Death of Benjamin Ballard, Veteran of Civil War
Taberg March 17 Benjamin Ballard, aged 77 years, died at his home, three miles north of Taberg, on the state road, at 12:30 pm yesterday, after an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr Ballard was born in Orwell, Oswego County. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, serving in Co. I. 81st Regiment. At the close of the war he came to Taberg and purchased the farm on which he has since resided. He was an active member of Ballard Post, No. 551, G.A.R. He was married to Miss Jennie Agan who died five years ago. Surviving are one son Edgar Ballard and a sister Mrs Martha Coffee, both of this place. The funeral will be held from his late home at one o'clock and from the M.E. Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Internment will take place in Maple Hill Cemetary."
- from Rome Sentinel, Tuesday, 17-March-1914
Taberg March 17 Benjamin Ballard, aged 77 years, died at his home, three miles north of Taberg, on the state road, at 12:30 pm yesterday, after an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr Ballard was born in Orwell, Oswego County. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, serving in Co. I. 81st Regiment. At the close of the war he came to Taberg and purchased the farm on which he has since resided. He was an active member of Ballard Post, No. 551, G.A.R. He was married to Miss Jennie Agan who died five years ago. Surviving are one son Edgar Ballard and a sister Mrs Martha Coffee, both of this place. The funeral will be held from his late home at one o'clock and from the M.E. Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Internment will take place in Maple Hill Cemetary."
- from Rome Sentinel, Tuesday, 17-March-1914
Death of Benjamin Ballard, Veteran of Civil War
Taberg March 17 Benjamin Ballard, aged 77 years, died at his home, three miles north of Taberg, on the state road, at 12:30 pm yesterday, after an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr Ballard was born in Orwell, Oswego County. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, serving in Co. I. 81st Regiment. At the close of the war he came to Taberg and purchased the farm on which he has since resided. He was an active member of Ballard Post, No. 551, G.A.R. He was married to Miss Jennie Agan who died five years ago. Surviving are one son Edgar Ballard and a sister Mrs Martha Coffee, both of this place. The funeral will be held from his late home at one o'clock and from the M.E. Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Internment will take place in Maple Hill Cemetary."
- from Rome Sentinel, Tuesday, 17-March-1914
Taberg March 17 Benjamin Ballard, aged 77 years, died at his home, three miles north of Taberg, on the state road, at 12:30 pm yesterday, after an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr Ballard was born in Orwell, Oswego County. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, serving in Co. I. 81st Regiment. At the close of the war he came to Taberg and purchased the farm on which he has since resided. He was an active member of Ballard Post, No. 551, G.A.R. He was married to Miss Jennie Agan who died five years ago. Surviving are one son Edgar Ballard and a sister Mrs Martha Coffee, both of this place. The funeral will be held from his late home at one o'clock and from the M.E. Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Internment will take place in Maple Hill Cemetary."
- from Rome Sentinel, Tuesday, 17-March-1914
Inscription
Co. I 81st. NYV, age 73 yrs
Gravesite Details
no date of death on stone
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Records on Ancestry
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1880 United States Federal Census
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New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
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New York, U.S., Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, 1861-1865
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New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956
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New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
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