Ancestry of
Brandon Routh

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Silas Warren Ballou

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Brandon Routh — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 116 
  • Father:
  • Barnabas Ballou 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Bowen   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1819 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Aug 1861 
  • Death Location:
  • Hale, Jones, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Diamond Cemetery, Hale, Jones, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Jane Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Jul 1844 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Macomb County, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Alfred Emenzo Ballou (Ahnentafel No:58 )

  • Notes: 

  • This Silas Warren Ballou should not be confused with his first cousin Silas Warren Ballou, son of Silas and Anna (Saunders) Ballou, born at Richmond, New Hampshire 03 NOV 1825.

    There is also a marriage record for Silas Ballou and Mary Jane Smith indicating their marriage occurred in Lapeer County, Michigan.

• Sources for Silas Warren Ballou

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Cedar County, 1860, Massillon, p. 45, Image 9 of 16.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Kendall County, 1850, Kendall, Image 2 of 22.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/27/2019).
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Death record for son Alfred Emenzo Ballou.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for son A. E. Ballou and Cora E. Schrader.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Will of Silas W Ballou.
  • ⁷ Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, Marriage record for Silas W. Ballou and Mary Jane Smith.
  • ⁸ Michigan, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1817-1850, Marriage record for Silas W. Ballou and Mary Jane Smith.
  • ⁹ Jillson, Myrtle M., The Ballous in America: An Addendum to the Original History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America, Woonsocket, Rhode Island: The Ballou Family Association of America (1942), 13, 42.

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