Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
CAME AS A SURPRISE
Death of Gen. George w. Bal
loch Yesterday.
WAS PROMINENT IN MASONRY
Served as Union Officer in Army Of
the Potomac.
NATIVE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Was Made Superintendent Of Wash.
ington Streets Under Board
Of Public Works.
WAS PROMINENT IN MASONRY
NATIVE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

The death Of Gen. George w. Balloch
occurred yesterday at his home 2445
Brightwood avenue, as noted in The Star
yesterday. He had been in i'll health sew
eral months, but his condition was not
considered serious and his demise, there
fore, came as a shock and surprise to his
many friends.
Gen. Balloch was president Of the Glen
wood Cemetery Company, and occupied q
high place in the Masonic fraternity. He
was also an honored member Of the Asso-
citation Of the Oldest Inhabitants of the
District of Columbia, and had resided here
forty-two years. He was born at Clare
mont, NJ H., December 8, 1925, and was
therefore in the eighty-second year of his
age. Gen. Balloch was of sturdy Scottish
descent, his grandfather, James Balloch,
coming from Scotland in 1890 and settling
in Cornish. N H. His father. George w.
Balloch, and mother, Amanda W Bal
loch, moved from Claremont to cornish
when their son was about q year old, and 1t
was at this latter place that Gen. Bal
loch grew to manhood.
In Railway Service.
He Joined the engineer corps of the Sui
livan railroad in the spring of 1847, and
remained In its employ until 1850, when
he entered the service Of the Boston and
Maine railroad. as station agent, at Wake
field, Mass. At the outbreak Of the civil
war he helped to recruit Company D, 9th
New Hampshire Volunteers, and was COM
m ms first Lieutenant Of that command.
His regiment was sent to Washington in
the fall of 1861, and was made a part. of
the Army of the Potomac. He was in the
peninsuiar campaign, second Bull Run, An
tietam and Fredericksburg, sharing in all
the hardships of those campaigns, and SUBJ
sequently was promoted general.
Came Here at Close of War.
Gen. Balloch came to Washington at the
close of the civil war and was appointed in
spector of the subsistence department, and
later disbursing officer. In 1871 he resigned
the latter position to accept the Office Of
superintendent of streets under the board
of public works of the District. OF late
years he had been conducting claims,
patent and insurance business. For nearly
a quarter Of a century he had been the
notary of the Second National Bank, of
which he was one Of the organizers.
Gen. Balloch was prominent in Masonic
circles. He had taken all the degrees in
the York and Scottish Rites. including the
thirty-third. the Royal Order of Scotland
and Order of the Eastern Star.
Two sons, George 8. Balloch and DR.. e.
A. Balloch, and daughter, Mrs. George H.
Stafford, all Of this city, survive him.
g Fine Weather Tomorrow.
A fine day is predicted tomorrow by the
weather bureau. Prof. E. B. Garriott said
this afternoon that there Is no cool
weather in sight, and added:
Sunday will be nice, warm day, and
there is but the slightest possibility Of a
shower or two"
The downtown temperature at o'clock
this afternoon, as recorded on the giant
thermometer at Afflecks pharmacy, was IS
degrees in the shade.
The funeral will take place from the fam
lily residence, Pas Brightwood avenue, at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The obsequies
will be conducted by Rev. 8. M. Newman,
former pastor of the First Congregational
Church, and Rev. Samuel w. Woodrow,
the present pastor of that congregation.
The interment will be at Glenwood