He married at an early age, Lurina J. Deavers, and fathered 10 children. His wife died in 1879.
Cival War record shows William Decatur Ballew served as a Confederate Soldier, a private with Company D, (Biffie's) 19th Tennessee Calvary, around 1862-65.
After the death of his first wife, he married a young girl in Roane County, Tennessee, Marissa Jane Bray, 7 Mar 1880 and fathered 10 more children. Around 1882 he moved to Koshkonong, Mo, and later to Mansfield, Mo. where he homesteaded 153 acres of land, patent dated 16 Apr 1893, signed by President Grover Cleveland. Major cash crop was timbers cut for the railroad. He died Nov 1911.
He married at an early age, Lurina J. Deavers, and fathered 10 children. His wife died in 1879.
Cival War record shows William Decatur Ballew served as a Confederate Soldier, a private with Company D, (Biffie's) 19th Tennessee Calvary, around 1862-65.
After the death of his first wife, he married a young girl in Roane County, Tennessee, Marissa Jane Bray, 7 Mar 1880 and fathered 10 more children. Around 1882 he moved to Koshkonong, Mo, and later to Mansfield, Mo. where he homesteaded 153 acres of land, patent dated 16 Apr 1893, signed by President Grover Cleveland. Major cash crop was timbers cut for the railroad. He died Nov 1911.
Family Members
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Sarah Jane Ballew Bray
1861–1938
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William A. Ballew
1864–1939
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H. P. Ballew
1866–1891
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James Franklin "Frank" Ballew
1868–1954
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Annie Isabella Ballew Bowers
1873–1948
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Charlie W. Ballew
1879–1887
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Robert Tansie Ballew
1891–1969
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Verda Jewell Ballew Minor
1893–1963
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May Violet Ballew Amos
1896–1977
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Ray Fielden Ballew
1901–1963
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