Susan Caroline Van Buren and Emor Smith Ballou

EMOR SMITH BALLOU, son of ANNA DAVIS and AARON BALLOU, was born July 6, 1822 in Providence, Saratoga, New York, and died January 4, 1894 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska. He is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{1677, 2437}

He married SUSAN CAROLINE VAN BUREN on December 24, 1845 in Providence, Saratoga, New York,²¹ daughter of ELIZABETH ANN ROGERS WELLS and JOHN VAN BUREN. She was born March 5, 1823 in Whitehall, Washington, New York,²¹ and died May 19, 1890 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.²⁴⁴⁰ She is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{1677, 2440}

• Ancestor Report (Elizabeth Anne Stanley)

• Descendant Reports
  • Robert Pike Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Valentine Whitman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Maturin Ballou Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Eleazer Arnold Jr. Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Eleazer Albee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Captain John Whipple Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • John Sayles Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Roger Williams Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Reverend Joshua Winsor Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Elisha Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Pardon Davis Descendant Report (Ancestor of Emor S. Ballou)
  • Barent Van Buren Descendant Report (Ancestor of Susan C. Van Buren)

Children of SUSAN CAROLINE VAN BUREN and EMOR SMITH BALLOU:

1. SUSAN HESTER BALLOU, b. August 27, 1846, Providence, Saratoga, New York;²¹ m. CHARLES FRANCIS SHEPARD on November 22, 1866 in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio²³⁷³; d. May 20, 1911, Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.²¹
2. ELIZABETH ANNE BALLOU, b. April 17, 1850, Providence, Saratoga, New York;²⁶² m. LUCIEN BLISS STANLEY on December 7, 1867 in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio³⁵; d. May 22, 1925, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.²⁶²
3. MARTIN EMOR BALLOU, b. September 16, 1854, Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio;²¹ m. JESSIE HARRIET BISSELL on February 18, 1875 in Ithica, Saunders, Nebraska^{21, 30}; d. January 21, 1925, Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.⁷⁸⁸³
4. HENRIETTA BALLOU, b. November 22, 1855, Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio;^{21, 2887} m. JONATHON S. GREEN in August, 1870 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska²¹; d. June 21, 1924, Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota.^{456, 21, 9300}
5. PARDON DAVIS BALLOU, b. May 31, 1860, Ohio; d. before 1870, infancy.



Work History

Newspaper Articles

Ashland Gazette, December 29, 1893²⁴³⁸

We very much regret to learn that E.S. Ballou, another respected citizen, whose residence here dates from an early day is lying at the point of death, with typhoid pneumonia.

Summer Breeze, July 8, 1896⁷⁸⁷⁸

People We Miss

For nearly a quarter century Mr. E. S. Ballou was a noticeable figure on our streets. Always of interesting appearance, as year after year added the silver to his hair and flowing beard, he became a striking figure. Growing old gracefully—how well he illustrated that which ought to be the desire of us all. Always chatty and companionable he met a welcome from everyone.

Mr. Ballou illustrated as well perhaps as any one in this community the success that it is possible for a farmer to achieve. He had made a study of raising crops and stock and seemed always to know just what to do. His experience and skill were shown in his harvests and his herds, and his advise was always of value. He acquired a large and valuable farm and was an excellent type of the prosperous farmer.

Obituaries

Nebraska State Journal, May 27, 1890²⁴⁴⁰

Mrs. E.S. Ballon, one of the oldest residents of this part of the country, died at her home in this city Monday. The funeral, one of the largest ever had in Ashland, was held Friday.

Ashland Gazette, January 12, 1894²⁴³⁷

Funeral of Emor Smith Ballou

As announced in our last issue, the spirit of E. S. Ballou took its flight on Thursday evening of last week, almost a week from the time of Mr. Stambaugh’s death.

On Sunday at 2 o’clock the funeral was held from his late home, attended by a very large number of people. The house, which is one of the most spacious in Saunders county, was completely filled, and many were unable to gain entrance. When the procession took up the line of march for the cemetery it extended from the house to the corner of Pearl street, nearly half a mile. Rev. W. J. Denney and Rev. C. P. Hackney conducted the services.

Mr. Ballou was one of the early pioneers of Saunders County, and he was held in high esteem among a very large circle of friends and acquaintances, as well as by the community at large. He was a man of

rare good judgment, strict integrity, and positive convictions, commanding the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He came from a family that has furnished some illustrious names to American History. Rev. Hosea Ballou, the great heretical preacher-so-called-and the mother of President Garfield came from the same stock. The former did more than any other man that lived in the nineteenth century to modify the religious thought of the age, while the fame of his sister will ever be preserved in the character of her son, James A. Garfield.

Emor S. Ballou was born in Providence, Saratoga county, N. Y., July 6, 1822, remaining in the ancestral home ‘till 1854, when he removed to [Ashtabula county] Ohio. In 1845 Dec. 24 he was married to Miss Susan C. vanBuren, a second cousin to President Martin vanBuren. Mr. Ballou was the father of five children. Mrs. C. F. Shepard and Mrs. L. B. Stanley of this city were born while the family lived in New York state, and Mrs. J. S. Green and Martin E. Ballou and Pardon D. Ballou, the latter dying in infancy, were born during their residence in Ohio, where Mr. Ballou resided fourteen years. In 1868 the family removed to Nebraska, settling on the farm just north of Ashland, where the last twenty six years of his life were spent. In 1890 the wife of his youth was separated from him by death, after a journey of forty-five years together. He leaves to mourn his loss his four children, eighteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, all of whom were present at the funeral.

Ashland Gazette, January 26, 1894²⁴³⁹

During the last illness of E. S. Ballou, word was received that his brother, Dr. A. B. Ballou of Bernettsville, Indiana was dead. Mr. Ballou’s condition was such that those in attendance did not dare to break the news to him, and he died without knowing that his brother was dead.

Cemetery Pictures



Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 23, 18501721	Providence, Saratoga, New York	Elizabeth Ann Rogers Wells Pardon Davis Emor Smith Ballou Susan Caroline Van Buren Susan Hester Ballou Elizabeth Anne Ballou
June 8, 18602435	Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio	Emor Smith Ballou Susan Caroline Van Buren Elizabeth Anne Ballou Susan Hester Ballou Martin Emor Ballou Henrietta Ballou Pardon Davis Ballou Elizabeth Ann Rogers Wells
September 3, 18701513	Saunders County, Nebraska	Emor Smith Ballou Susan Caroline Van Buren Martin Emor Ballou Henrietta Ballou Jonathon S. Green Elizabeth Ann Rogers Wells
June 4, 1880292	Clear Creek, Saunders, Nebraska	Emor Smith Ballou Susan Caroline Van Buren Lucien Bliss Stanley Elizabeth Anne Ballou Adelbert Ballou Stanley Martin Emor Stanley Edna Mabel Stanley