Clyde Alva Ballou

1888 - 1966  (77 years)

• Name	Clyde Alva Ballou  [1, 2]
  Born	17 Oct 1888	Osborne, Osborne County, Kansas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Alternate birthdate (from Debra Brannan) "by 1889" in Auburn City, Kansas. Alternate birthdate from 1900 census, "March 1887." Also stated Illinois as birthplace. It is likely that the date given by Alva's own SSA disability application is correct. Place Osborne City, Kansas. Same given on WWII draft reg
  Gender	Male
  State Census	1895	Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA
  	1. Ballou, J. A., 63, male, white, born New York 2. _____, Etta, 32, female, white, Illinois 3. _____, Alva C., , 6, male, white, Unknown 4. _____, Vernon G., 4, male, white, Colorado
  Occupation	1917	Alleghany County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Machinist (general repairs), Low [Lou?] Moore Insurance Co.
  World War I Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917	Selma, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Read Farm Rd., Cumberland Canal, Allegany County, Maryland, USA   [6]
  	1. Ballow [Ballou], Clyde A., head, owns, value $3500, has radio set, farm, male, white, 41, married, age at first marriage 19, can read and write, Kansas, Canada, Illinois, machinist, steam railroad, not a veteran, [unemployed?] 2. _____, Katie M., wife, female, white, 38, married, first married age 16, can read and write, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia 3. _____, Dorthy M., daughter, female, white, 18, single, can read and write, Virginia, Kansas, Virginia, salesman, department store 4. _____, Lucy M., daughter, female, 16, Virginia, Kansas, Virginia, salesman, department store 5. _____, Lawrence A., son, male, white, 13, attending school, Virginia, Kansas, Virginia 6. _____, Roy L., son, ale, white, 10, West Virginia, Kansas, Virginia, attending school 7. _____, John L., son, male, white, 8, attending school, Maryland, Kansas, Virginia
  Military	Served as a seaman in the U.S. Navy for 14 months.  [5]
  SSDI	Jan 1937  [2]
  	Actually from the Social Security Applications and Claims database, an apparent disability application that was denied. The notes at bottom mention January 1937, but it is not clear if that was the date of application.
  Occupation	Apr 1942	B & O Railroad Roundhouse, Cumberland, Allegheny County, Maryland, USA   [4]
  	Employed by the railroad.
  Residence	27 Apr 1942	RFD 2, Cumberland, Allegheny County, Maryland, USA   [4]
  Obituary	19 May 1966	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA   [7]
  	Cumberland Evening Times: "Gunshot Fatal To Local Man Clyde A. Ballou, 77, of RD 2, Williams Road, died this morning in Memorial Hospital minutes after being admitted with a gunshot wound in the head. Tf. Daniel J. Kerr of the Maryland State Police said the wound was apparently self-inflicted. Trooper Kerr said Mr. Ballou's wife heard shots from a woods back of their house and immediately called a daughter in Bowling Green who in turn called the McDonald Ambulance Service. Mr. Ballou was born in Auburn City, Kan. [sic] October 17, 1888. He came to Cumberland in 1917 and was a retired machinist for the B&O Railroad. He was also a well-known former antique dealer. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Katie M. (Powell) Ballou; three sons, Lawrence A. Ballou, Ridgeley; Roy L. Ballou, Philadelphia; John F. Ballou, Cumberland; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Ray, this city' Mrs. Lucy Whetzel, Bowling Green; Miss Dorothy Ballou, Reno, ev.; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home."
  Parents	SSA disability app, 1937, names parents as "Jules A. Ballou" and "Ettie M. Matteson."  [2]
  Died	19 May 1966	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I641	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Julius Alva Ballou,   b. 1 Apr 1835, Genessee County, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Feb 1910, Veteran's Home, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Etta Matteson,   b. Abt 1859, Illinois, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 1939, Central State Hospital, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	Probably not married?
  Narrative	3 May 1898	Rawlins County, Kansas, USA   [8]
  	Julius states that he is not married, that his wife died in Iowa in July 1889. When asked if he had living children, his answer: "two little boys names Alva C. Ballou age 10 yrs Vernon G. Ballou age 8 years they are here"
  Narrative	6 Feb 1900	Kansas, USA   [9]
  	Julius A. Ballou's military pension file: No. 1. Are you a married man? If so please state your wife's full name, and her maiden name. Answer: if I am I don't know it Eliza Mason No. 2. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer: she is dead at Leclair scott co Iowa No. 3. What record of marriage exists? Answer: Non that I have ever seen No. 4. Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the place of her death or divorce. Answer: Randolph NY Dead Abigail Vanvalkenburg No. 5. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and dates of birth. Answer: I do not know as the woman who left me at atwood testified they were not mine and I could not get them answer this yourself and I will be satisfied
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine May "Katie" Powell
  Married	1908  [1]
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S681] Debra Brannan (djbrnnn@aol.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, 10 August 2016, email, subject "Re: Etta Matteson info.". [S683] "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 August 2016), entry for Clyde Alva Ballou, [no SSN no. stated, disability denied]; original data, Social Security Applications and Claims, Social Security Administration, extraction from SS-5. . [S250] 1900 U.S. census, Marion County, Illinois, population schedule Centralia township, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 11B, p. 33b (stamped), dwelling 214, family 222, George W. Gillmore [Gilmore] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 327. [S684] "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, [Fourth Draft; ?Old Man?s Registration?],? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 16 August 2016), card for Clyde Alva Ballou, serial no. 1817, Local Board 17, Baltimore, Maryland; citing Selective Service Registration Cars, World War II: Fourth Registration Record Group 147, Records of the Selective Service System, NARA, St. Louis, Missouri. [S686] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 August 2016), Clyde Alva Ballou, serial no. 1070, order no. 44, Allegheny County, Virginia ; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509, roll 1984206. [S685] 1930 U.S. census, Allegany County, Maryland, population schedule, Cumberland Canal (Read Farm Rd.), District 4, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 1B (penned), p. 140b (stamped), dwelling 18, family 18, Clyde A. Ballow [Ballou] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 843. [S687] "Gunshot Fatal to Local Man," Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, Md.), 19 May 1966, p. 16, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 August 2016). [S701] Statements of claimant, 3 May 1898, Rawlins County, Kansas; Julius A. Ballou (Pvt., Co. D, 75th Ill. Vol. Inf., Civil War), pension no. S.C. 819,766, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications?, 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [My p. 80]. [S698] Testimony of claimant, 6 February 1900; Julius A. Ballou (Pvt., Co. D, 75th Ill. Vol. Inf., Civil War), pension no. S.C. 819,766, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications?, 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [My p. 25].