Ogden Standard Examiner May 28, 1923

Ogden Builder Passes Away
Heart Disease Fatal To Thomas H. Ballantyne

Thomas H. Ballantyne, Ogden contractor, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, at his home, 750 Twenty-seventh street. He had attended high priest meeting yesterday afternoon at the Fifth ward, returning home at 4:40 o'clock. He sat down upon entering the house and expired almost immediately. His death was caused by heart disease.
He was born in Nephi, December 12, 1858 and went to Eden when he was five years of age with his parents, where he lived until he was 19 years of age. The family then moved to Ogden, where Mr. Ballantyne had since made his home. He had been engaged for the past 17 years in the contracting and building business in Ogden.
He was a member of the L. D. S. church and the first Mormon to be appointed United States marshal in Utah. He served in that capacity for a number of years. He was chief of police for Ogden for eight years. Previous to his appointment to chief of police, he was a patrolman for six years. He was also a deputy sheriff for a number of years.
Mr. Ballantyne was a member of the presidency of the Seventy-sixth quorum of Seventy, for a number of years and at the time of his death was a member of the high priest quorum of the Mount Ogden stake. He was very well known in Ogden and Weber county, being prominent in civil and church activities all his life.
He is survived by his aged mother, Caroline Ballantyne, his widow, formerly Miss Martha Carstensen, and the following sons and daughters, Thomas Ballantyne, Dr. LeRoy Ballantyne, Versell Ballantyne, Mrs. James Scowcroft, Juanita Ballantyne and Ray Ballantyne and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Fifth ward meeting house, with Bishop Charles Halverson presiding. The body may be viewed at the home, 750 Twenty-seventh street, this afternoon and evening and tomorrow until 12:30 o'clock.
Interment will be in the city cemetery. Funeral arranegments are in charge of Larkin & Sons.