Telegram-herald., 1890-11-11

Capt. ;. III. Ballard cled - tie res
aence Of 7. A Maynard, on Bostvick-
81, sunday night, AZ II O'Clock. The
.mmea .2te cause Of death Vas valYuiaF
disease IF tie heart. resulting from
exposures during the MAR Ia Southern
pFisons. In 1850, be removed 70 Colo
rado, ia the hope Of obtaining relief,
out the hope was disappointed, and be
returned 10 this e.iy last week, accom-
panied by his vile. lis death, when
It occurred, MAS without warning and
without pain. His last words were,
doctor, l am going 70 faint, and the
faint proved the approach Of death.
The funeral will take place at the j.
NJ. Nelson homestead, this afternoon
at O'Clock.
Stephen Hinsdill Ballard was born
July 10, A. D.. 1886. at Bennington,
W. In 1889 his father, the Rev. James
Ballard, with his family, came TO
Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Ste
I phen resided until the year 1880. His
| OF this city aud at Ann Arbor. In
1859 ne Was engaged with party in
/ surveying the then wild lands OF North
ern Minnesota. After spending about
/ one and half years ~ that business
he returned 10 this city and commenced
/ the study of law. After reading law d
short time he attended the law school
| a. Ann Arbor for one year, and on re-
So A 4 [R
law office of Holmes & Champhn,
I where ne read law until bis enlistment
in the army, August 4, 1862.
He was admitted 10 practice by the
| Kent circuit court IN the summer OF
! 1862. He was mustered into the ser
vice as second lieutenant OF Company
! A, Sixth regiment of Michigan cavalry,
and WAS q member OF that company
until he was honorably mustered out Of
the service June 81, 1865, by reason OF
the close of the war. At the battle OF
Gettysburg, July ,, 1853, he was taken
prisoner and remained a prisoner OF
war something over twenty months
and was confined at Libby prison, Rich
mOnd, Va, Dansvlile, Macon, Georgia
! Columbia. and Charleston, South Caro-
Ina, at which latter place he was one
OF number of federal officers selected
| and placed under the FIRE of federal
| guns in the bombardment of the city OF
Charleston by the Union troops. While
III Libby prison he was member OF the
band who organized the plsn to escape
by the celebrated tunnel under tht
walls of that prisen, but did not escape
by reason of the premature discovery
of the plot by the COntederates.
He was exchanged early in the year
1866 and rejoined his regiment at Pc
tersburg, partlcip pated IN the grand re-
view and went West with his regiment
as far as Fort Leavenworth. He was
commissioned first lieutenant and ap
pointed captain.
He returned to Grand Rapids, and
after reading law and attending the
law school at Ann ArbOr, in January
1866, he commenced practice 81 mem
Der of the firm of Holmes & Ballard
and from that time until the year 1885,
he was in the active practice Of his pro
fesslon. during that period being q
member of the firm of Standlsh q Bal
lard and assistant United States district
attorney for the western district OF
Michigan; also connected with the firm
of Taggart x Sim nds, prosecuting at
tOrney of Kent county from 1876 tC
1873, and member of the firm OF Bal
lard & Maynard until his removal tC
Colorado.
HIS health was so impaired by hard
ship and exposure while prisoner OF
war that be never had good health
afterwsrd, and in 1850 was forced by
failing health to q change of climate
Capt. Ballard engaged IN the business
of sheep farming IN Colorado, near Den
yer, for about four years. In 1882 n,
was elected member of the Colorado
Legislature for two years. In 1884 b,
removed to Boulder, Colorado, wher,
he practiced law and was city attorney
of the city of Boulder. In the spring
of 1887 he took up his residence IN tn,
city of Denver and opened law Office
there and was engaged IN the active
practice of law until his last sickness.
Capt. Ballard was married IN the yea
1867 TO Sarah $. Nelson, eldest daugh
ter of James VI. Nelson, deceased, whC
with their three children, Mrs. Anns
Ballard, wife of W. w. Ballard, Of Den
yer, Colorado. Miss Carrie Ballard anC
Miss Lottie Ballard survive him.
Capt. Ballard's two sisters, Mrs. NJ
NJ. Moore and Mrs. III. +. Thompson ar,
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