Joseph Ballow (Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and captain in 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.))
b. 1836? d. 1921-06-14
Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Ballow and Frances Ballow. Married to Phoebe C. Smith Ballow in Pulaski County, Kentucky, on October 16, 1856. Father of Humphrey M. Ballow. Married to Susannah E. Ballow. Father of Joseph H. Ballow and Ellen Ballow. Student in Pulaski County in 1850. Resident of Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from January 30, 1862, to April 5, 1864.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 66A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 2, p. 73.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Point, p. 296A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Pulaski County Marriages, p. 10 of 29 microfilm.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 252.
"Grand Old Man Passes Away at Stanford," The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky), June 15, 1921, p. 1 and 8.
Find A Grave, "Elder Joseph Ballou (1836-1921)," Memorial #104651792, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104651792 (accessed November 30, 2020).
Citation
Ballow, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198916 (November 12, 2026).
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