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Andrew Ballou Sr. 1830-1905

BALLOU, COLE, DUNTZ, GARDNER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 8/14/2017 at 07:57:50

9 February 1905 - The Clarence Sun

After seven years of constant suffering, the iron constitution and strong will of Andrew Ballou, Sr., has at last succumbed to the ravages of disease. Mr. Ballou came to this county in an early day and settled on a farm in Hale township, and by careful management and good business ventures, he amassed a large amount of property. His life was spent on the farm until advancing years compelled him to lay down the arduous duties of the farm, when he removed with his family to Olin, where he lived until the time of his death.

With other pioneers he has seen the primeval forests and prairies of eastern Iowa, transformed into a great and prosperous agricultural country. The influence of this life of honesty and industry has been felt, and will be an inspiration for future lives.

Andrew Ballou, Sr., was born in Lawrence county, on the 14th day of February, 1830, and died in Olin, Jones County, Iowa, in the evening of January 22, 1905, at the ripe age of 74 years, 11 months and 8 days.

In 1840, he moved with his parents to Saint Claire county, Michigan, and commenced the struggle for existence in the dense forest of the then wilds of that country, with no neighbors but Red men of the forest. There he grew up to manhood. He moved from there to Jones county, Iowa, in 1854.

On the 10th day of April, 1855, he was united in marriage to Miss Philissa Cole, daughter of Simeon and Nancy Cole. To this union were born seven children, five sons and two daughters. The oldest son died in 1865, at the age of nine years. The rest of his children were all present at his bedside when death came. They were Sarah J. Duntz and husband, of Beatrice, Nebraska; Phoebe Gardner and husband; Jesse Ballou and wife; Andrew Ballou, Jr., and wife; Simeon Ballou and wife; Charlie Ballou and wife and other friends, all of Jones county.

Mr. Ballou has been a great sufferer for the past seven years, but when the end came it was as peaceful as the setting of an Autumn sun.

He leaves an aged wife, four sons and two daughters to mourn his death. He was a good neighbor, a kind husband and an indulgent father.

Mr. Ballou united with the Free Will Baptist Church at Pleasant Hill, under the labors of Elder Reeves in 1855, in the home of Simeon Cole. He remained a member of that church until about fifteen years ago, when he removed to Olin, where he united with the Christian church, and remained a member of that church until his death.

Having spent his boyhood and young manhood in the sparsely settled country, he was deprived of the school privileges of today, and as a result, his education was limited, but he was possessed with a strong and discerning mind, and made but few mistakes in his business ventures. He was a man of strict integrity, and always made his word good in every transaction of life.

He will be missed the most by his faithful wife, who has traveled life's pathway with him for almost fifty years. His valuable advice and words of cheer will also be missed by his children.

The funeral services wee held at the Christian church Wednesday forenoon, conducted by Rev. Martindale, of Missouri, assisted by Revs. Hollett and Potter. The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Messers. Rev. Hollett and G. B. Macomber and Mesdames H. G. Halsey and D. S. Rummel, with Mrs. Rev. H. E. Wilcox presiding at the organ. The remains were taken to the Diamond Cemetery for interment.


 

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