buried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
1 Montgomery Co., Illinois, East Fork Township @ Vol. 127, Sheet 20 Line 1
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