Ezekiel Ballard

Ezekiel Ballard

       From the 1850 Census
Name - Ezekiel Ballard
Aged - 54 Years
Birth Place - New York
Home in 1850 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Spouses Name - Polly Bullora
Spouses Age - 53 Years

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Ezekiel Ballard
Died – May 1, 1856
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin.
Location – Lot 247, Section 11
With a civilian headstone
       Note;
There is a matching entry for him in the Blackberry Cemetery.   However as it shows the exact location as Bluff City for the interment I conclude this is a mistake.

       From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – May 1, 1856
Where – Elgin, Kane county, Ill.
Aged – 62 / 5 / 12
Interred – Elgin City Cemetery
Location – Lot 23, Block 7
Head of grave from – North lione 2', West line 0'
Cause of Death – Apoplegxey
Occupation – Farmer
Born – Thompson, Jefferson county, NY
When – Dec. 2, 1794
Parents – Smithfield & Patty

       From the Database of Ill. Veterans Index
Name - Ezekiel Ballard
War - War of 1812
Cemetery - Bluff City
Burial Place - Kane Co., Ill.       Should be Cook Co.
Record Source - 1929 Ill. Roll of Honor.

       From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Ezekiel Ballard
Birth Date - Dec. 20, 1794
Birth Place - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
Death Date - May 1, 1856
Death Place - Elgin, Cook Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Bluff City
Burial Place - Elgin, Cook Co., Ill.
Spouses name - Mary Ballard

Note;
     Even though there is no notation in the Sexton's file about re-internment, his family must have removed his remains to Bluff City Cemetery after the Elgin City Cemetery closed in 1906.